Last night after the adult session of Stake Conference the boys and I ran out to the store. We had some shopping to do for Halloween candy as well as some food items and then pumpkins to carve. Apparently pumpkins are not a last minute item. They were pretty much gone. We were at smiths to see what they had and were looking at a handful of really ugly pumpkins when a sister from our Stake walked out and saw us. We had just seen her at the Wal-Mart and it turns out she was looking for plastic teeth (which must also disappear quickly at Halloween time). We said hello and then she said she had lots of pumpkins at her house that looked a lot better than what was left. She told us to go get some. I said I didn't want to go take her pumpkins but she insisted saying she had grown them herself and had quite a few. They were much nicer than what was available at the store. So awesome of her. Well, we carved on them this afternoon following Stake Conference. It was a good activity and we saved a lot of seeds that we will plant in hopes of growing our own pumpkins next year. I think it will be fun anyway.
Stake Conference was quite good. We had Elder Schweitzer of the Seventy. I really enjoyed the talks from both yesterday and today. It may be time to go through some things, determine their value - meaning, does it bring me closer to Christ or pull me away? Well, i quite like our Stake Presidency. They are good men, humble men that love the Lord. Really powerful messages and testimonies shared.
So Stake Conference, pumpkin carving, a couple of home teaching visits for me, and a drive up the canyon while listening to a youth fireside with the kids all made for a pretty great day.
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