General Conference October 2015

Today we were able to watch General Conference together as a family. We had our traditional treat buckets plus our "packet" to take notes in. Brittney is a girl after my own heart, she loves to take notes. Here is our notes, side by side, after President Eyring's talk on the Holy Ghost. I love the cute things she decides to write and I love the way she spells things! I love my little 8 year old!

I love listening to General Conference-- I always learn new things and have a new list of things to work on! I  can't wait to listen to the talks again. 

Here is the Conference Countdown we used this year. (The banner can be found at http://preparednotscared.blogspot.com/2014/09/its-conference-time.html )

Behind each pennant, we had a slip of paper that had a "Did you know..." statement of each of the 12 apostles and  the First Presidency with a quote from their April 2015 Conference address. We loved reading one each night for the 15 days leading up to conference. Some nights we forgot, so a few times we did two in one night. We might have even done three one night too ;). (I found the countdown slips at   http://www.cknscratch.com/general-conference/countdown-to-general-conference?rq=General%20conference%20countdown ).

Hayley made me this sign--what a sweet daughter I have!  I guess I am 3 awesome's and 3 amazing!

40 Day General Conference Challenge

On August 19th, I began a 40 Day General Conference Challenge. The challenge was to read a talk from the April 2015 General Conference each day for 40 days. I decided to post the assigned talk each day on Instagram and Facebook-- sharing it with many family and friends each day. I decided to have this as my Personal Progress Knowledge 10 Hour Value Project. The challenge ended on September 27th. I was able to read each and every day the assigned talk. I decided to mark each talk according to the eight Young Women Values. So anytime I read something that pertained to one of the values, I would mark it. It was a great experience. I am so glad I was able to read and learn each and every day the past 40 days.

Here is the comment I made on this final day on Instagram and Facebook:

This is the final day of the "40 Day General Conference Challenge"! I made it! As I flip through my General Conference Ensign I see a lot of things I underlined in black-- black was the color I chose to mark all the teachings about faith (I chose black since I wouldn't be able to see white). Faith is so important, especially today! Faith is the first principle of the gospel because you have to have belief, faith and trust in Heavenly Father and His plan. Jesus Christ is central to His plan. As I turn the pages of these conference talks, I find quote after quote after quote that give me hope and strength and love and courage to "press forward feasting on the words of Christ". The one other thing I noticed was all the light blue markings-- for Divine Nature. We are literally sons and daughters of an Eternal God who loves us and wants us to become like Him. The one sure way for us to become like Him is through families. "The family is ordained of God...happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of Jesus Christ". Thank you for allowing me to share this challenge-- I read each and every day and it has truly blessed my life for the better! I loved last night and I am looking forward to next weekend for General Conference!