A hero . . .

(picture by her daddy)

Conference weekend has been much too good to us. Therefore, we're still chillin' at the Holmes residence. Probably eating. But I will be back tomorrow to give a FULL update on all of our activities.


For now, since I don't have a way to upload my pictures, I will leave you with a little bit about one of my highlights from the weekend.


I got to meet one of my personal heroes, Stephanie Nielson. I came across her blog about two years ago and I've faithfully read it every day since. It's the first thing I do in the morning. It starts my day off right. I love a blog that can do that. 


Chelsea and I went to her book signing at City Creek Friday night. We only waited in line for about a half hour before we got to meet her. While in line, we enjoyed Italian sodas and salt & vinegar chips.


I didn't even know what to say when we finally got up to her. I've wanted to meet her FOREVER. I've even dreamt about it. Obsessive? Probably. But it's ok. She's an amazing person and she's also made me want to be a better person, wife, and mother. If you haven't read her blog or heard her story, you must. 

(bless you Chelsea for having a camera)

*Chelsea and I also made the KSL video about the book signing. It shows us for about .2 seconds. Hey. I was excited.

h a p p y  m o n d a y !

i'm full...

spiritually, and as uplifted as i can possibly be.

conference weekend was great.

it started on thursday for me though,

when i went to byu to listen to nienie talk.

it was fabulous.

and she was beautiful.

i cried a lot.

whitney and amanda were there with me, and i appreciate so much that they would go with me so that i didn't have to go alone (or i wouldn't have gone).

then i was TOTALLY uplifted friday night when the aggies beat the cougs.

ahh...bliss ;)

saturday morning, james headed to play football with some buddies, and i peeled myself off my flannel sheets and made myself get going for the day.

by that i mean, cleaning, and running around in my nightgown.

so that i could be ready and showered before conference started.

i took notes.

i hope i go back and read them someday.

during elder uchtdorf's awesome talk, we headed to kaysville so that james could play round 2 of football for the day.

chels and i chilled (and seiko too) while the boys got sweaty and hot, and then headed over to my in-law's for the afternoon session of conference.

sooo goood!

that's all i can say.

then of course, at around 6 o'clock,

the men headed out for priesthood session, and

we women

headed

out

for

LADIES' NIGHT!

we went crazy!

stopping at every store or boutique offering homemade fall goodies (real deals=pumpkin pie & cider).

i got some fun little things.

we literally shopped til we dropped.

then it was home to cuddle with our men who had been spiritually fed by the brethren.

we slept like rocks & then were spoiled with a huge breakfast made by my in-laws.

yummy!

stuffed like turkeys, we headed over the mountain to coalville to watch the last session of conference with my family.

we ate way too much candy and goldfish crackers.

followed by birthday cake for james burdell.


it was such a good weekend, & i have a renewed determination to live better and be better.

see what i mean by full?