This past week...

Well over the weekend we went and visited the grandparents, so we could go to the temple and watch conference which was nice. The girls sooo love their Papa and watching them crawl up into the recliner with him it's just precious. Conference was great and it was honestly the first time in quite a while that I stayed awake and actually heard all the talks! If I had to pick just one favorite it would have to be the talk on grattitude that I believe Elder Bednar gave on Saturday. I also of course with my new calling enjoyed the many talks on missionary work but really felt that spirit during the grattitude talk. With times getting so tough I think it's especially important that we count our many blessings. Our family is so richly blessed and one of our greatest blessings is the love in our lives from you guys, are amazing friends and family. I will post a link to this talk once it is available but one of the things he talked about I think all should do is offering up a prayer of grattitude. I have done this several times and it always fills me with grattitude, cheers me up and brings the spirit. You can feel Heavenly Fathers love when you simply ask for nothing and just take time to thank him for all he's done for you. He also mentioned a scripture which Pres. Monson also later quoted about his anger being kindled against those who do not recognize his hand in all things. Well in between sessions we had lunch with Grandma Judy, Papa Tim and Norks which was nice. We also got to see all the work Kyle & Norks have done to their house and even got to see uncle Kyle briefly. The house looks great and the girls just love their uncles! They do such a great job with the girls, especially Jared. We also took the girls to the park and just enjoyed the gorgeous weather on Saturday. It was nice to be back at my Dads house for the first time in a while and all the work looks great. Our Orlando daycare is back in business and nicer than ever!!! Well we went home for the Sunday sessions and just watched them online (nowhere near as nice as Papas' big screen tv!). The girls went out to play in the rain in between sessions and found some mud. I'll have to have Amber post the pictures soon. Finally the elders came over for dinner and then took the girls to see and feed a monkey (orangatan?) on our way to take them home. Aparantly these people own a circus and keep this monkey on their personal property not far from our neighborhood and have given the Elders permission to feed it whenever! The girls were a little timid at first but in the end wanted to go back and see the monkey again. Well other than our date night where Amber took me out for Thai food, which I love and she doesn't care for (so sweet), and we went and saw the movie Eagle Eye that's our week in a nut shell. Eagle eye was good and we would recommend it. Everything else continues on same as usual. Until next time...Remember we love ya!