Just a few days after I got home from Denver {and school was finally over, thank you snow days}...we had Youth Conference. Jason and I were able to be a guide couple for the Special Olympics. We left early on Friday morning to drive down to Bloomington, Illinois.
We arrived around lunch time and tried to all figure out where we were supposed to go for the games to begin. We were assigned to the gymnastics area and the kids had to wait for awhile until they got started.
Once they started, it was a little slow, the girls had a good time playing with the little kids. We had a whole group of boys who were so cute and the girls loved playing games with them.
Tanner was there too, but he was in another group and didn't really want to hang out with his parents. I did capture one picture with him {not sure what's wrong with the lighting}
After the Special Olympics we headed to the church building for a dance and pizza. The kids had a GREAT time and Tanner danced every dance with a different girl. After the dance, we got on the bus and drove back to the Stake Center to get the kids stuff, we hosted 4 boys at our house and fed them breakfast the next morning. {we made them a TON of food and they barely ate any of it, nothing like Tanner and his friends}.
After breakfast we went back to the Stake Center for devotionals and games. They kids had a great time and the devotionals were fantastic. We met back up with our girls {who were hosted by another family} and we had a great day together.
President Duffield even brought the torch from the SLC Olypmics {it belongs to his friend} and talked about "Going the Distance" in our daily lives. It was an amazing opening talk.
Our AWESOME Bishop brought a Goliath and let us use a real sling from Jeruselem to try to "slay" him...it was so fun, and Tanner and I were actually pretty good at it. Then we had dinner.
After dinner we had testimony meeting and group pictures. Here is our group:
And Tanner's Group
It was a wonderful weekend! I'm so grateful we had the opportunity to participate and we LOVE our kids!!! Go the Distance!!!
