Conference

Elder Marlin K. Jensen of the Seventy visited our stake conference this last weekend. Where meetings are sometimes a drag, Michael and I both agreed these were particularly good. I was riveted the entire two hours during the adult session. It might have had something to do with the fact that I didn't have six kids climbing on me (Michael took them trick or treating. I was at the piano for a special musical number so I had to go--twist my arm!), but Elder Jensen was a particularly interesting, experienced, insightful speaker. He is an attorney so his thought process and logic especially appealed to me, he reminded me of my dad. You can always spot them! I wish I could have recorded the whole thing so I could reproduce it here, but I'll spare you all and leave the elaborations for my journal.

One of many thoughts that struck me was that "the license of a parent will become the liberty of the child." That is, he said, perhaps the best argument for orthodoxy. It made me take a hard look and determine just how this counsel applies, as it assuredly does.

So while Michael was at his stake leadership meeting I was finishing up with soccer games and the lawn. But what was Michael doing while I was away at my meeting? I walked in the door, called "Honey, I'm home! What have you all been up to?"

He grinned his rascally grin and said, " I've been busy."

(It is possible a clarification is in order: Notice that Isaac is missing his top two teeth, and Meg the bottom two. Dad's been busy indeed. Isaac said his hope is that they won't start growing in until after Christmas so that he can sing All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth. Clara thinks that's dumb. She wants her's to grow in ASAP because "they're going to be really big and sharp for biting." I assume she means biting her dinner.)