Visit from the Malans & General Conference

Last week, my brother-in-law Shane came to Utah to do some recruiting for his company at BYU, and instead of flying out, he drove and brought the whole family. They stayed with Shane's family for a lot of the week they were here, but we were lucky enough to have them stay with us for a couple of days. I played hooky from work (since it is hard to find chances to use my vacation days and they are accumulating) on Wednesday and Thursday, which was great. Jessica and I (and Landon and Davis) went down to BYU campus on Wednesday, then on Thursday we drove up Provo Canyon and met a couple of our friends and their kids. The canyon was beautiful with all the leaves changing! It was fun to catch up and see how much their kids have grown.

We spent most of the weekend watching / listening to General Conference. We watched both Saturday sessions at home, then Nate went to the Priesthood Session with his dad and brothers, while I went up to Ogden and hung out with Jessica. We went shopping while Shane's mom watched her kids. It was so fun to spend a few days with them! Portland is too far away - I wish we lived closer to each other.

On Sunday, we were able to go up to the Conference Center for the Sunday afternoon session. We got up there pretty early, so we had the chance to walk around temple square for a while before the session started. Considering the view out our back window when we woke up that morning (see pic at left), we thought it would be cold and rainy, but it was actually great weather outside. General conference was great, as always - it's always especially meaningful to be there in person with the prophet and the apostles.

Stay tuned for the results of the ultrasound today!