General Conference Weekend

We spent General Conference Weekend up in Bolingbrook! We got to watch Conference on a TV, and Adam's parents got to play with Jared, so it was a win-win situation! General Conference is always a spiritual feast, and it is even better when you're with family.

On Friday night after we arrived, we put Jared to bed and then Adam and I had a "night out" . . . A real date! We went to Bolingbrook's new outdoor mall (very ritzy and very un-Bolingbrook-like, according to Adam) where we had pasta and salad at Go Roma. It was so good, and I could have eaten another half an entree (Ever since nursing Jared, I've felt like Eric Carle's very hungry caterpillar). We also looked around at the big outdoors store there. It's a lot like Cabella's. The giant fish were pretty neat, and so was the display of hundred-dollar duck calls.

On Saturday Shauna and I made Jared's Halloween costume--he's a little frog! It turned out really cute. Jared loves to kick on the floor, and he loves his baths, so we thought it was a perfect fit (quite literally--although we had to scale down the pattern in half to get it the right size).

We're planning our next Bolingbrook visit for November 3, when we hope to attend a session at the Chicago Temple.

And the Green Grass Grows All Around...

Two Saturdays ago Adam and I planted grass in our back yard. After five days, of diligent watering (using a watering can since we don't have a hose), we saw some tiny sprouts! Now, two weeks later, the grass is an inch long and looking good. Here's a picture of the grass at one week and then at two weeks. Hopefully by next fall it will be lush and soft for Jared to play on!