3 Day Weekend...Almost

Brad was able to get off of work early on Friday. In fact, he almost gave me a heart attack when he came walking, very sneakily, I might add, into our back room on Friday at around noon. I was just about to put Jacob down for a nap, when I heard, tap, tap, tap across the tile floor in our dining room. My back was toward the dining room and as I turned around (while holding Jacob), I see out of the corner of my eye, a tall, buff-looking creature coming toward me. Needless to say my heart was beating quite rapidly before I realized it was Brad. He had gotten off work early and thought he'd surprise me by just coming home without calling first. It was definitely a surprise! I think if he'd have been any closer to me when I heard a "strange person" in my house, he could've ended up with a black eye. Thankfully, it was my husband and not an intruder. So this is how we began our weekend!

Friday night we had tickets to the U of L vs. U of Utah football game. We got a babysitter and headed out for a night without Jacob. The hospital where Brad now works, gave tickets to us so we got to watch the game from "The Perch". This also meant free parking and free food! The only thing we had to pay for that night was the babysitter...great, cheap date! Unfortunately (if you're not rooting for the Utes) the Cards lost, but we had a good time anyway.

(Brad, Adam, Carolyn, Stormi, & Paul)

(Brad & I in "The Perch")

This weekend also happened to be General Conference weekend. It has been our family's tradition for the past several years to make cinnamon rolls for breakfast conference morning. This year we were talking about making the rolls and decided it's a lot of work to make cinnamon rolls. So, I took Jamie's idea for sticky buns and thought I'd see if they're just as good, since the recipe was so much easier.

(sticky buns before)

(sticky buns after)

The consensus in our family is that the sticky buns are just as good as cinnamon rolls and WAY easier. Thanks Jamie for the great recipe! I think we will be altering our family's Conference Sunday tradition. We were able to listen to Conference Saturday & Sunday and were spiritually fed as well. I even got to go to the church Saturday morning, by myself, and see Conference. I think this was my favorite session. Not so much because of what was said, as because I was ALONE! It was awesome. Thanks Brad for watching Jacob so I could go by myself and really "listen to a prophet's voice." Conference was sooooo good and I really learned a lot and now I have so much more to work on. Sunday morning we watched conference at home thanks to the Internet & BYU TV. For the afternoon session we went to the Bauman's and watched with them. Sunday evening I went to the church to choir practice. Our ward's relief society (along with 3 other wards) are singing in Stake Conference in two weeks. Brad was again a hero as he stayed home to watch Jacob so I could hone my singing skills and prepare for Stake Conference. To all those ladies out there who didn't come...we need you!!! There were only 6 sisters there, and we'll need a whole lot more to do the songs justice. I would have to say that all in all, it was a great weekend!