. . . 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

elder jeffrey r. holland . . .

. . . 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 . . .