.: General conference, a puzzle, and a fall drive

Monday, October 4, 2010

General conference, a puzzle, and a fall drive

Our tradition at General Conference time is to work on a puzzle as we listen. We usually pick an Eric Dowdle puzzle--we love his artwork. This year we picked up one entitled Joseph and Hyrum. It is a great way to engage in something that is not distracting from listening to all the talks. Was it just me or was conference especially good this time? If you missed it, or would like to know what was said, you can find it at http://www.lds.org/ Overall themes seemed to focus on faith, gratitude, addiction, and parenting. An attitude of gratitude by President Monson was one of my favorites. Wes was able to attend all 3 sessions on Saturday at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. He also met Elder Richard G Scott afterwards.

During the last session Sunday afternoon, we went for a drive thru Big Cottonwood Canyon as we listened to conference on the radio. The leaves are beginning to change for fall--what a nice drive!

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Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.