General Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was a blast. I started out the weekend by heading down to Moab with some of my friends to ride the "Big Nasty." It was a blast to finally be able to do it this year. Last year I had torn my ligament in my knee and was unable to ride. This year, however, it was different because of the rain and for those that actually climbed the mountain, snow. My friend Bill Jeffs, my old Bishop, had asked me to ride with his son Cory, aka, Corbo. He was shooting to get his bicycling merit badge and so he was riding with us as well. It was his first time on a road bike, but he did very well. It was fun to have him to ride with. It took us about three and a half hours to finish the 50 miles. I think in all we had about 15 people that had gone down with us, that is all that rode, and our awesome support drivers.

After we finished the race my friend Emily Hansen and I headed back for Provo. I was wanting to catch the Priesthood session of conference. Priesthood session was great, and I was glad that I had made it. After conference was over, I headed home to change and then drove up to my cousin Janice's house, where my brother Kent and his family were hanging out for a bit. I got to visit with them for a while before we went over to Kent's hotel where they were staying for the night. It was fun to catch up with Kent and his family.

The next day I drove up to Salt Lake for the morning and afternoon session. It is always great to be there in the general area of where conference is being held. I met up with Kent and his family one more time. Kent, Steven, and Naomi had watched conference in the Joseph Smith building, while the rest of the clan watched in the conference center. I got this great shot of Naomi in between the sessions.



Later on I met up with Mike, Amy, and Bryce who were there for General Conference as well. We talked for a little bit and then headed up to Logan to celebrate Mike's birthday. It was a lot of fun to be around Kent, Scott, Mike and their families. I couldn't have asked for anything better. There isn't anything better than family.