Conference Highlights

Let us pretend that I am not  months behind in blogging and talk about this conference weekend. Here are some highlights:

+ Lily was reunited with her long lost "daughter", Dollie. Dollie took a vacation at her great aunt's house for 2 months, much to the distress of her mother Lily and her sister Minnie. But, the family is together once more and Dollie is once again being lovingly taken care of by her mommy.

+ Lucy signed her first signs! She requested "milk" and "more" banana. The funny thing is I haven't been quite as on top of teaching Lucy sign language as I was with Lily. These signs seemed to come from out of no where- however with Lucy's refusal to talk, this will hopefully help prevent some tantrums (which are many and frequent in Lucy's life).  Lucy is a huge, spunky, spirit trapped in a little tiny body - the which, I'm sure, is very frustrating to her.

+ "Is that Heavenly Father?" Lily always asks when she sees President Monson. She doesn't ask that of any other apostle, and no matter how many times we correct her (she often asks that when looking at the picture of the first presidency in our bedroom). I would like to think that she recognizes him as Heavenly Fathers mouthpiece, but that may just be the overly proud mother in me talking.


+ An attitude of gratitude. The past two weeks we've invited some old friends over for dinner and fhe, and asked them to share a message. These two woman, Mino and my former MTC companion Jenn (Dutson) Talbot, are spiritual powerhouses and are two amazing role models for me (despite us being the same age. They both felt impressed to talk to us about the key to happiness, gratitude. And then during conference, it seemed that gratitude was a frequent subject. I think I need to be more positive and grateful at all times in my life, especially at the difficult times.

+ Jordan received a job offer from Cummins! It just shows they are a smart company. We have 3 more weeks to think about it and then we'll get back to you as to what we decide :)