Hoppy Easter

 

 

It's a cute tradition, has nothing to do with the true meaning of Easter, but we love it.

And it's a good thing I took that cake photo when I did, because it fell TOTALLY apart! 

It's face fell off ( no supporting foundation) and then it split wide down the middle.

Robert and Janet and Mom joined us at Church on Sunday. We had a lovely musical program, threaded around "The Living Christ" proclamation.

Then we had a lovely ham dinner.

My First General Conference

 At least it was my first general conference inside the conference center! The conference center is 25 years old this year. I have been to other events in there, but not a General session of General Conference. It was really cool. But it was a really long day. Lots of sitting. 

Mike and I got up at 3:30 a.m., and were on the road by 4:00 a.m. We parked at the South Towne expo Center in Sandy and hopped on TRAX, Salt Lake City's light rail system. We were there early enough that we could sit in the parking lot and I could put my makeup on, and we could eat some breakfast burritos that I had made for us. They were a bit cool by then, but still not too bad. We even had chocolate milk! 

Nick got us tickets for the Saturday 10:00 a.m. session, but we went in about 9:00 and found some really good seats.  We did take our time as we went into the building, and enjoyed the paintings, and the sculptures,  fountains... It is all very lovely and very very big. Very.

You are supposed to be in your seat at 9:30 a.m., as that is when they release the standby tickets. At 9:30 a.m., there were still a lot of empty seats and people streaming in. But by 10:00 a.m. it was almost all the way full. It was a great session, but we were kind of sleepy. ( I wonder why? )I have to admit I  closed and rested my eyes a bit here and there. ;-)

 These were the first seats we chose, then we moved back a few rows and to the right so Mike could have an isle seat. We were just three rows up from the front edge of the "Terrace Level" ( the middle tier ).

I forgot my notebook for taking notes during the conference session! I left it in the car. Drat. I was kind of sad about that. They did ask that all electronic devices be turned off, so I was obedient and turned mine off and didn't take any notes on it.  

After the session, we had an enjoyable tracks ride back down to Sandy where we got our car and headed to West jordan. We went to Mike and Joyce Christensen's house and met up with Nick's family there. We had a pulled pork sandwich, watch the kids dig in the sand for treasures that Joyce and Mike had set up for those six grandchildren who were there. It was a short stop, and then we were on our way home in time to listen to the 2:00 p.m. session on our car radio. And I was actually able to find a station! I am still struggling at trying to figure out how to work the radio. 

But everything worked out well. The car is so fun to drive. It practically drives itself. Mike drove all the way home. I slept a lot after the conference session ended. We tried to stop in Beaver to get ice cream, but all of the droves of people heading from Southern Utah to Northern Utah have really clogged up the freeways as they head back after their spring break in the south. Northern schools were enjoying the sunshine. But maybe not. It kind of snowed last week. 

After a nice uneventful drive, we were back home and it was time to go to the basement and watch the final Saturday session from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. I stood up for a lot of that. That was a lot of sitting for one day! 

Conference Center 

Temple

Tabernacle

How we sometimes watch conference while at home and you think nobody is watching😉

Parotid gland?

 Did you know there was such a thing as a parotid gland? It's a salivary gland and it's HUGE! Mine is obstructed and very swollen. 

It only hurts because it is SO swollen

 

Warm compresses, an antibiotic, lots of fluids. Should clear up okay. Who knew?

 

Certainly not me!

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Here's an interesting little side note. I saw the InstaCare doctor on Monday morning. Tuesday morning, my primary care physicians office called me, knowing that I had been to the InstaCare Clinic, and checking up on me to make sure that the treatment was working! They even offered to make a follow-up appointment with me later to make sure all was well. I did not make the appointment, because I think 10 days of antibiotics and warm compresses, etc. will be more than adequate and this will clear up on its own. Well, not on its own, but with all those helps. Should I feel well cared for? Or should I feel that my doctor's office was jealous that I didn't come to them instead of the instacare. :-)

Spring Break, Continued

 And it continues to snow! Nick and his family joined us on Wednesday, along with Great Grandma Autrey. We enjoyed some hot dogs together for lunch. The kids had already eaten before we got back from the temple, so it was mostly adults who ate. They had done some hiking and had fun times with cousins in St George.  They did some coloring and playing games with me and grandpa.

And we have lots of snow! It snowed all day long. We got a few inches of nice wet snow here in Cedar, but it started out being the hard, yet fluffy, "corn" snow. It's like little teeny styrofoam balls, kind of. Off and on there may have been a little hail, rain and sleet  mixed in. It was a very wet day. And that is just what we have been praying for!

Crocs in the snow! ( The holey, plastic shoes--NOT crocodiles!)

Pellet snow corns

I didn't do a very good job of meal planning, so it was mostly sandwiches , fruit and snacking type foods. Hot dogs, BLT 's. Cookies. 

One of Nick's face imprints was so good you could see the creases in his forehead! But falling snow filled it in quickly. I would be hard-pressed ( pun intended) if I could even accomplish the push-required to DO a face print in snow!! He did more than one and his face was very cold. Brrrrr

After tired kids ( and Grandpa) were in bed, Nick and Kaylee and I enjoyed a quiet,  shorter version of Quiddler, yawning all the way through. I guess WE were tired, too.

Thursday morning, they headed out after Grandpa made waffles for breakfast. They delivered the coloring contest pages from our little local paper all around town-- in the snow! They got goodies and treats from some, which was fun for them. And they have the chance of collecting and winning other prizes from those businesses. Then they headed on home to Herriman.

Emily requested a picture with Grandma. I was flattered😊.

Mike and I went to Boyd and Carole Fife's. They leave Monday for their mission in Adam Ondi Ahman.  Mike had a tiny bit of grout to finish and *I* got a lovely tour of their new home, now furnished. They have a lovely "gathering place" at long last.

On the way home, Mike and I had bar-b-que @ Fire and Smoke in Kanarraville. It was really good! They have a nice business there and the decor is Barnwood and Texas-themed. 

And, now we get to plan for attending the 10 am General Conference session on Saturday morning! I'm excited! It will be my first time to attend general conference in the Conference Center.