April 29-30, 2010
Each year, tens of thousands of women converge upon the Marriott Center at BYU for the annual Women's Conference. It is a fantastic sight.
I think this is the 4th time my mom, sisters, and I have attended. Yes, the breakout sessions are great. Yes, the opening and closing general sessions are great. But, the best part is just hanging out with the girls.This year we attended the Thursday night Evening of Service. (Jill caught up with us later.) We tied fleece blankets. I don't know how many were tied, but there were LOTS!
Next, we moved on to help out in the humanitarian area. We stuffed school kits into boxes to be shipped out to needy countries. I have to say the church's humanitarian efforts ROCK!!
That night we had a sleepover at my house. This was by far the HIGHLIGHT of the weekend for me. We "skyped" with my other sister Alicia for over an hour. (That was my first experience with Skype - pretty cool stuff!)We stayed up late talking and laughing our heads off. (Everything's funnier after midnight!) Have you ever played with PhotoBooth on a MAC computer? You can take super funny distorted photos of you. This is my sister Tanya. (Sorry T, I had to do it.) We were crying, we were laughing so hard! This is the stuff memories are made of.
The next day we attended the actual conference. Great sessions. Good uplift for the soul. And of course, the day would not be complete without the traditional group photo.
After the conference, we went to dinner at Zupa's (my FAVORITE restaurant at the moment) and then shopping at Walmart. We checked out most of the aisles in the store at a leisurely pace. How often do you get to do that? (Especially if you're Jill, with 6 kids, or Tanya, with 4 kids)I was sad to see everyone leave on Saturday. Let's do it again next year! Love you girls!
2 comments:
My family always goes too- I am excited to be able to go next year since I wont be teaching. We'll have to plan a meet up =)
Wow...you and your sister look a lot alike! Looks like fun. I have different memories of Women's Conference as a former BYU employee, and I don't think they're as fun as yours. It was always alot of work...but interesting too. Glad you had a good time. Now it's on to girls' camp...
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