Family Fun General Conference Ideas

35 Ideas for General Conference to help your children learn to listen and love General Conference. Tons of freebies! I created a video on what our family does during General Conference weekend. I definitely like being behind the camera instead of in front of it, but I have had many questions about how I prepare for Conference and so I thought I’d make a video for you! I hope you can pick up some tips and tricks to help you this Conference weekend. If you are new to some of my ideas, you can just pick an activity or two to start with and then add another idea during the next session of Conference. This has been a few years in the making with more ideas still ready to be created.

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Star Wars and Christmas

Away from the Dark Side It's Christmas time and everywhere you look is a reminder that the greatest event of the season is a continuation of the Star Wars saga. Outdoing the displays of the Nativity, are the displays of the "must have" merchandise of the anticipated film. "What do you want for Christmas?", was inquired […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

What comes to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving?  A few things pop up in my mind as soon as I think about it.  The first thing I think about is when my dad use to do the turkey walk.  What is a turkey walk you ask?  Well, early in the morning before the […]

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Worth Saluting

Rushing into the market, my eyes dashed around the unfamiliar layout of a neighborhood grocery store. Suddenly, as I turned the corner of the frozen section, wobbling directly toward me, came an elderly gentleman with slumped shoulders wearing a cap embellished with the "scrambled eggs" design of military distinction. Snapping to attention, I saluted him […]

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LDS Blog Train “I Know the Scriptures are True”

This month's blog train was inspired by the LDS Primary's theme for 2016 "I know the scriptures are true."  As I was pondering the theme, I thought about what it means to know something.  According to the Webster dictionary online it says that to "know" means: to have (information of some kind) in your mind […]

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Are you infected with this universal disease?

What if we were all infected with a disease that was so contagious that just sitting in the same room would infect anyone that entered?  How could it be cured?  What steps would we take to keep ourselves from those infected by the disease and protect not only ourselves but also our family from contracting […]

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The Piano Guys Face to Face

Tonight "The Piano Guys" did a live Face to Face event with the youth throughout the world on top of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City.  As I listened to these four men share their personal and professional experiences, I was touched by their testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  At the end […]

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“Let It Go”

Since the movie "Frozen" melted our hearts, little girls have been dressing up like Queen Elsa and singing full-throated versions of its theme song, "Let It Go."  It can be very freeing to let go of things.  Sometimes we even have to let go of toxic people who pull us down and seek to inhibit […]

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“Nani’s Notes” Digging for Golden Questions

Today a message came into my inbox that told of someone who had a house guest.  Although the saying goes that "fish and company stink after three days," the house guest had stayed for several weeks.  The host was chagrined that his guest had not showered the entire time.  Finally, the pungency of the predicament […]

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General Conference “How to Ponderize”

This was a great weekend listening to General Conference.  I hope some of you were able to use some of our ideas that were posted here on Brightly Street.  You can always start preparing for next Conference by visiting here.  I am sure I will be adding more ideas for next Conference weekend so make […]

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