Priesthood Session Miracle

Jeromy told me yesterday that he wanted to go to the Priesthood Session at the Conference Center instead of the Stake Center. He thought he'd have a better chance at Standby of getting in because it was rainy. So I thought I'd take the kids to the Deseret Book next to Temple Square to take advantage of the Ladies' Night Out sales.

After an hour of trying to find parking, the kids had so much energy. So I bagged the shopping idea and we went exploring. We went to the Church History Museum, which has a fun children's area appropriately named "I Am a Child of God." (Audrey recognized a depiction of the First Vision and said excitedly, "Oh, Mommy! That's when Joseph Smith got his prayers answered!" It's nice to know some things are sinking in:) ) We went to the old pioneer cabin right next to the museum, and it had a cool vegetable garden that the girls enjoyed comparing to ours. We went through temple square, noting the Tabernacle, the Temple, Moroni, the Assembly Hall, a couple of water features, a few statues, and various "itty bitty baby flowers."

After all this, we still had some time to kill before Daddy was done, so we went into the big Conference Sale inside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building only to get mauled by the crowds (I had a stroller, need I say more?). So we ate our free cookies while exploring the building via elevator. After 5 minutes of that, Mommy's head wasn't going to take anymore elevators, so we went over to the Deseret Book across the street. The store was only halfway full, not all of the way! I asked the girls to stay put in the children's book aisle, and they dutifully obeyed (wow) so I could shop. Through all this, Jacob was so good! Even though it was past his dinnertime and he only had a few crackers to eat and it was nearing his bedtime.

Mommy had a few minutes to look around and get a few great books before Daddy walked in and announced it was time to buy some tacos from the street vendors. Then to cool our tongues after all those spices, we went to Dee's to get some ice cream. By the time we got home and the kids in bed it was 10:30! 2 hours past the girls bedtime and 3 1/2 past Jacob's!

What was the miracle? Everyone had a fabulous time: the kid's got to go on an adventure, Mommy enjoyed looking at and buying books at an awesome sale, Daddy went to Priesthood session in the conference center, and everyone was so happy at the same time! Everyone was polite, non-whiny and non-cranky, and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. That, my friends, constitutes a miracle in my book. Hurray!