Here are some pictures of our conference day on Saturday. We went to the first session at the church and then decided to spend the others at home. I had this brillant idea to put up our tent, face it towards the picture of the temple and watch conference on the computer from inside the tent. Before we began I read out of Mosiah chapter 2, about the people gathering around the temple to listen to King Benjamin speak to them. They all pitched their tents with the doors facing the temple and sat and listened with their families. So, that is what we did. The kids LOVED it and it made conference a little more interesting for them. : )
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I enjoyed many of the talks at conference. My favorite was the first one by Elder Scott about prayer. I had just been researching that very topic and had come up with pretty much everything he had said, so I was comforted that I was on the right track and not the wrong one. : ) What is amazing about the gospel is that we can learn and find out the doctrine for ourselves. We have leaders to guide us but we truly need to learn to govern ourselves, and we can do that through prayer and determined scripture study. I am so grateful to have the gospel. How desperate life must seem without it. I pray I can help others to find the joy and peace found in the Savior. I try to be an example for now, but hope to be more anxiously engaged in the future.
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The other day when Sammi was doing student of the week she got to share some toys and special things of hers with the class. She brought a couple of bracelets that we made together which said, CTR, Be Good, and CTR Sammi. She shared them with the class and said CTR means choose the right. And the "Be Good" was to remind her to be good. She said the kids asked her questions and that Mr. T held them and looked at them. I was so proud of her for so innocently sharing just a piece of the gospel with her class in a very simple way. She is my CTR girl and I love her so much.
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Daniel is my curious boy. He loves to ask questions. At scripture time it is more like question time. Every word he does not understand he asks for a definition. It is good, and good for me to have to explain to him. Lately it seems like he has ants in his pants, it is really hard for him to sit still, anytime. It will be really fun to see him be a big brother to William, I know Dan will need the love cranked up for him though. I will do my best to be aware of each of their needs. I pray though, they will be forgiving of my weaknesses, especially after birth.
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Lots of love to you all. I am just waiting for Charles to come home from the Preisthood session. We made a turkey today, leftover from Thanksgiving (frozen). We had two for some reason and so we thought we might as well have a turkey weekend. I am sure that the doctor will be pleased with my weight gain over the weekend!! Turkey - YUM!
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Love, ME
well done sister! What a wonderful idea w/ the tent. I know Ray will be pumped up about this activity for our future conferences w/ stephen. : ) Oh boy, Ray is a tent junkie! He only owns 4 or 5 by now. All different sizes, shapes, colors. My favorite is the family tent (you an fit 6 people in it and it's so fun to be able to stand up and put your clothes on. The luxuries of life. Anyway, I am so proud of you Mari. I think you are an amazing mother. I'm grateful that I can learn so much from my younger sisters. Beth teaches me amazing things too. She always reminds me that everything will be fine. She's very comforting to me that way and I really appreicate. We all need encouragement. I was thinking of you during the prayer talk by Elder Scott. Answers do come to know something is right, but sometimes there is the "no response" times of prayer that he talked about, but when it's time for you to know, you will know ( I think that's what he was saying..) hmmm....I had a nice walk w/ Beth, Stephen and Sage today while Ray attended the priesthood session. It's going to be Spring soon. The snow is finally melting. We will appreciate summer so much here. I was quite envious of the tulips and daffodils I saw blooming it UT while watching conference.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think I'll pitch my tent for now and get some rest. I'll be sending photos soon of pics I took of Stephen in a sleeping bag last week. He loved the feeling of the fabric. Camping is so much fun as a family. I look forward to dwelling in a tent more often in the wilderness this summer.
Love you,
Kary