Conference and Donuts

We loved watching General Conference today -- especially since we could do it at home, sprawled on our couch and recliner in our jeans. Lazy, I know. But nice and easy! Folding towels during choir numbers kept me productive too. Multi-tasking!

We loved the Solemn Assembly, and especially loved sustaining Elder D. Todd Christofferson as the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He was our Stake President when we lived in Nashville and he's a good, good man. [well, duh, right?] I even said to Mark a few days ago that I thought it was time he became an Apostle because I have been convinced that's where he was heading from the time he became a General Authority. His comments at the press conference with his wife Kathy were bright, funny and humble. Like I said, he's a good, good man.

Tonight is the Priesthood meeting which brings back some family memories. Back when Mark would go alone [when the kids were small] he would always bring back donuts or ice cream. It varied and I"m not sure what caused the variation -- maybe proximity to the right retail outlet. Anyhow, he would always come home with a treat for the family and that was always exciting for us.

As the kids grew up, he would take the boys with him and it sort of became a girls' night for Natalie and I but they would always bring home their treat for us. Later still, the kids were grown and gone but the treat remained. Today, however, I was craving a raspberry filled donut from Krispy Kreme and I wasn't sure he wanted to make the drive from the Stake Center. So instead of waiting till after, Mark and I took a fast trip down to the Krispy Kreme store and got our donuts -- in advance.

I love what they do when you go into the store -- they give you a free hot glazed donut. How do you not buy a dozen after that? We did. Although the old man who followed us in didn't. Mark says he took his free hot glazed donut and left.

Not me.