Our family has a couple of traditions surrounding the semi-annual General Conference of our church, which happened last weekend. The first sprang from Garry's family, who always has crepes for breakfast before the Sunday morning session. Mmmm....crepes!
Our favorite filling is strawberry jam and whipped cream, but we've also experimented with bananas and Nutella; cinnamon and sugar; and other jams and spreads. When we told the boys that Conference time was coming, Tyler's first question was, "Are we going to have crepes?" We've trained them well!Another tradition has sprouted in an attempt to convince two rowdy boys to sit still and listen to eight hours of broadcasted messages. Considering their ages, we did really well this time! We made a list of topics they should listen for. When the key words were spoken, they got to eat a treat. By the last session on Sunday, the boys did have tummy aches....Dad really splurged at the grocery store and got more treats than usual.
We were sad that Garry had to work so much over Conference weekend. He was gone from 10 a.m. Saturday to 1:30 a.m. Sunday (yikes!) and for about three hours Sunday evening. The quarterly report he was working on had to be done on a certain day of the month, which necessitated the unusual weekend hours. We sure enjoyed him while he was home most of Sunday, and have a renewed appreciation for our weekend Daddy.
On Sunday we took a drive between Conference sessions to see the gorgeous fall leaves. Exploring our surroundings was fun (we haven't done much of that yet), and seeing the stunning yellow aspens against the dark evergreens was quite breathtaking! We stopped for a few family photos in the mountains. I hope this becomes another Conference tradition!
8 comments:
Very fun traditions! The mountains are so lovely!
Such beautiful photos, and the mountains are divine. There are perks to living in a cold-winter place! I could devour those crepes right now!
I'm going to have to remember the treat idea for next conference. Amazing what leverage food has for growing boys!
Oh how beautiful the mountains are! It looks like you've had some great ideas for traditions. They are lots of fun. It's good to see you all together having fun instead of throwing up and having to take care of each other.
1. Those crepes look seriously good. I'll have mine with Nutella and banana, please!
2. You had your boys watch all 4 sessions? You are stronger than I. We did 2 and I thought that was pretty good. Devlin, however, did not.
3. Your scenery is spectacular! So is your family. It's been cold here the last few days too (by which I mean 70's during the day and low 60's at night)...
My in-laws would always make the same muffins on Conference morning and one of the times we went, I asked my father-in-law if he wanted help making Conference Muffins. He looked absolutely puzzled until I described the muffin to him and reminded him that every time we had spent conference at his house, he had made them. So now they are called Conference Muffins and we make them every time at our house on Sunday morning.
They're French Breakfast Muffins, by the way. Oooh la la, so good!
I love the photo of Garry and the boys. The aspens are gorgeous! We went to the canyon the same day where they are usually radiant, but it was raining. Great photos from the mountains too.
Crepes sound good!
what a great idea for conference! I may just use that for my hubby and i come spring! lol. and i absolutely love the family pictures....so cute!
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