A Family General Conference

I grew up watching conference camped out on the living room floor with the whole family.  When we were little  Mom taught us the names of all the Apostles and we enjoyed playing conference games.  As we got older we learned to listen for certain topics and then started taking notes. My parents helped us learn to look forward to conference weekend and love listening to the messages.  I gained a testimony of living prophets by watching conference as a family.  It is my desire to do the same for my family but conference weekend has always been a challenge and a bit of a disappointment since we moved away from UT.  Our choices have been watching conference at church or on a small computer screen.  Neither of which provide the same type of family friendly environment I grew up with.   So this year I made it a priority to figure out how to stream BYU TV on our big screen. Thanks to Roku technology we had a conference weekend that reminded me of my days growing up.  JJ did an amazing  job recognizing the twelve apostles and all the girls had fun playing their conference games.  I feel like we are on the right track to help our girls develop their own love of General Conference.  

We had extra fun making conference cupcakes between sessions.

Mini Golf

 

I love Groupon deals.  Mini Golf for the whole family for $15.  We had so much fun and can’t wait to do it again. 

Biddy gave up on the putter and started dropping the ball in the hole.

Zana was a great sport and even let Daddy help her hit the ball.

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JJ worked hard at perfecting her technique and got pretty good.

These girls sure know how to strike a pose!

Spring Break Blues

The girls helped me plan a fun filled spring break.  We had plans to make every day special.  Then the inevitable happened and the girls were sick almost the whole week.  JJ got the worst of it but was a good sport about having to postpone all our plans.  They were finally feeling better by St. Patricks Day so we made sure to do some fun things to celebrate the holiday.  I made green clover pancakes for breakfast, we did a craft and went on a hunt for four leaf clovers.

 

Stock Show and Rodeo

We pulled the kids out of school early on Friday so we could beat all the crowds to family day at the Stock Show ( a fancy name for city fair). Admission, rides, and food were $1 a pop so our money went a long way. It was fun to experience another Texas tradition.

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Valentines Day

We enjoy showering our family with love and surprises on Valentines Day.  JJ really got into the spirit this year.  She made handmade cards for her Grandparents, Great Grandparents, and Sisters.  They were full of cute cut outs, springy hearts, and peek-abo-windows.  Her artistic ability and creativity continues to blossom and impress us all.  

Biddy made a cute handprint card for us at pre-school.  They had so much fun that she fell asleep right on the floor when she got home from school.

 

I surprised the girls with new colorful nail polish and nail stickers. Burke got each girl their own life-size balloon and it was a big hit.  He spoiled me with a box of Godiva chocolate and I could not have been happier.

 

The crowning event was a special surprise from Grandma and Papa that I picked up from our local bakery earlier that day.  The girls were so excited and even more amazed that Grandma and Papa could send real cookies all the way from Utah!!! 

For dinner that night I made chicken cordon bleu and we had hand dipped (by me and Susanna) strawberries for dessert.  It is wonderful to be part of a family that loves each other so much.