Conference Weekend

I have more fun things I want to talk about with conference.

There was another announcement that President Monson made, actually two more. One  that affects me is new curriculum for the youth. I was excited to hear that news, even though it was a little eclipsed by the temple.  But the other one was almost as big as the temple. In fact if you don’t live in Tucson and the surrounding area, you would probably put it at the top of the list for the biggest announcement. The age for full-time missionaries was changed…LOWERED! Young men can now go on missions when they are 18 years of age if they choose and young women can go when they are 19 years of age. That is a huge difference for the young women. And in our extended family this affects many of my nieces and nephews right away. That is way exciting! You can feel the excitement of the time drawing closer when the Savior will come again.

I took this picture on Saturday night thinking it would be a great site for the new temple! I took it during the “Walk for Hope” 5k that Maryn, Kelsey and I participated in Saturday evening during the priesthood session. All you need to enter is a bag of food for the food bank. This year it was held at Oro Valley Marketplace, which made for a beautiful walk—much better than around the track like last year. The weather was a bit warmer than it has been, but not bad. At the start of the race, everyone is bunched up, but it doesn’t take long for everyone to be spread out at their own paces.

Here are the girls at the finish line. Kelsey won a book in the raffle which she deserved, because she was the only one of the three of us who ran any part of the trail. We wanted a group shot, but none of them turned out very well, so I chose the best one. Although Maryn always seems to look good!