LDS General Conference weekend - October 2013

Ever since we moved to number 20 Swansmede, we have had a tradition of watching conference with friends. This October we invited the Stovall family, son of the missionaries who baptised Liz and Pete.

So we began with sloppy joes, we were feeding 11, so these seemed like the most feasible option, and the children all did very well.

We have a "conference jar" tradition, whereby we prepare labels citing various key words we anticipate will come up in conference and then assign one of these to various treats. It encourages the children to listen to the words (their attention span usually lasts 30 minutes!). This time, Mia asked to prepare the labels. She has worked very hard in school to improve her handwriting and has earned her pen licence, so I was confident that she would be able to do this beautifully.

The children listened carefully and managed about half an hour of attentiveness until all the treats were gone!  It was a great way to spend time with the Stovall family and it's always inspiring to hear the words of comfort our leaders provide.