07 April 2013

. . . conference weekend . . .

. . . this was one of 
my favorite two weekends 
of the year . . .
. . . i love listening 
to the inspired words 
of our church leaders . . .

. . . and . . .
. . . i love to get 
to the bottom 
of my ironing pile . . .
. . . it's my general conference
tradition . . .

. . . and it keeps me awake! . . .
. . . especially if i arm myself 
with diet coke 
and leftover cadbury eggs . . .


. . . i'm always on the lookout 
for my hometown girl, 
tricia hyde swanson . . .
. . . we grew up in the same ward . . .
. . . she has a spectacular 
first soprano voice 
and has been in the choir 
for a long, long time . . .
{top row, center, dark hair ~ she and her voice are beautiful}


. . . tv screen photos 
in fluorescent lighting 
are awful . . .
. . . but let's take a vote . . .
. . . and i'm sure 
you'll all agree with me . . .
. . . periwinkle dresses 
are waaaaaaaay better 
than mauve . . .
. . . and it's good to see 
everyone in their assigned seats 
two days in a row . . .


. . . president uchtdorf 
makes all the foreign names 
of general authorities 
sound fantastic 
with his awesome german accent . . .


. . . and funny internet people 
make me laugh with 
{maybe slightly inappropriate ~ yet true} 
sayings like this . . .


. . . after the first hour 
of the morning session, 
and several white shirts . . .
. . . the congregation and choir 
stood to sing a rest hymn . . .
. . . "let us all press on" . . .
. . . and maybe it made me laugh . . .


. . . after the first two-hour session . . .


. . . halfway through 
the afternoon session . . .


. . . and i was finished 
after four hours . . . 


. . . i never claimed to be 
a super fast ironer . . .
. . . but i AM good! . . .


. . . my favorite 
{are we allowed to have a favorite?}
 speaker . . .
. . . if i had to choose one . . .
. . . is nearly always
. . . it seems like every talk he gives 
is a masterpiece . . .


. . . another true funny . . . 


. . . after the final session ended . . .
. . . it was time 
to get my skewers on . . .


. . . and chris was a great sport 
and worked hard 
at grilling them up . . .
{sorry about all the smoke in your eyes, chris!}


. . . while tyler had his hands full
 keeping colby entertained . . .


. . . and yes, we did 
have an easter egg hunt . . .
. . . a week after easter . . . 
. . . bill filled them with candy . . .
. . . then addi and halleigh 
hid all the eggs . . .


. . . elliott didn't mind a bit 
that we were a little tardy . . .


. . . and tagg was happy 
to show me his treasures . . .
. . . while brent napped on the lawn . . .


. . . feeling the spirit, 
being productive, 
good food, 
and family time . . .
. . . that about sums up 
one of my favorite two weekends 
of the year . . .
. . . i'm already looking forward 
to october . . .


6 comments:

Shellene said...

amen.

Nedra said...

those sayings are too hilarious. Where did you find them? And you have pretty ironing. I'm always curious to read what all of us women do during General Conference. Just can't sit still, that's for sure.

Bowbailey said...

I truly agree that periwinkle dresses look so much prettier than that pinky-mauve!!!!

Nanette Merrill said...

your conference edition is great, love the ironing and the commentary

Sherri said...

Oh those funny posters are just so funny! Where do you find them?!

Carol said...

WOW! That's a lot of ironing...an Easter egg hunt anytime is a very good thing! FUN!