General Conference, Family, and Magic!

This past weekend, I drove up to Utah with my parents. We went up to see Conference and ended up doing so much more and having a really great time!

We left Thursday right after work and drove to Cedar City where we stayed at a little place called Knights Inn. I think that it really was an inn for knights because it had those little sparkly things on the ceiling (which I happen to love...not even being sarcastic) and I don't think a real knight would settle for less than that, right? Anyhow, the bed was super comfy and it was a good night.

We woke up early the next morning and got on our way. We stopped in Filmore to get gas and decided to make a quick stop at Utah's old territorial state house where we were able to take a short tour and take a little break from being in the car.

Our next stop was BYU in Provo, where we were meeting Daniel and Tyisa to go see the Carl Bloch exhibit. It was AMAZING! Such beautiful pictures and an awesome presentation. We rented iPads that were loaded with extra info about the paintings. Here are just a couple of the beautiful paintings we saw:

In person, these paintings were extra beautiful and it was great to be able to see them with Daniel and Tyisa.

Next, we drove up to Salt Lake City where we met Diane at Cafe Rio. We had dinner together and while we were there we found out that Daniel and Tyisa were going to join us later that evening and join in our sleepover, rather than just coming up the next morning. Diane, Daniel, Tyisa, and I ended up staying up past 3 am just talking and having a good time! It was such a great evening...even with the extreme sleep deprivation! : )

Saturday morning we had a yummy homemade breakfast and then watched Conference on TV. We hung out all day and then Daniel and Dad had tickets to go to the Priesthood Session that evening. Here's some of our craziness:

My mom, Diane, Tyisa, and I went to do some shopping at Wal Mart while the guys were gone. It was not my favorite way to spend the evening, but it worked out. After Dad and Daniel got back, we made milkshakes, talked, and watched Tangled. Later, when Daniel and Tyisa were getting ready to drive back to their place in Springville, it started to snow! It snowed, and snowed, and snowed some more. In the morning, we woke up to this:

So, naturally, we had to take a million pictures! : )

Then, we got to attend the Sunday morning session of Conference in the Conference Center, which is always cool:

I have always wanted to see Temple Square in the snow and I finally got my chance!

After that, we hopped in the car and drove home so we could be back in time for work the next morning. It was such a fun weekend and I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to be with my family members that I don't often get to see. My family means absolutely everything to me and this was just another reminder of why.