Conferencing

Wearing PJ's all day and sitting around watching TV is the dreamiest when you literally NEVER get to do it. Us Wig's are adventurers and we try not to take a second for granted, but boy is it so nice to have a weekend that houses a religious excuse to hunker down! The first weekend in April was General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This conference happens twice a year and they broadcast it online, in church buildings and on TV from Utah straight to our living room. There are six two-hour sessions (one for the women, one for the men and four for families) and I cling to the words that are taught. Our Saturday was full of baseball (luckily between sessions) so we were in and out for that but otherwise it was just us and the good word all weekend long. And good food of course, which is basically synonymous with Conference weekend. 

Living across from the temple has its perks, especially when it's Friday afternoon and the kids want to get out but there's not much time before dinner is ready. Our destination was the Visitors Center and the hour spent there did not disappoint. The boys played with the electronic church games, Quinny ran to see Jesus 1,000 times and I got to hear the love story of the cute senior couple at the front desk. It was a great lead-in to Conference weekend.

On our walk home I was struck with the beauty of the temple grounds and the lively spirits of the little people with me. We stopped on a bench near a fountain to take a picture and eat a snack, the remnants of which you see on Quinn's face, and smiled really big when I looked at it later and noticed that Ever and I were still wearing our matching necklaces he made for us in Pre-K.

Daddy the photo-bomber in a Mommy/Quinny selfie! She sat and listened to all 8 hours of conference and learned soooo much--ha! Mostly she made it her personal mission to distract us for all 8 hours of conference, and she was pretty successful.

We usually have cinnamon rolls for Sunday breakfast on Conference but since I didn't have it in me this time James saved the day with cinnamon roll pancakes. They were absolutely delicious and wwwaaayyyy less time-consuming than the real deal so I do believe we have ourselves a new tradition! James is the master chef during breakfast anyway, so it works out perfectly. Ever Knight made sure that not a slice of the two pounds of bacon we fried up went to waste. He's always helpful like that.

Five and a half Wig's cuddling on a couch and loving every second of it.

After Conference James and the boys orchestrated a whole puppet show based on Lehi's Dream. It ended up being darling and kept the boys occupied and happy all afternoon long, #miracle. What a great Conference weekend. Can hardly believe that next time we sit on that couch to watch there will be another baby girl in our arms!!!