A very colorful conference!

Between a bag of M&M candies and the fall leaves, our conference weekend was very colorful!

Twice a year-April & October-we have the opportunity to listen to our prophet and church leaders on the radio, internet, and TV. I love conference weekend!

Nate's parents came down and spent the weekend with us. It was sure fun to see Grandma & Grandpa Lewis! We decided to show Grandma & Grandpa the beautiful fall leaves up the Manti La Sal National Forest and listen to General Conference as we drove.

Here is where the M&Ms come in! As we drove we played an M&M game. I had the children draw six pictures on their paper: Jesus, prophet, scriptures, Holy Ghost and temple. Then I asked them to color each word a certain color: red, orange, blue, green, brown! Every time they heard one of the words on their paper they could have that color M&M! It didn't take long for my kids to catch on and boy did they listen!! Just after a few minutes I was down to a half a bag of candy! They listened so well we had to change the rules so that they could have a candy for every 3 words they heard!

I could not believe it! I was so surprised and impressed by my children! Our car was filled with the spirit as we listened to conference and heard the children shout out 'Jesus! Temple!' Every time they heard one of their words! Even Caleb got into the game and it was the sweetest thing to hear a little 2 year old listening and saying "God! Prophet!"

Ty even took it up a notch and as he heard things would say "Nephi was a prophet so I get one for prophet! Or Lord is another name for Jesus!" Wow! What a wonderful experience for me to hear my children listening and learning the inspired words of conference! I can't wait for April! We will definitely be playing the M&M game again!

Here we are at the Crandall Canyon Memorial. We showed Grandma the graves of the miners.
The children had so much fun trying to catch falling leaves! As they shook the tree they would say "It's raining leaves!"
(Grandpa wasn't feeling too well so he stayed home and rested.)

Three sweet and wonderful children! So grateful for them! Love. Love. Love.

The colors we saw in the forest were so vibrant!

It was some of the best fall colors we have ever seen!

This reminded us of a "Mormon Ad" about standing out!

When the sky was bright blue the colors were even more beautiful and bright!

Who knew aspen trees could be so red and orange?! Usually they are bright yellow!

Fall really is a beautiful time of year!

It just looks glowing!

Even the aspen bark is cool!

Now that is golden!

Here comes the storm! As we were sitting and enjoying our lunch we saw a storm just creeping in above us!

So many different shades of color!

I love seeing the entire hillside covered in color!

I also love the dark forest green color so bold!

I'm helping Nate wash his hands before lunch! For some reason they were covered in dirt and nasty!

Cute little faces! They are just such great kids!

We had a delicious picnic lunch with Grandma.

After lunch it was time for fishing!!

We weren't having much luck and it was getting cold so we said to Ty just pull in your line and let's go!

As Ty pulled in his line he thought he felt a tug and sure enough Ty caught a fish!!!

Now that is a grove of aspen trees!

One lonely horse all alone in the field!

I love the distinction in colors here---orange on one side, yellow in the middle, and green on the side!

Picture perfect with the lake and colors!

I think the reds and oranges are my favorite!

Simply amazing! Such an assortment of colors!

The sad part of the day was seeing parts of the forest where the trees had died from the beetle infestation.

The tree stands alone!

It was the perfect day to go! A week later the leaves were gone and snow was on the tips of the mountain tops!

Nate sure does work on a beautiful forest!

It's interesting to see one side of the mountain full of color and the other side bare!

Looks like someone colored with a crayon all the colors!

I just love aspen trees!

After having lunch and fishing we were able to listen to the second half of conference.

All three kids took a nap...it was a peaceful afternoon listening inspiring messages.

What a majestic hill top!

I love the layer colors

I just want to run through the golden trees!

And that concludes our conference autumn color tour!!
It was simply amazing being out in the forest and driving through the colors. I think we might just have to make this a conference family tradition! Can't wait for next year!