Day 41

Today has been such a pleasant one!  We spent the majority of today at home, in front of our television, enjoying the talks from our church leaders in Salt Lake City.  Such wonderful inspiring messages!  I got up this morning and made my bran muffins from scratch, and then there was a knock at the door.  My wonderful visiting teacher (we each have two women who visit us from our congregation once a month to give us a spiritual message and usually a treat!) she had a pink box of doughnuts wrapped with a white bow, and some really neat packets for each one of us to follow along during conference.  Joel and Connor were MORE than happy to partake of both bran muffin and doughnuts lol.  Sometimes little ones are not very inspired to watch, but Joel sat for the entire two hours during the first session listening, watching, and coloring in what color tie the Prophet and his Apostles had on lol...it was great!  He actually listened to the talks and sang along with the songs the choir on the TV were singing!  Such happy family moments! 

Then, in between the first and second session, I hit up the mall for a sale at my all time favorite store.  As a lot of you know, I have been dropping the pounds like crazy this summer (emotional and physical trauma is apparently THE diet to go on for me!)  so I was able to buy multiple pairs of SKINNY jeans!  AH! SUCH a happy moment to fit my body into those suckers!  It was a dance around the dressing room kinda day.  AND I was able to share that happy moment with the gal who works at my favorite store (her name is Carole and her son is getting married in 3 days....how many of you can say YOU know the name of the sales lady at your favorite store?  It PAYS to be nice people!) So home I went for the next session with my bag of goodies and a smile on my face. 
David went to the Priesthood session (the meeting for men where they listen to the Prophet teach them to be better husbands...I love that session!) While he was gone I took the kiddos to dinner at TOGO's, Joel's all time favorite sandwich place, and we picnicked in the park across the street.  After about an hour of running around all over the place, we came home and waited for Daddy to help me put the kiddos to bed.  THEN it was time to make the cinnamon rolls!  (These rolls take a night and a morning to make because it takes a total of about 3.5 hours for them to be totally done, so we do the first portion at night, stick em in the fridge, and cook them in the morning!)  They look gooey and sugary already!  It is such a happy moment to make those with David.  We make them for each General Conference, and on Christmas Eve while we are playing SANTA...because that is how long it usually takes to put together the kid's toys lol.  It is a happy moment I love to share with David and something I think we both really enjoy.  I look forward to the happy moment tomorrow of biting INTO the warm cinnamon roll as well!  Hope I haven't made you all too hungry!  Have a happy Saturday night and I will keep you posted on how it all turns out tomorrow!