Manti Temple

Week before last was Girls Camp and it was AWESOME!!! This past weekend was Youth Conference and once again...AWESOME!!! Catchin' on here? Youth + the Spirit = Awesome experiences and wonderful times.


The Manti Temple is gorgeous; just stunning.


Girl's Camp was 4 days long but I was only able to go for 2 days (got a child to take care of). I loved every second of it: broken tents, games, talking, camp fire, wind, spiritual experiences, rain, and testimony meeting. It was in Pinto by Pine Valley and the girls were great.



For Youth Conference we went to Manti and saw the "Mormon Miracle Pageant" that depicts events of the Prophet Joseph Smith's life, events from the Book of Mormon (including the Savior's visit to the Americas as a resurrected being) and the pioneers who settled in Utah. It was AMAZING! Truly amazing. The pageant takes place at dark on this hill on the side of the temple and it was just done so well. We camped out on the lawn of the Seminary building (next to the high school). We were going to sleep outside under the stars (with the temple in view) but the sprinklers put an end to that and we (the girls at least) ended up sleeping in a classroom inside. The youth did so great and everything was so fun and relaxing.

The two Porter pictures are from the past couple weeks: he has found a renewed interest in his Bumbo seat (that little butt fits perfectly) and the other he is helping Daddy hammer a stake in the ground. He loves helping his Daddy.

All these pictures of flowers are from my garden: I'm so happy they are finally popping up! The random picture of a book and puppet record one of my happy DI finds. I like puppets for kids (more fun than any 'ol stuffed animal) and found this camel weeks ago thinking it may come in handy one day for this Christmas camel book I wanted to get eventually. The very next week I found the book, also at DI, for $.50! I had wanted that book since my visiting teacher shared it with me at Christmas; it had been on my "wish list" since then. It's the little things that are exciting. Doesn't take much to please me. =P