5 October 2014

Here's an update on the solar hot dog cooker Abe and Gibson built last week.  It works!  The photo shows the cooker in action.

 Abe built a fancier solar oven at school.  He used a goldfish cracker carton painted black, the glass out of a photo frame and lots of foil, cardboard and duct tape.  He used it to toast marshmallows at school and to cook a hot dog at home.  If the electricity goes out on a bright, sunny day, we now have more options to heat our food.

We celebrated general conference this weekend.  It kind of feels like Christmas, especially the stay in our pajamas and eat all day part.  Our kids loved having a concession stand again.  The concession stand sounds ridiculously complicated when we explain it to people, but since the kids run it themselves, it's actually very easy for Brandan and Becky.  Abe is enjoying a treat in the photo.

Becky made bingo cards for her Primary class to help them listen to conference.  Abe, Helen and Gibson used the cards and it helped them keep listening through all 4 sessions.  Helen got blackout on her card!   Gib got 2 bingos all on his own.

 This is Helen singing along with the choir while she colors a paper project and takes notes.

Sofi loves conference for its own sake and doesn't need the bells and whistles.  Maybe someday we'll all listen to conference this way (nail polish optional!).  Helen's favorite part about conference was the beautiful music.  Abe liked Elder Bednar's talk and Gib liked Elder Gavarret's.  Sofi liked Elder Godoy's talk the best.  We all were excited to hear languages other than English.  Brandan liked President Uchtdorf's talk from priesthood session.  Becky's favorite talk was President Monson's talk about following the Savior and any talk with a list (Elder Klebingat, Elder Scott, Elder Godoy.)

We went for a walk after conference ended.  It was a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon.  The kids practiced carrying each other.  Abe and Sofi even carried Brandan a short distance.