Conference Weekend

General Conference was wonderful wasn't it? I felt a strong spirit during and after conference. A motivating spirit that uplifted me. I love feeling that same spirit when I read the conference talks over the next six months. I feel better direction and can make specific goals based on conference. I feel like my days start to mesh together and it is good to have things to accomplish. I need to track my progress so that I know what I am accomplishing and what I am not. I want to do better about developing a relationship with my Savior and Heavenly Father and reflecting that relationship in my prayers.

Ben and I want to make sure we are following the prophets and apostles. We want to make sure we study their counsel and make goals based upon that counsel. I'm guessing that lots of people will have this goal after the many talks emphasizing it.

I want to make sure that I am obedient enough to where it is easy to discern whether the spirit is present. I have not been focusing on personal revelation enough. I seem to only seek guidance when I need something, or when I'm going through a trial. Improvements need to be made.

I want to be a better mother all around. One specific: I want to be a more patient teacher as a mother. It has been difficult to try and constantly teach Troy to say things and never have him say anything. He has finally started to say dada again and try and say hello. A woman came today to ask questions about Troy before his evaluation on Friday on his communication development. I'm not that worried about his communication skills that I think he needs an evaluator, but it's free and it will be good to hear from a professional in child development. The woman today gave me some great tips on continually trying to help him understand how to express his wants. She helped me realize that he may not understand that he even needs to say anything. I'm grateful for the blessing of knowledge and we are going to try some new things this week.

Ben and I have other family goals and I have more personal goals but I'm grateful for direction again. Bring on the next six months, I'm feeling motivated :)