General Conference Weekend

We had a wonderful conference weekend. I tried to plan ahead as much as possible and it seems my efforts paid off a little bit.

The kids all knew that conference weekend was coming up. I loved seeing their excitement. They picked out treats for the key words they were going to listen for. We focused on cleaning up the house before the weekend so we could truly relax on Saturday and Sunday.

We set up the folding table upstairs with all the snacks, water bottles, and other essentials. The kids were beyond excited. Tanner kept asking all morning, "Is it General Conference yet?"

For the first time, the kids actually caught on to the key words and what to listen for. Tanner and Ashton kept running back and forth to the table to grab the specific treat. Ashton kept asking when President Nelson would speak. It was hard for her to wait that long. When she did see him, she identified him immediately. I'm grateful she knows who our Prophet is.

When I asked Ashton what her favorite part was, she said when the choir sang, "I Am A Child of God." Tanner's favorite part was eating the treats. I know the kids felt the Spirit as they listened between their whining and yelling.

For the next conference, we will definitely do the treats with certain words again. This time, we did Jesus Christ, family, and love. It worked great! I will try to find better coloring pages. The ones provided on LDS.org were a little over Ashton's head with her limited reading skills. I've seen other ideas of getting quiet activities ready such as a new puzzle, Lego building, etc. I should have focused more on that.

My favorite talk was probably Sister Craven's. At least so far. I'm sure it will change when I read them all and study them more. It's always a hard month between conference and the Ensign edition.