So now for a recap of what went on when conference wasn't on. Saturday between sessions I hung out and listened to/watched the between stuff. I also showered and started straightening my hair since we were doing Biggs family pictures in Payson at 5:30. After the afternoon session, I finished getting ready, grabbed Matt's stuff (he was coming straight from work) and headed down. After pictures, the boys all went to Preisthood and the girls hung out at home. Jenn came in my car, and we took a Wal-mart detour :) We looked through the Halloween decor (and didn't find anything I was looking for) so we looked for yarn and a crochet hook. I found some cute yarn . . . and no crochet hooks. We also found no knitting needless as we continued wandering all over the little sewing section. The Payson Wal-mart is now getting the remodel (ha ha), so everything is all mixed up. We finally asked a worker, and she was just putting them in the back. She was kind enough to let me rummage around in the box they (and the missing knitting needles) were in until I found what I wanted. After a quick look at frames, we checked out and headed to Matt's parents'.
My mom had taught me to crochet a little a long time ago, but I failed. :) I didn't have the patience to redo rows over and over and over.... you get the idea. I think I made a couple hot pads, and I was working on an afghan for a little while. However, my mom had to eventually finish the afghan because I got off somewhere and was too frustrated to go back and try to find where I'd messed up.
Well, since being out of school, I've found extra time that I'm usually pretty bored with. I like reading, but I don't always want to sit and read a book, and sometimes my house is too noisy for me to do that anyway. Facebook is only entertaining for so long, and when my TV is in use (usually the same time my house is noisy), I cannot watch it, a movie, or play a video game. I needed something somewhat active to keep me busy. So with this new yarn and crochet hook, Matt's mom re-showed me how to start and chain. While the boys were at preisthood, I started on a scarf. (It's the same idea as a hot pad, only longer and way more practical for me because I already have LOTS of hot pads that I hardly use :) ). We all chatted and hung out, then had ice cream when the boys got home as they told us what they'd learned at Preisthood session.
Sunday, since my parents were out of town, we drove down to Payson again and did our laundry at Matt's parents' while listening to sessions. In between sessions, I started my scarf over again and made some pretty decent progress on it. Since then, I've finished my scarf and made another:
