Conference Weekend Oct. '09

Normally for conference we head up to Pine Valley to enjoy the beautiful fall air up there, but this time around we decided we had too much to do around the house that could be done in between sessions so we stayed home.
While we missed being up in Pine Valley, there were some definite perks with staying home. We were able to put both kids down for their naps during the afternoon sessions of conference, something that might have been more difficult up in Pine Valley. And, needless to say, it was much easier to enjoy conference when the kids were sleeping.
Then, Sunday, Lincoln had some sort of flu bug or food poisoning. And, as any mom will tell you, it's much better to be home with a sick kid, than anywhere else.
Although, a sort-of side blessing of his being sick was that he was out of commission for both sessions of conference which allowed us to again enjoy the messages free from too many distractions. What made it even better was that right after conference was over, he started feeling better and by the end of the day, he was back up on his feet. If he were a teenager, we might have been a little suspicious of his convenient illness.
The messages were wonderful and it seemed like over and over, Zach and I would look at each other and say, we have to listen to/read that one again!

Lincoln on the floor. Gwen couldn't stay away from big brother. Poor guy :(

A Few Things I Don't Want to Forget....

That Lincoln and Gwen wake up better if they have a chance to see each other as they are waking up.

That Gwen is determined to be a night owl--while I am certainly a morning-person. Hmmm.... who's going to win this one? She isn't fussy at night, on the contrary, she's very pleasant, as long as you don't put her in bed until AT LEAST 10:30pm, preferably, not until 11:30pm. I've resorted to decreasing her naps during the day in hopes that it might alter this, the jury's still out on whether that is working-some days it does, other days it doesn't.

That Lincoln LOVES to be read to, right now he's really into Halloween/Fall books, especially these two. I LOVE the illustrations on these books, and I think Lincoln does too. He also is really good at reciting some of his all-time favorite books like Duck on a Bike and I Wish I Had.



That Gwen is an excellent self-entertainer. As long as she's fed and has a relatively clean diaper, she can and will entertain herself for hours.(Notice I didn't say well-rested, that really isn't a factor in her happiness too often.) This is especially true now that she can get pretty much anywhere she wants to with her "crawl". (her "crawl" is really more like a crawl most of the time, with a stink bug walk inserted every once in a while)

That Lincoln LOVES to sing or be sung to, I get to go in and sing with the Nursery children as part of my calling and he's always singing so well with me. It's perhaps my favorite part of the calling. Some of his favorite songs are: ABC song, Twinkle, Twinkle..., Head, Shoulders, Knees..., and A Child's Prayer (I love hearing him try to sing this one--his voice goes so high!)


Life gets so busy and I just assume I'll remember some of these things. So this time, instead of assuming I'll remember these cute idiosyncrasies, I'm blogging them. Yay for blogging!

Fall Train Rides

We had a great time this past weekend celebrating a nephew's (Chandler) birthday with a train ride. Lincoln loves anything that moves so he was super-excited, and it was a beautiful day.

The people who work on the train are museum volunteers and some of the cutest people. We had to get some pics with them.

Gwen was relaxing in daddy's arms since we went during one of her nap times. You can almost see the red in her eyes.

It was a perfect weekend activity.