Miller Mania by definition:

My blog's name I thought was very appropriote for my life. Here's the definition for "mania":
1. "excitement manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganization of behavior, and elevation of mood"
2. "excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm"
Sounds about right, huh?

Monday, October 6, 2008

General Conference

For those of you who are unaware, twice a year in our church we are blessed to be able to hear from the Prophet & the apostles & other general authorities of the church. There are 5 sessions, 3 on Saturday & 2 on Sunday. It is always a wonderfully uplifting weekend! We are able to watch conference on the BYU TV station on the Dish. Carrie & her family came over to watch it on both Saturday & Sunday since they don't get the BYU channel. We had snacky stuff & lunch & dinner together on both days.

The kids played fairly well most of the time. On Sunday Carrie (being the creative genius that she is) came up with a "Reverent Tent" for Lincoln & Keeley. Carrie created a "tent" for them in the family room with us & then we gave them a couple of old church magazines, scissors, a glue stick, construction paper, crayons, & a couple of coloring pages. Lincoln stayed in there for a few minutes & then was off to play with the toys. Keeley on the other hand loved it! I haven't really let her use the scissors on her own before & she had a blast!

Overall it was a great weekend! I always look forward to conference weekend & hearing from the Lord's prophet on the earth today!

Here are some pics of the "Reverent Tent":



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2 comments:

Amy Marble said...

LOVE the "reverent tent" idea. I'm going to remember that for next conference. Jackson had a conference packet to color - poor President Monson ended up with a green face!! Glad you had a nice weekend - we did too. Too bad they don't last longer...

October 6, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Carrie "Pie" said...

Yes it was a fun weekend! Thanks Jodie for letting us hang around all weekend!

I can't take credit for the reverent tent idea. I was reading stories from the "Friend" to the kids between sessions and they had the idea in there. I thought it was a good one!

October 6, 2008 at 4:42 PM

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