Ray and I headed north for two days to explore Cambria's moonstone beach (sighted pods of lazy sea lions, fat squirrels and rabbits), tour Hearst Castle (the garden tour for the first time. Hearst had 20 full-time gardeners, loved fragrances and unpicked fruit so it would hang beautifully on the trees; and tour of the Casa Grande, where he resided on the hill during the last of his 88 remarkable years. He piped in music and news from his own radio stations), and enjoy an exquisite striped sea bass and scallops dinner at the Black Cat in town. We listened to O'Reilly's memoir--Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity--as we traveled....Then Sunday a glorious day of conference! Easter morning addresses were exquisite and deeply moving. Loved the story of Abram and his brother trying to give each other parts of their harvest, of Jason, the young boy who "left" to serve a mission "on the other side" with his brother who received a call, and the family who was comforted by their faith in the resurrection; of the statue of Christ whose hands were damaged in a bombing and later fitted with a plaque that read "You are his hands"; of Gloria Ten Baum who lifted her hand in agonized obedience only to feel the love and forgiveness of God flow through her into the hand of the Nazi guard, once her tormentor, now reaching out to her. After conference we enjoyed a wonderful roasted chicken and potatoes au graten dinner with Blaise and Laura and family and joined in on Will's hunt for Easter eggs. (He and I also read Halloween books, his favorites, from the library. Will makes great monster impersonations and is always on the lookout for dragons.) Ian crawls now with an amazing one-armed scrunch with which he can move very quickly! Very busy little boy. Very busy mother.....We are uplifted by the wonders of nature and the sacred, tender, loving witnesses of the spirit felt in talks by our prophet and priesthood leaders. How glorious to know we can have peace and safety here in this life and be together in the life to come.
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You highlighted Conference so well! I loved those stories as well! Such a great spirit was felt! Derek & I get to speak next week on the Atonement & Resurrection. This conference will be excellent to resource! Wonderful stories of those topics!
HEARST CASTLE: It one of my favorite places! I want to go again! Derek has never been! If Derek hadn't gotten his job so quickly we were going to go there for our anniversary! He is am interesting man! Exquisite elements in his home!
What a great time with the Harris'! Ian looks so big! Jocelyn enjoyed her hunt too! Can't wait to see you in a couple weeks!
xox
HiLL
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