General Conference and BFSC reunion

This last weekend was awesome for two reasons:
1. General Conference- I love listening to the apostles and hearing their inspiring words. I feel so uplifted after listening to them. With all the big changes coming up in our lives, it was nice to hear the perspective and wisdom of our church leaders.
2. The Bradens were here! This isn't news really, they always come for conference weekend. It's a huge party. I love their family. We've been family friends since we lived in Boise when I was 3. I love that we've been able to stay close to them. Jana, the sole daughter in the Braden family, has been adopted as a sister/cousin into our family. Hence, Jana, Heidi and I refer to ourselves as BFSCs (Best Friends/Sisters/Cousins). We all had a fabulous time lounging around watching conference, watching Community episodes between sessions, staying up late laughing, eating my mom's delicious cooking, and enjoying a night out at Fat Boy's.
Chase especially enjoyed the weekend because I don't think he ever got set down, as shown in the pictures below. Let's just say it has been a rougher week now that he has just me to hold him all day, and occasionally I do have to set him down.



I love this picture of Chase and Ben. Chase was a little overwhelmed with all the people and noise. He's used to a really quiet, calm house. He looks like his clinging onto to Ben for dear life here. He did have huge eyes the whole time taking everything in. I think, in time, he'll warm up to the Bradens:) (Also, he loves loves loves Pam. I wish I had a picture of them together!)

THE BFSCs

Heidi and Chase reading People magazine.
His dad and Uncle Will were not too happy when they saw this picture.

Then Heidi introduced Chase to "silky one". It's her little blanket (that actually started as my aunt's bathrobe) that she loved when she was little. Chase was excited I think.