I've always LOVED conference. Growing up we had to go to the church and we lived far enough away we went and stayed all day, had a fun pizza picnic lunch in between sessions on Saturday (and usually a bag of Easter candy). As I've grown up, my love for conference hasn't changed, but everything else has. I've had challenges adapting to:
1. watching it at home.
2. Creating our own family traditions.
3. Changing those traditions as we change time zones drastically.
4. Not yelling at my children to keep it quiet-ish so I can hear....(Yes, there are all sorts of things wrong with that pictures.
5. Not getting frustrated that I miss ALOT of live conference. I love that all the talks are in my fingertips hours/days after, but there is just something about the live experience of conference.
As I try different things, some things work, some things don't. This year by the end of conference I had lots of realizations about time and seasons and I took a serious chill pill.
Before
After...yes, that is the dog scrounging for scraps
We did something new as a family that I really enjoyed and can already see how it will adapt as they get bigger. I've always had questions for conference, but I wanted my kids to see how conference truly is personal revelation. We came up with a question together as a family. It was so fun to see the kids hear their question answered not only once, but in two different talks/sessions. I hope even through all the crazy, my kids gain a love of and testimony of General Conference....glad I have LOTS more chances to try. :)
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