Two tickets to FSY

 These two are headed to Nauvoo with the rest of the stake youth. I think they are super sad to miss out on our spring camping trip.

Look at those disappointed faces. Awww....

I didn't get any photos from Megan's group, but here are a few of Laney's: 

And to think they could be sleeping on the ground in Missouri. Poor little ones. 

Holed up

 Two solid days in the basement. 

Blankets

Complete gluttony

Note taking

It's Conference time

General conference weekend

General conference is different this year. There isn't anyone at the conference center...the TabCats aren't singing. The speakers are in a room with just a few others....sitting 6 feet apart. 

But we're still at home...making our treats and watching in our basement. We snagged a few of our favorites on our last grocery run. I have no doubt that lil' smokies and pop tarts would be considered essentials.

We used our time in between sessions to paint our eggs. This year we used watercolors!

Sunday morning we had just popped these beauties out of the oven when President Nelson announced a worldwide fast.....

I'm sure sighs of relief were uttered all around the world when he clarified that it wouldn't be today..... our cinnamon rolls and breakfast casseroles are safe. Grab the forks.

In other news...the grass has sprouted!

And Ethan's beard is officially braidable.

What a weekend.

General Conference

I'd like to thing that as we dip our apples in caramel....

And spear our lil' smokies with toothpicks..... we are soaking up all the words of wisdom. They are soaking in. They are lifting us up and we're learning the gospel more deeply.

But something tells me not everyone is soaking and lifting and learning.

My two E's...perfectly matched bookends.

Easter 2018

Sometimes Easter and General Conference fall on the same weekend. 

When this happens, we have extra to peruse our Easter baskets.

To sniff our new t-shirts.

And the bed head is ON POINT.

Instead of a Sunday dress porch photo, we'll lay about and play games in our jammies and flower headbands.

Later, we put on our pants and ran a comb through our hair so we could go watch a session with the Flynns and give Maybe all the love she deserves.

And what do you know...more surprising announcements were made. Young Men presidencies are being dissolved. Young Women class names are being retired as well....no more Beehives or Mia Maids or Laurels. What's next?!?

A conference for the books

This conference was much the same as years past...we NEVER forget to have lil' smokies and caramel apples while we feed our spirits!

We're getting a little better at not devolving into fist fights over who gets to update the Conference board.

But!! This Conference was unique! They announced that church will go from 3 hours to 2 hours on Sundays. I felt like I could hear the collective gasp of people in homes all over the world! I'm so interested to see what it will be like when we start this in January.

The times. They be a changin!