Vacation Day

Today was Stake Conference at church. Growing up I remember lots of families that treated Stake Conference as a vacation week from church, but my parents thought it was important for us to go and we always went. Jeremy and I have also always thought it was important to take our little family to Stake Conference and today was no different.

We all got up, and got ready, and drove to a church building where the conference would be broadcast. As we pulled into the parking lot (just a minute or two late) we saw lots of people leaving the building. We parked and got out of the car only to find out that the feed was not working. We got in car and had a discussion. We could leave and go to the stake center for the second half of conference or we could take it as a sign and go for a drive as a family. At first Merrick said he wanted to go to church, but then he changed his mind and decided he wanted to go bowling instead. Since that was not on the table we decided to go for a drive.

The drive was awesome. We saw horses, cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, llamas, and Shetlon ponies. The horses, llamas, and some calves came up to the fence and Merrick got to see them up close and talk to them. We also drove through the nearby town of Canby and took a ride on the Canby ferry. It was Merrick's first time on a ferry and he was excited because there is an episode of Caillou where Caillou rides on a ferry with his family.

The right thing to do was probably to drive to the stake center and see what we could at Stake Conference, but in a way we had our own kind of church. We spent time together as a family and saw lots of Heavenly Father's creations. It was a nice way to spend a Sunday morning.