Grandma Braden & Aunt Chrystal's visit April 2011

April General Conference 2011

General Conference is one of my favorite times of year.  I feel like there are always talks that are specifically given directly to me.  It is full of little gems that uplift me, inspire me, and make me feel happy.  However.... now with 4 little people to try to keep reverent during several hours of "reverent time", how quickly the valuable messages are soon lost.  This year was a circus and felt pointless to even leave conference on.  But we want the example set in our home that we do listen and do our best to listen to all of conference, so we tried the online packets, bingo, games, and coloring.  All of these nice activities got us through 1 hour of conference and failed us the other 7 hours.  I now understand why conference comes out in the ensign magazine.  It is my only way of gaining anything from conference these days.

Happy 7th Birthday Morgan! Tangled Party

Morgan's 7th Birthday party was a week long celebration.  We started out on her Actual birthday having cake and ice cream with the Bates family and a few presents.  Then on Friday was the real "Tangled" party.  Aunt Kelsey helped us rent out the theater at her community club house, and have a swim and movie theater party.  It was a hit with all the friends and very very crazy for the swimming mommies. It was extra special to have Grandma Braden, Aunt Chrystal, Brenna, and Clarissa here for the celebration!