Fall Break

We had a wonderful weekend roofing a home that belongs to my parents. These wonderful working weekends are fun, but exhausting. We actually spent the entire week on this project. I am unable to climb onto the roof, so my tasks were mainly making sure there was plenty of food for those that were on the roof.

When I returned home yesterday, I had a package in the mail. It was a giveaway that I had won from Carol at http://songberries.blogspot.com . I won a game that came from http://aroundthetablegames.com/ . If you have a chance go check out these games. They are better than games. They are converstion starters for your family under the pretense of a GAME. Wow, how cleaver is that?. My teenage daughters enjoyed the converstations and loved the cards.  I was gifted the tin with two games, Family Talk and Grandparent Talk. I absolutely love games in tins.  My fifteen year old daughter thought that we need to purchase the teen talk or buddy talk as our next one.  I believe that which ever one you choose you are a winner. Thanks again to Beth at around the table games for the wonderful gift. Thanks also to Carol at Songberries where it all started. Carol, We all appreciate the generous giveaway opportunities from your blog.

If anyone is interested check out songberries for other giveaways including this big one....Win $750 Cash on the Fall Follower Giveaway Tour- Open Worldwide- http://songberries.blogspot.com/

We spent this afternoon and evening with some special friends and had a delightful evening.  Ate a delicious meal prepared by our hostess, we played a fun new game,Killer Bunnies. We had a great evening. Thanks Ken and Carol. We had a wonderful evening. We were having so much fun, we way overstayed the time that we had planned. Next time your family will need to come over to play at our home.

All in all, this has been a great week and weekend.

General Conference Weekend

We enjoyed a wonderful weekend basking in the spiritual uplift from the counsel of the Prophet and Apostles. We enjoyed the talks that we heard and will be making efforts to better ourselves.

Life at times seems to become so stressful. It was good to hear counsel that its ok to slow down.
Take time for yourself, so that you can better serve others. (I have a problem with that one)

We had friends  come to our home to listen to conference on Sunday. We enjoyed breakfast together then lunch together between sessions. We shared a box of kleenex as we shed tears from the spirit that moved us.

Finally in the final session of conference, my daughter tells us that we can get the sessions translated for our Exchange student, by way of the internet. So, we did that in the final session. She fell asleep inspite of  listening to conference in her native language of Japanese. I attibute the naps to the lunch that we ate.

It was great to hear of the 5 new temples that will begin their construction. I know their feeling and how many a saint felt their heart twitter as Pres. Monson announced that a temple was coming to their home town.

We in Brigham City are looking forward to our Temple which should be finished within the next 2 years.