Out of the mouth of babes

For general conference this last weekend we built a "tent" to be like King Benjamin's people. Emma loved building a tent to watch conference and listen to the words of the prophets.



(She loved it all except for the times when her brother was tearing the tent down. Yes, Thane smiles as he does it too.)


Thane even tried to listen and write something down for a few minutes at a time.

We LOVED conference. It made my day that Emma asked when conference would come again. She really liked camping out in the front room and sitting down together to listen.
When we did family night the next night we talked about what we learned and how the people of Bountiful felt when the Savior told them to return to their homes and ponder on the things that they had seen and heard. We made a picnic and talked about what we could do to better listen to the words of the Savior and how doing so would bring us greater joy.
Emma got out her own "notes" and said, "We should listen to each other more."
Profound from our talkative 4 year-old. We are trying as a family to listen more and to speak in softer tones while we pray for help to be a little better and a little more patient.