Today was Stake Conference.
I'm not proud of this, but my family usually takes Stake Conference Day as a day where church is "optional". For the first eighteen and a half years of my life, I just accepted this.
Today was different. For one reason or another, my plans of sleeping in were cut short. The sunshine started creeping through my windows. Despite the long day yesterday, as soon as 7 am rolled around I was up and ready to start my day.
Before taking a shower, I invited Cydney to join me at Stake Conference. She politely declined, and I silently made plans to catch up on the episodes of American Idol that I had missed and enjoy a large bowl of Captain Crunch. My lazy Sunday plans sounded delightful. Stake Conference would have to go unattended yet again.
Cydney changed her mind, and I happily threw on a skirt. Idol could wait, I had the gospel to share! What was I thinking? Skip Stake Conference? Not a chance. A few minutes later, we all climbed into my messy car and headed to the old stake center.
It was lovely.
Afterwards, we ate lunch and headed back to my house to grab a blanket. We drove to a nearby park and sat on a grassy hill to enjoy the sunlight and watch the clouds. It soon became apparent that our plans to watch clouds would have to be moved to another day, seeing as there weren't any floating lazily through the sky. We both whipped out our handy little Book of Mormons and read through Alma Chapter 40.
We talked, laughed, and basked in the Sun for a a couple hours before we had to head our separate ways.
I didn't get my bowl of Captain Crunch, but the day that I got was a whole lot better. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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