moose on the loose.

today as i drove out of my apt complex with my roomies, headed towards stake conference i saw a cop car with its lights on! now, you have to understand, this is rexburg. in the 5-6 months that i have lived here in my life, i have not once seen a cop car with its lights on, and i have only seen a total of about 3 cop cars at all! so i was very interested in what finally got the attention of the cops! as i strained my neck to see the car that this cop must be chasing i realized, only in idaho. it was not a car that the cop was chasing, but rather, a moose. yes, mr. moose had decided to come take a little vacation in rexburg and was busy breaking all traffic laws and getting the cops sure wound up. it was really funny. we took a little detour getting to stake conference and saw cop cars zooming back and forth looking for the loose moose. we just laughed and laughed! as we were driving by one cop car my roomie megan spotted mr. moose hiding in someones backyard behind a tree. we could not help laughing, it was so funny! the whole time i kept imagining one of the moose from brother bear running around thinking in its head, with a canadian accent, about why these crazy cars with lights were chasing them around. it was an excellent and funny morning to get us ready for a really good stake conference. it was a state wide stake conference, broadcast from salt lake. we got to hear from, c. scott grows, which angela pointed out is also funny because its like see spot run, only c. scott grow. anyways, we also heard from sister barbara thompson of the relief society presideny, and i think elder packer, but i just had a major brain freeze and cant remember, and then president monson! it was really good. One of my favorite things they said was, "don't risk being deceived by going it alone." and talked about how important it is to have the constant companionship of the holy ghost and to study the scriptures daily. it was a really good stake conference.

today i am thankful for:
* roommates who think a moose on the loose is as funny as i do! and are okay with detours to find mr. moose.
* technology and the ability it gives me to talk to people in different states and look up recipes for chocolate cakes with no egg.

* music that uplifts me and makes me happy.

* nannette and her delicious ability to make heavenly good food for sunday "supper".

* clean clothes!!.