We have the weirdest tradition for Conference

My friend has a tradition to make a yummy breakfast for the YW and have them watch Conference with her family. I love her and loved doing it when I served in YWs with her. But it wasn't the right fit for us.

Instead of enjoying the thought provoking, soul searching and deeply meaningful experience Conference is supposed to be. Conference comes as an adrenaline rush.

Towards the end of April Conference Dallin added several bobby pins to the plug for our lamp. It was new and beautiful, but he wanted to make it more beautiful. ;) Then he plugged it into the wall. The power surged in the house as our son took the brunt of the electrical charge. We all came running. His hand was black. I rushed him to the bathroom where I filled the sink with cold water. We put his hand in the water and he kept it there for at least 5 minutes (he wanted to keep it there because it felt so good) Finally we got to look at it. Each finger had a different kind of burn. There were blisters, black charred skin and another finger split open where the electricity escaped his body. Thank heavens he kept his hand in the water, it helped the burns to not be worse than they already were. The bobby pins didn't fair so well, they were melted to the lamp plug.

Really it was more exciting than I wanted my Conference experience to be.

Then, these last two weeks when we normally try to gear up for the uplifting messages from our beloved prophet and leaders. We have been dealing with a serious infection in Spencer's leg. We are waiting to hear the exact results from the culture, but they strongly feel it is MRSA. It has been a scary ride. Seriously, not a fun way to start Conference. But at least it was before Conference, so now we can refill our drained reserves.




































Well apparently we weren't done with the tradition yet.

We went on a family walk between Conference Sessions. I am doing a 5K next week so I wanted to see how fast I could go. Spencer couldn't go quite as fast even though he was doing really good. His leg is feeling a lot better, but it is not back up to full strength yet. His medicine also makes him sensitive to the sun, so he has to really hydrate. Aaron held back with him, even though Aaron wanted to go fast because he is doing a 10K in 3 weeks. Suddenly they decided to try to catch up. Aaron started running while pushing the stroller. A wheel hit an unexpected bump and took a nosedive with Luke intact. He is now at InstaCare getting stitches. ~Sigh~ The tradition continues.


Conference is about to start. I hope the rest of the weekend doesn't follow this weird tradition. I hope it is quiet, safe and peaceful. I could use that.

What are your traditions for Conference? I think we need a new one.

***Addendum*** read my comment below. The tradition continued.