LDS General Conference

I wanted to put some of my thoughts from the recent LDS General Conference on the blog.  First of all, it was SO NICE to have my kids FINALLY old enough to keep themselves entertained and actually watching the Conference!  We were able to watch the Conference via the ROKU the family got for Christmas so we watched it all in ASL (American Sign Language)...very cool!  Anyway, the kids had cups of treats (each cup was labeled with a word that would be heard during Conference).  When they heard the word, they could take a treat from that cup.  It worked....Morgan was the diligent one!  She kept listening and listening and scored on the treats!  After the first session, she asked about how much more conference we would have.  So I explained the Conference schedule.  I think she was excited that she still had more conference to watch!

We are always anxious to hear about new temples being announced!  I'll admit, that it is kind of hard for me to hear that another one is being built in Utah.  We have so many in our state while many members of the church have to travel so far and save up so much money just to go ONCE to be sealed together as a family!  But, Cedar City is another opportunity for Jamy and I to take the girls for the Open House and to be able to share that experience with our girls!  It's all about temples!  We've been fortunate to be able to take our girls to the various temple open houses and some dedications in the area!  I should make a list of the Temples we've touched!

We've touched....

1-Salt Lake (MARRIED HERE!)
2-Bountiful Temple (I attended the dedication too)
3-Ogden Temple (waiting to go to the renovated Temple with the kids!)
4-St. George Temple
5-Vernal Temple
6-Monticello Temple (Open house - 2nd time open house)
7-Provo Temple
8-Mount Timpanogos (Open House  and dedication too!)
9-Nauvoo Temple (Dedication only)
10-Palmyra Temple (Dedication only)
11-Atlanta Georgia Temple (Myself only)
12-Mesa Arizona Temple
13-Brigham City (Open House and Dedication)
14-Jordan River (I attended the Open House and Dedication too)
15- Oquirrh Mountain (Open House and Dedication)
16-Draper (Open House and Dedication)
17-Manti Temple
18-Las Vegas Temple
19-New Port Beach Temple (Grounds only)
20-Redlands Temple (Grounds only)
21- Seattle Temple
22- Portland Temple (Grounds only)
23-Columbia River Temple (Grounds only)
24-Twin Falls Temple (Grounds only - Jamy dedication interpreting)
25-Boise Temple (Open House)
26-Rexburg Temple (Open House)
27-Idaho Falls (Grounds only)
28-Los Angeles (Grounds only)
29-San Diego Temple
30-Chicago Temple (grounds only)
31-Winter Quarters (dedication)
32 - Orlando Florida Temple

Jamy's additional list:

1-Cardston Canada (Open House)
2-Washington DC (grounds only)
3-Laie Hawaii (dedication)
4-Kansas City (dedication)
5-The Gila Valley Arizona (dedication)

Not a bad list!  We do have plans to attend the Provo Tabernacle Temple, Payson Temple, Cedar City Temple, Ogden Temple, Phoenix Arizona Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple and a few more in the near future that are close by in surrounding States!  I know that growing up it was a goal of mine to touch every Temple in the world (mind you that the list was VERY small for me growing up!)  However, now there are 140 Temples!!  No way!  I'd have to win a lottery, have frequent flyer miles stacked up and lots of time!!  Now, I'll just make family vacations and touch as many Temples that I can while on trips!  We've made some awesome memories of vacations and Temples!

Anyway, got off topic a little!  Conference was amazing, as usual!  I loved so many of the talks!  I loved President Monson's talk about him being a young boy with the matches - his face expressions were PRICELESS!  Love that he can be candid, but that he teaches us so much!

I loved Sister Dalton's talk!  She's an AMAZING woman!  I know Mallory's heart broke when she was released, however Mallory and I had a chance to meet 2 of the newly called counselors from our Young Women Broadcast experience together.  I love that Sister Dalton is such an outstanding example for many of us to look up to!

I loved all the talks for one reason or another.  I look forward to reading them in the Ensign next month and studying them again and again for the next 6 months!  It's always amazing to see how the talks really do apply to life and to MY life!  There was a specific talk by Elder Clayton that I LOVED so much!  "WATCH AND LEARN."  There are people in my life that would benefit so much from hearing this talk, over and over.  Life may not be perfect for any of us, but with our eternal companions we learn so much!  I'm grateful for Jamy and for the things that I "watch and learn" from him!  He is FIRST, my best friend, SECOND, my husband, THIRD our daughters father, FOURTH, a worthy priesthood holder who honors his priesthood!

Okay, I'm off for the night...twice in the same day, this might be a good thing...not sure I can keep up with that, but I'll sign off for now!

The Church is TRUE!  The Plan of Salvation is what brings me happiness in life!  Temples create ETERNAL families!