We were told this weekend we would be having a special Stake Conference. Part of it included a Tri- Stake Fireside Friday night for the young singles and young married. We were definitely going to take that offer up. All the girls in our ward were already busy, so I had to think outside the box. An idea occurred to me, and we ended up with a baby-sitter for the night. (I won’t give my source, though, so that I always have a baby-sitter when needed and don’t have to fight for one.) I had to go out to Kev’s parents to pick up a trailer (which turned out to be much more work than expected. Note: a 2″ ball will not fit a 1 7/8″ trailer.) Brittney ended up helping me out tons and then came back with me to go with us that night. Because it took me longer in Fernley, I didn’t get home till 6 pm. We made a mad dash to get changed and fed before we had to leave. We ended up getting to the chapel about 7:05 so we had to sit in another room where a tv was set up.

Elder Bednar was presiding over the meeting, which turned out to be a question/ answer meeting. He explained he wanted anyone who had a question to ask anything they wanted, and they would do their best to answer. He did give examples, such as:

He said if we were to ask where the sword of Laban was, their repsonse would be, “We don’t know and we don’t care.” Okay, check that one off then. Elder Bednar then said if we should ask Elder Anderson what his feelings are since becoming an apostle, that would be a really good question. So the line up was: Elder Bednar, Elder Andersen, Elder Zwick (of the seventy) and our area seventy, which I don’t know, because he was never really addressed. Even though we were in the other room, and didn’t always hear the questions, it was very interesting to hear the answers given. At the end, they each bore their testimonies. It was an incredible meeting to be part of.

Afterwards, we left to go see Angels and Demons. (Maybe I should not admit that, but oh well.) It doesn’t sound like the best thing to do after a spiritual activity, but it was really good. They left a lot from the book out, but it made sense. (I didn’t think some of the things in the Davinci Code made sense without reading the book.) I’m pretty sure we woke our baby-sitter up when we got home, but I don’t blame her. It was midnight. She made it through the night, and my house was just as clean as when I left it, so I was happy. She will get a call back. 🙂

Side note: Saturday morning when I went to change Jmo after he woke up, I was a little confused. His diaper didn’t have tabs. Oh wait, it did. His diaper was on backwards. I have 2 guesses… 1-our baby-sitter had never changed a diaper?, 2- he wouldn’t hold still for her and she gave up the battle, and put is diaper on backwards since he wouldn’t turn over. I’ll have to go back and watch the video to find out. (For those of you who don’t know, J-mo has a camera in his room so we can see after we close the door at night.)