A U B R E Y & A A R O N : Memories...

With General Conference fast approaching this very weekend, I thought I would take a trip down memory lane and post a few pictures that I remember about my experiences with Conference. Now MOST of my memories about conference involve sitting in a nice warm couch cuddled up with a blankie and take notes for the whole weekend with my family having delicious snacks made by Mom. My first every experience actually going to Conference was with my family, October 2005 I believe. My family made the journey up to Utah because a friend had given us great seats in the 'disability' section (the usual in our family, haha). But nevertheless, they were great seats! We even got to go 'behind-the-scenes' with one of the Directors of Languages... he was in charge of getting the Closed Captioning on the TV all over the world for the Hearing Imparied. So we saw where they did that and how. Pretty cool I must say. That was a fun trip, and my 'new' brother, Luis came along. He had just been baptized but couldnt go on a mission yet because his 1 year wasnt up yet to put his papers in. Anyways, that was a fun year for Conference.
The next big experience with Conference was actually taking a road trip with a few girl friends. At first it sounded like a good idea but turned out maybe not so... The story, 4 girls, 1 car, and miles of driving. The drive up was good! We made it safely and though it rained during Conference weekend we still enjoyed it. We got GREAT tickets off the street. One of the girls, Alicia, has a huge reputation for getting the most conference tickets off the street. I think her record is 98. Needless to say we only needed 4 but then she finds her other friends and people to give them too. So we make it in and Conf. was wonderful! But on our drive back to the hotel.... we have a FLAT TIRE. Joy. So we were stuck in traffic with a flat tire for HOURSSSSS and freezing cold and raining. BUT, we made it back to the hotel safely, then got locked out. Luckily we found the key. It was definitaly one thing after another. And the story gets better. Driving now with 5 girls back home to california we're ALMOST HOME... and we RUN OVER A COYOTE! of all the things to run over, why did it have to be an animal. Why not a rock? So the worst thing was we were between 2 huge semi trucks and seriously could have gotten hurt if the car had gone out of control. The coyote looks like it had messed up the car pretty bad.. especially the radiator. So we pull over on the side of the freeway, which was really busy! And we all get out and start crying cuz we're 5 girls stranded on the side of the road at midnight. And we're ALMOST HOME! (like 2 hours) Anyways, one of the dads picks some of the girls up and takes them home and 2 other girls stay in a hotel that night while the car is getting fixed up in a shop. What a nightmare of a roadtrip. But at least we were spiritually uplifted in the meantime :) Some pictures of the roadtrip: