Thursday, September 28, 2017

5 Best Ways to Enjoy Family Time During Family Conference




  October 2017 General Conference is ALMOST HERE !!!! 
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It's a pretty sure thing, that we as Latter Day Saints, get excited about General Conference ! Two weekends of the year, we get to be with our family, and hear Prophets speak and hear what the Lord would have us hear ! This year the dates are September 30 and October 1st... Both days the schedule is the same ~ 10 am to noon MST and then 2 pm to 4 pm MST. You can enjoy this weekend with us by watching at www.lds.org. 

One of the fun traditions in my family, is we make a fun breakfast on Sunday morning, we all get cozy and have lots of blankets and pillows all over the living room as we settle in with our notebooks and pens and get ready to watch General Conference. It is such a happy cozy time with our family. One year we did the cute little activity of having 5 bowls with a different treat in each one, and each bowl had a keyword on it like " Prayer " , or " Jesus " and every time someone said the keyword, they got a treat from the bowl. It ended up being kind of distracting because my kiddos are older and they were concentrating on hearing the keyword and not listening with the spirit.. so we just dumped a bunch of the treats into bags and let them have at it while they watched. I think this wouldve been a great activity for them when they were a lot younger. ;) 

I have compiled a list of some of my favorite ideas for making General Conference a special family time. Some of these links are affiliate links... thank you so much for your support. Some of them are just other great ideas... but I love them all ! ;) 



5 BEST WAYS TO ENJOY GENERAL CONFERENCE WITH YOUR FAMILY ! 






LIVING SCRIPTURES STREAMING LIBRARY 

LIVING SCRIPTURES STREAMING LIBRARY  is one of my families favorite ever thing ! My kids love the movies and as teenagers now, there are still so many great movies that I know they are safe watching. We enjoy the FHE and Audio stories and so many other great things. I wrote a review blog post HERE and it can give you a lot more information. This is perfect for General Conference because it offers lots of free printable coloring pages and activity pages for kids to color during conference and then between sessions you can watch a movie and keep the Spirit in your home but enjoy it too ! ;) 

For General Conference they are doing a special of $1 for your first month , by using the Coupon Code : General Conference . Please use this  LINK to sponsor LDS Parenting :) 








THE RED HEADED HOSTESS GENERAL CONFERENCE FAMILY KIT 


I LOVE The Red Headed Hostess. She is just the best ! From her BOOK OF MORMON STUDY GUIDE that my family uses and LOVES, to her great SEMINARY PRODUCTS she is just the best ! She just released a new GENERAL CONFERENCE FAMILY KIT and it looks so fun ! You can learn more about it by clicking on the link ~ HERE . I completely trust and know that anything she does.... is going to be fabulous ;) Plus doesn't the General Conference Store look super cute and fun ?? 








PINTEREST


How could I not include one of my favorite places in the entire internet ??? I love Pinterest with a passion ~ you can check out my profile HERE and get a peek at how ridiculous I am with Pinterest. ;) I don't mind ! LOL. I have a GENERAL CONFERENCE BOARD and I encourage you to look around ! I have pins about fun things to do, pins with free activity pages and coloring pages and just so much ! I have pins for adults and teenagers and even pins that have yummy General Conference recipes ;) I just couldn't leave it out ! 







CONFERENCE SOCKS FROM PREPARED NOT SCARED BLOG

Is this not the dang cutest idea ever ???? You can go to the dollar store and get a pair of cute socks for each of the family members for a buck ! :) Or you can get fancy and go get the fuzziest, fanciest, funniest ever pair of socks for each family member. Put them in a basket and set it out with the little printable and get everyone excited to put those cozy socks on and enjoy conference ! Here's the link to her blog post.... she has some fantastic ideas for conference time ! I LOVE IT ! PREPARED NOT SCARED BLOG








THE DATING DIVAS YEAR OF GOOD GOAL SETTING
DON'T FORGET YOUR MARRIAGE ! 

General Conference is all about listening to the Prophet and General Authorities teach us about what Heavenly Father would have us do. A big theme that is always throughout Conference is families. One of the most important parts of a family... is the husband and wife. My hubby and I like to take time on Saturday night after Priesthood Session, and work on our goals. We sit down on New Years Even and write out our goals, goals for ourselves, goals for our marriage, and goals for our family.  :) During General Conference, both in April and in October, it gives a chance to reread thru those goals and see how we are doing ! Plus it's quiet time together as a couple and that's important !! The Dating Divas have this fantastic YEAR OF GOOD GOALS pack that literally has everything you can think of for making good goals and keeping them throughout the year. I am getting this for Conference and I'm already looking forward to sitting down with my cute hubby and ordering a pizza and enjoying a little " date night " that will really help our family out too ! :) 

MOST IMPORTANT THING !!!! 

The most important thing about General Conference ~ Watch it and feel the Spirit. That's the most important thing ! Go in with an open heart and a spirit ready to learn ! I have a friend who writes down a question she wants answered and then listens carefully thru Conference for the answer to her questions. I tried it last year and it almost freaked me out it worked so well ! I encourage you to try it ! 

I'm so thankful for the opportunity to share some of my favorite things with you for General Conference and I'm so thankful for the Gospel and for General Conference. It just brings peace to my home, to my family, and to my personal life. I love Conference so much. I pray that you will feel the Spirit during General Conference and that you will really, truly enjoy your time with your family during this special weekend ! Happy Parenting ! Love, JL~


Want More Ideas for General Conference ? Visit these links below for blog posts from my friends !! :) Love, JL~ 


















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