Just as she always does, Baby V dazzled everyone when we drove to the family cabin for General Conference weekend. Our first overnighter with her involved the Beefy SUV full of our bags and lots of baby stuff we thought we might need. We ended up using most of it, although I probably over-packed the clothing bag a bit. Her grandparents and Aunt Niki surprised us after changing V's diaper with an adorable Halloween outfit, complete with onesie, pants, personalized Halloween socks, and a festive headband with ribbon flower fashioned by the lovely Niki. Zak nearly caught up on some sleep he'd been lacking the last several weeks, and we got to listen to President Monson, the Apostles, and other church leaders speak via the inter-web. One of my favorite talks was by Elder D. Todd Christofferson, entitled "The Moral Force of Women." Listening to his talk, I felt empowered, uplifted, and important. I want the Young Women in our congregation to recognize those feelings in themselves. Well, it looks like our little family's home evenings for the next several weeks will be easy to plan, just popping up one of the many amazing conference talks to watch and discuss.
During our weekend away we also saw my parents and all of my siblings. I love visiting family, even now that we're packing all sorts of baby items and trying to calm a child in the middle of the night. We had lots of fun and look forward to seeing everyone again.
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| Borrowing Grandpa's hat |
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| After demolishing the previous targets, Cohen and Niki began weeding with bullets. |
