Conference Weekend

General Conference was pretty great once again.

I am so thankful for our Prophet, and feeling so blessed that we can hear what our Heavenly Father wants us all to know through him and the other speakers as well.

The day after Conference.... on Facebook, several people had lots of rude and disrespectful comments about the Church. Which makes me even more proud of who I am, and what our church stands for. We really are so lucky we have a guide to help us get through this trying life.

This life is a test for us all, to prove that we love our savior and our God. To show our faith, and our love for him. It is hard, and we have to work at it everyday, but the reward is going to be so amazing!

I have been thinking a lot about why some people have a hard time with our church, and why some of our members have a hard time from straying. Our church is strict. It has very strict guidelines for a reason. Our Lord knows so much more than we do, and he knows what is best for us. He does not make mistakes in his teachings.

Satan is everywhere, and wants us to be miserable like him.

Some people just don't see it either. We are told to LOVE everyone, and to be like Jesus Christ. We don't have to love the sins that others choose to do, but we are told to care for others and to love them and treat them with respect. Even people that hate us. That hurt us. We don't have to have them in our lives, but we shouldn't have hatred toward anyone.

My favorite things from Conference were:

Don't do anything you wouldn't want your own children to do. Including your books you read, television you watch, and clothes you wear.
Seek ALL your answers in the scriptures.

Live in Thanksgiving daily.

Pause to see your many blessings that God has bestowed upon you.

Live life as if Christ were standing next to you.

And another thing, that I have always said, was do not let your kids have sleepovers. Sometimes, it is setting your kids up for failure. I will stand by this. I always have.
Except for sleepovers at my house, and the most trusted family members :) I also really liked what(someone) said about waiting up for your children when they go out as teenagers. They are more likely to make good choices if their parents are waiting up to hear about the things they were doing, and how their night went.

Conference morning, I gave my kids conference kits. they had treats, coloring books, stickers and molding clay to play with while they listened to conference. We also had their Conference packets from Primary. They did great the first half, but they were bored the 2nd half. Either way, they did great!

We went up to Silver Lake as soon as it was over. It was nice, and cool. AND Beautiful like always.

and here is Swayz. She is just the sweetest, most relaxed baby! I'm so glad she is mine!

P.S. For those of you that knew Trent, my boyfriend in High School, I just heard he was baptized into the LDS church this last month. He married a girl from Utah, and they just had their first baby. I'm so happy for him and his wife. That's so exciting.