General Conference 2012

So this is General Weekend for the LDS church and we normally chill at home and watch it on the television or listen to it on the radio while we are keeping up with life (hey, I could manage to be keeping up not catching up someday).  Well this year we had the surprise opportunity to attend the final session of Conference!  Brenton and Liam went to the Saturday night priesthood session and then we (myself, Hugh and Moira) met them at the Neal's house for doughnuts and monkey bread after the session was over.  Brenton walked in with a big grin on his face, I figured that the priesthood session had been great. A friend had tipped me off that the presiding bishop would be speaking and he was amazing.  However, part of Brenton's grin related to the above picture...our Stake President announced at the beginning of the session that he had had 8 tickets to the last session turned back to him and that they were available.  Brenton said he waited until the Stake President made it clear to the back of the chapel before he approached him, he got all the tickets!  So after a few minutes of quick debate we were set to go with our friends (the Neal's) and one of their sons along with our three at home children.  It made for a whirlwind finish to an already packed weekend but it was well worth it.

  The 'dads' dropped us off at the corner of the conference center and went in search of a parking space.  The children were all excited but my what a huge crowd!  Our small town kiddos were a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of people.  But we got in line and made it into our seate about ten minutes before the session started.  However, the poor dads struggled to find parking and by the time they did and got in line they were not allowed in with their tickets and were directed to the standby line.  A sweet lady tried to get them in but another usher said they could not deviate from procedure which makes sense when you are dealing with thousands of people.  So they sat on the grass in Temple Square and listened to the conference.  Inspired talks and a wonderful spirit marked the afternoon.  So pleased with how the children handled themselves, especially Hugh since he is barely 8.  The Neal's were wonderful they even drove us all down and home, they are great friends/family.

We had a busy week even without conference but that will be wrapped up in tomorrows post because it is time for a quick game of Uno and scriptures before bed.  and I must email my missionary before bedtime as his pday starts late on our Sunday night.!!!