Conference Traditions

General Conference has always been one of my favorite weekends. Probably because I grew up always having AMAZING food. Unfortunately this year Andrew and I were not in the comfort of our own home. We are currently homeless and I don't like it one bit. Don't get me wrong, our friends have been very nice, but I miss having a bed to sleep in at night. (My back agrees.)

That aside, we were still able to have an enjoyable time. I even decided to buy all the ingredients for 7 layer dip. It's hard to cook in someone else's kitchen. Unfortunately the avocados I purchased were as hard as a rock. (Hey, they were on sale.) Andrew kindly suggested that he choose avocados in the future. I glady agreed. Buying avocados is a rare thing for me. The 7-layer-dip without the avocado was quite disappointing. I had about 2 bites and called it good which never happens. I didn't attempt to make cinnamon roles which are another conference tradition that I missed greatly.

Luckily, things turned around when our friends decided to make a turkey for dinner. I think I like this tradition and that Andrew and I might start doing it every conference. The smell about killed me and was rather distracting during the last session of conference. I ate more than my share of turkey.

I was sad to have missed Ladies night on Saturday night during Priesthood Session. It has always been a big deal in my house. In fact, it got to a point that we had to tone it down a notch, so my brothers didn't get too jealous. "The Sound of Music" is ALWAYS a huge part of this night. My sisters and I can almost quote every line and assign roles each time we watch it. One time, my sister recorded my mother singing along with the movie. She showed my dad after Priesthood and he could not stop laughing. He then watched the movie with us and could not believe what he had been missing out on. I perked up a little when I called home to see what my Mom and sister were doing for Ladies night... My Mom watched the broadcast with my brothers, and they ate Subway. (I'm not a sandwich person.)

Now that we have the "physically fed" part of conference covered, it's time to talk about how I was spiritually fed. I learned a lot through the course of 4 sessions and I'm grateful my religion teacher told us to take notes. This really helped me pay attention and I ended up with over 15 pages of notes. One of my favorite talks was given by President Uchtdorf. He talked about gratitude and how it should be a way of life. President Uchtdorf mentioned that being grateful does not mean we like our circumstances. This was comforting to me. He also said that we shouldn't be grateful after our problems are over. This is definitely something I can improve on. I'm looking forward to the talks being posted online, so I can re-read them.

Only 6 more months until the October feast can begin once more!