General Conference-Saturday

So this year I wanted to do something special for the kids to get them excited for General Conference. I looked on Pinterest.com for some ideas and found this idea where the family slept in tents in their front room (or wherever the tv was) and watched conference from the tent.  They told about how in the Book of Mormon people would listen to King Benjamin from their tents to hear the word of God.  So Friday night I made these frito bag chili dinners (that we usually have when we camp) and went and got some licorice and stuff for root beer floats.

Well the morning session of conference didn't go as smoothly as I'd hoped.  Jairus kept going potty in his pants (which is odd because he was completely potty trained months ago), the kids wouldn't stay put, wouldn't listen, and kept messing with Zach.  It was very aggravating.  For the second session of conference, we went over to my parent's house and had lunch (their ward always does a fundraiser making hoagie sandwich lunches for conference).  I had made some conference packets and church coloring packets for them while we watched conference.  That worked and lasted for the duration of about one talk.  I then tried to help Tali with her homework and reading, but she got so mad at me because she didn't want to do it and then told me she wished I was dead.  What five year old talks like that?  We certainly don't talk like that at our house and no program that they watch says anything like that!  

I was glad I was able to hear some of the talks though and was able to get some spiritual nourishment.  One talk that really hit me was Elder Jeffrey R. Holland about mental illness/wellness.  There were a few others in the morning session that were pretty good, but it seems like Elder Holland always has something poignant to say that I can relate to.

As the time came to leave my parent's house, I got Jairus in his clean pants which we had to wash due to his accident and not even five minutes later did he soil them with pee because he didn't want to go to the bathroom.  I had even asked him if he needed to go potty and he said no and the second he said it, is when I smelled the pee.  I was so incredibly frustrated!  I am really looking forward to when Brian can be home and not have to go to school or work crazy hours.  It's just something we have to do right now and learn from.  On the upside, I was able to get a picture of Zach, Tali and myself (Jairus didn't want to be in the picture, but I got one of just him and me later) during the morning conference and Jairus we learned can count to 30 and he's only three years old!