Trek Walk, General Conference, Papa & Mimi Are Home

Autumn & I spent the night at Mom & Dad’s last night so we got up early this morning (8:00) & hurried home and got changed into some grubby exercise clothes.  We headed over to the high school track at 9:00 to walk w/ the Young Women who are getting ready for Trek.  However, there was a big ROTC going on at the track so we all ended up going over to the park to walk.  I’m surprised at how sad I am that I wasn’t able to go to the temple this morning since it’s closed for General Conference today.  It’s become such a habit that I didn’t realize how much I would miss it until I couldn’t go.  But, it was great fun to be w/ Autumn even if it was cold & windy outside.

As you can see, we didn’t have a very big group of girls, but that’s OK.  We still had a good time being outside & getting in some exercise.  I had downloaded “Eye of the Tiger” onto my phone & said that will have to be our weekly walking anthem.  If you notice, one of the girls was really smart & wore the boots she’ll be wearing at Trek.  We told the girls to break in their shoes now rather than trying to do it the week before Trek.

We came home, got cleaned up, and went over to Papa & Mimi’s to watch conference.  We had some breakfast & then Autumn put tape on the back of the pictures of the 15 apostles (12 apostles + the 3 in the First Presidency).  She contemplated for a long time over which picture should go on which treat.  When that apostle spoke, she got to eat the treat that she had put him on.  This was a great game that worked last year that helped her to listen and be excited about General Conference. 

  We left at 3:30 to get pick up Papa & Mimi at the airport.  I had to snap another pic of the beautiful & fragrant wisteria that are growing along the garden fence.  So gorgeous!

Since they were coming from Spain, we had to wait for them to go through customs.  So, we rode the escalator up and down, up and down about 28 times.  Autumn had fun pretending to be a fashion model & striking fancy poses.  She cracks me up & I know exactly where she gets her “diva-ness” from.

We are SO GLAD that Papa & Mimi are home safe & sound from Spain.  We had to keep them awake so that they’ll get over their jet lag quicker & get back to regular sleeping hours.  So, we went to Costa Vida since it was only about 15 miles away from the airport.  It was SO GOOD & is as close to Cafe Rio as we can get.  My tastebuds were so happy, especially since I was able to save 1/2 my meal to eat for lunch tomorrow.  It was funny b/c there were 4 missionaries & about 4 sets of Dad & sons in white shirts and ties that came in while we were eating.  They were all getting ready to go to the Priesthood session of conference.

After we ate, we came home, Mom & Dad handed out gifts, & then watched the Priesthood session on TV so we could keep them awake.  We finally called it a night at 9:00.