We had a very full Sunday last week. We had stake conference but was really a Davis county conference and our stake had been invited to attend it in the conference center. We were supposed to be in our seats by 9:40 which meant leaving the house at 8:30 but we were late leaving but still made it just in time.
Lucy was the first one in the car and ready to be our chauffeur.
The speakers included Elder Bowman of the Seventy, Sister Burton the new Relief Society General President, Elder Holland and President Uchdorft. We ended up in the balcony and the conference center was almost full, of mostly children that is. Knowing we'd be there for over 2 hours we packed a pack back of tricks and treats and the kids did pretty good until the last 15 minutes. For the first two speakers, I could hardly hear the talks. It was so loud with the kids in the background and the audio was not very loud. Luckily Neil knew the man who was working that day and texted him and the volume was turned up for the last two speaker. I was so frustrated not being able to hear that I began to cry. Here we were at the conference center and it was no easy task to even get there, with our kids, trying to be obedient and it seemed like it was not even going to matter. I was not going to get anything out of the meeting. So the first two talks I don't really know what they talked about (Neil could hardly hear either) except making sure to have a current temple recommend and to attend the temple frequently. Luckily the volume increased for Holland and Uchtdorf. Holland emphasized pretty forcefully to be doers of the word and not hearers only. We will be held accountable. How many times during church or conference, at the end I'll comment what a great meeting and messages and then as soon as I leave or turn off the tv, I don't give it a second thought. All the time. He asked us what have we been trying to change in ourselves because of conference. Luckily I have been working on something so I didn't feel totally guilty. Uchdorf talked for 45 minutes touching on so many things. I was in charge of the kids during his talk so missed a lot but one thing he talked about was missionary work and as parents encouraging our kids to pay for most if not all of their missions. It will make them be much better missionaries. One of the young men who babysits for us saves all the money he makes from us in his mission fund. He should have several hundred dollars saved now. Makes me want to use him as much as possible. I told the boys that hoping they may catch the vision a little. I know that Neil and I think all of his siblings earned all the money to pay for their missions. Goodness, Neil even paid for his entire college education and graduated with no debt! There was some good teaching going on in his home.
Our kids are obsessed with water and the fountains at both temple square and City Creek.
After our picnic we went to the Hibberts where Neil and I tried to take a nap but only Neil succeeded. We were waiting for the right time to see the solar eclipse. Kim loves astronomy and had set up 4 telescopes on top of a parking garage. It was so fun to see him in his element and to share his knowledge and love with all of us. Conner really loved it. The eclipse lasted from about 6:30-7:30.
The kids entertained themselves by playing soccer, riding scooters, chasing and just playing. Mikey had gotten really sad because he wanted to play duck duck goose but someone told him that was a baby game so he started to cry. After awhile we were able to get a group together to play and Mikey was so happy. The older Wride kids are such good sports. I think Lily was the cutest walking around saying duck, duck in her little squeaky voice.
Kim adjusting the telescope.
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