General Conference Traditions

I love General Conference! It is such a fun thing to stay home all weekend and enjoy the inspired words of our prophets and apostles. I have always loved conference since we moved to Utah (I didn't like it when I was a kid sitting in a dark chapel for 2 hours in New Jersey). And I love it when new apostles are called, and Dave can never guess them right. (Nor can I, but I don't even try!). We really enjoyed the solemn assembly today as we sustained our new prophet, President Thomas S. Monson. The spirit really testified to me that he is called of God to be our prophet.

My husband is always coming up with new traditions! He has been working on some family traditions for general conference. Here is what we have so far:

-Ritz crackers, easy cheese, and guava juice...... whenever the prophet speaks to us. President Monson always gets out these three things when his family comes to visit. They always know he'll have them on hand for him. So when he speaks, we will get out those three things, don't worry we're stocked up!

-Make homemade cinnamon rolls and take them to some of our friends on Sunday morning. One of Dave's students has a neighbor who does that every conference and they love it, so we're going to start doing it (Uggh, it's a lot of work, but they are really tasty!)

-Our Saturday night tradition we have been doing for a year or so: after Priesthood session Grandma Stevie and I meet up with Dave and Gordon at Macey's for a donut and some chocolate milk. Here is our family at Macey's. Notice my three blue-eyed, blue shirted boys. I couldn't be prouder. I love having a family!