randy has described conference weekend as being like christmas, and i'd have to agree. all of my family stays up at my parents for the whole weekend and we sit around and talk, eat, play games, and of course, watch conference. what could be better than that?
we managed to get in a few games of hand and foot, some pound pound, scrabble, and even trivial pursuit. the weekend wouldn't be complete without constant food intake and this year, the menu included shirley's sweet rolls, pesto bites, hot cheese canapes, meatballs, spinach dip, black-eyed pea salsa, caramel pull-aparts, and cheeseball. by the end of the weekend, i didn't want to see another piece of rich food for a while.
but the best part of conference weekend was, of course, conference. for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, twice a year, the lds church has a church-wide conference. about 20,000 people gather in the conference center itself, and the conference is also broadcast on television, radio, and satellite all over the world.
this conference was especially memorable because we had a solemn assembly as part of conference to sustain our new prophet, president thomas s. monson. with president hinckley's passing, it was time to sustain a new prophet. i was alive when president hinckley was sustained, but i was younger and don't remember it that well. it was such a powerful experience to stand and sustain president monson as our new prophet, seer, and revelator for the church. i was a little worried that it would take me a while to get used to him as the prophet because president hinckley has been the prophet for most of my life and i had such tender feelings for him, but president monson has stepped right into his position and the mantle has clearly fallen upon him. he is an amazing man and such a great example of lifelong service. he has lived his life in a way so that he is worthy to have the spirit and always heeds its promptings to go and seek out the one. i hope to have a fraction of the influence he has had in the lives of others by the time i die. it was fun to enjoy some of his humor as he addressed us this weekend as well.
the rest of conference was also wonderful. we had some great talks from all of the church leaders. i especially enjoyed elder bednar's talk on faith and prayer and elder ballard's talk on women. how blessed we are to hear the word of the lord through his ordained servants.
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Muu ah ah ah...it worked perfectly! Now I can see your cute faces any time I want...except you don't seem to take pictures of the adults in your family. But how cute is Madeline? So sweet!
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