Conference Notebooks

Jocelyn's activity day leader taught the girls how to make General Conference notebooks a couple weeks ago.  The greatest part of these notebooks is that you make tabs for the First Presidency and the Quorum of the 12 Apostles (Jessica and I even made a misc. tab for the other speakers of conference).  Now instead of having little pieces of paper getting thrown away of notes that we take during conference, they can all be in one place.  Jessica and I were so impressed with her notebook that we both decided to make one.  Jessica and I are working on a Personal Progress 10 hour project by taking notes during all the Conference talks (including the YW broadcast).  Jocelyn is also working on a goal that her activity day leaders set for them. 

Jocelyn's Conference Notebook, both front and back.

Jessica's Conference notebook...oops the stamps were too big and she ran out of room for the word conference. 

My conference notebook

The notebooks were so fun for us to make and so easy!  Here are the steps to make your notebook: 

Put glue all over the front cover or the back cover of the notebook.  Don't put glue on the black binding. 

Glue paper down.  Place it so that either the top or the bottom is flush with the notebook. 

Cut off the excess on either the top or the bottom.  Don't throw this paper away! 

Fold over the excess from the side. 

If you want to add any emblishments, like ribbon, this is the time to do so, before you glue down the folded over paper. 

The extra paper that you cut off from the top or the bottom of the notebook is now the perfect size to finish filling in the gap on the inside of the notebook. 

Cut out little tabs and glue them in position in the notebook.  Make sure that you space out the speakers. 

Get a little piece of packing tape and put it over the tab to strenthen it (like lamination).

Finished product of all the tabs. 

First Talk in Church

Can you believe that this young lady is now 12 years old?  She has matured so much since she has been in Young Women's for the last 6 months.  Jessica got the opportunity to speak in church on January 23rd.  Below is the talk that she gave.  Jared and I were so proud of her because she wrote the entire talk by herself.  She studied out her subject worked on it all during the time that she typically would have been reading or watching t.v.  Jessica, you did a GREAT job on your first talk! 

Good morning, my name is Jessica Kelm and I been asked to speak on coming unto Christ through fast and pray. At first I didn’t quit understand what the topic so I broke it down into 3 parts. The 3 parts are: coming unto Christ, fasting and praying. I started with fasting. There was a talk giving in 2001 by Joseph B. Werthlin titled the law of fast gave a very detailed description of fasting. He said fast when ever faith needs special fortification and one the first Sunday of every month, he said fasting with no pray you are just going hungry, and with no propose you are going hungry as well

Fasting and praying can strengthen us against times of temptation; it can also develop courage and confidence within us. This brings us to the second part

The second part is pray. The prophet Mormon warned that if anyone prays with no real intent of heart it provideth him nothing, for god receiveth none such. To make our prayers meaningful, we must pray with sincerity and “with all the energy of heart”

We also must be careful to avoid “vain repetitions” when we pray. This means Use language that shows love, respect, reverence, and closeness. We should use the pronouns of the scriptures when we address God—Thee, Thou, Thy, and Thine, rather than the more common pronouns you, your, and yours. Regardless of the language, the principle remains the same: When we pray, we should use words that appropriately convey a loving, worshipful relationship with God.

This brings us to the third is part coming unto Christ. To do this you must keep commandments, read the scriptures every day pray 2 a day and fast when your faith needs special fortification and one the first Sunday of the month.

I know coming unto Christ is important, and fasting and praying will make it easier for us

In the name of Jesus Christ amen

Conversation with Jacob

(This conversation took place in the car on the way home from church yesterday.)

Mom:  Jacob, why were you naughty in primary today?
Jacob:  I got up on the wrong side of the bed. 
Mom:  You got up on the wrong side of the bed???
Jacob:  I need to get up on this side (while he points to the other side of his body). 
Next week we will have to make sure that he wakes up on the right side of the bed.