Me, Becki, Aimee, and Carol (last year in Salt Lake City)
Becki, Aimee, and Carol
This photo of fresh flowers in a springtime arrangement was taken last year during General Conference weekend from Temple Square in the foyer of the building where the Joseph Smith movie is shown. I went out there a year ago to a reunion with my former mission companion, Carol, who lives here in Austin, while our mission president and wife, Marvin and Sandy van Dam, were home briefly from Russia, where he works for the Church. It was so fun to go there with Carol (and met up with my dear friends Becki and Aimee) and stay downtown at Little America and attend a session of conference in the conference center.This year was just as much fun, as I stayed home the entire weekend, relaxing with the family and just watching movies and all four sessions of conference from Saturday to Sunday. In the meantime, Lindsey and I watched four movies, starting on Friday night. (Kelly and Christopher joined us for one, but played computer games in the meantime.) Conference was much better than the movies, by the way! I also did some cutting for Tuesday's card camp to keep from falling asleep. It's so cozy watching the speakers at home, that it's easy to find myself dozing off. But keeping busy doing brainless activities was a way to multi-task and feast on the wonderful words of our apostles and beloved prophet. If I were to choose the one talk which stood out in my mind the most, it would be that of President Faust, in the Sunday morning session, as he spoke about immediate forgiveness, and referenced the Amish community from the tragedy that happened last year, and gave a few other examples. I look forward to getting my Ensign to read all the talks again during the next six months.
For dinner tonight, I cooked a turkey, seasoning it with a peppercorn and garlic rub, and it turned out so delicious. Now I'll be making turkey meals this week with the rest of the 12-pounder!
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What movies did y'all watch?
Flicka
Family Plan
Church Ball
Marie Antoinette
The Holiday
I haven't rented movies in a long time and made up for it this weekend. Lindsey loved the first two. I watched Marie Antoinette by myself. The coolest part of that movie was the dvd cover. The boys thought Church Ball was funny.
In Marie Antoinette, did you notice the Converse tennies when they were showing all of her shoes? Pretty funny. I loved all the footage of the clothing and Versailles.
I agree with you on Henry B. Eyring's conference talk. I absolutely adore him. He is my favorite. And I love listening to the awesome "MoTab." They are so amazing. I love it when they sing "High on the Mountain Top" especially. What always comes to mind is the Dutch version of that and it melts my heart.
Actually, as many years as it has been since I lived in The Netherlands or Belgium, the hymns always remain special to me in Dutch. Sometimes at church, I'll even quietly sing certain parts in Dutch, while people around me are probably thinking I forgot the words to the hymns in English because my lips are moving completely incorrectly. It's probably like watching a dubbed movie, seeing my lips move to the wrong sounds.
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