1. We are goofing under the computer desk....
2. We are doing activities! In addition to play Bingo (which we did last time) and eating an entire bag of M&Ms in 2 days, we are cutting the apostles out from the Friend magazine and pasting them to their chairs. Pretty fun. I think ideally you move them to/from a little podium, but instead we are pasting them to their chairs (and Wesley gets to find which chair is theirs by checking their last names.)
I think I need an official General Conference bag next time. It's a goal. Any ideas are welcome.
3. We are brushing up on all our apostles.... here's a funny I particularly enjoy. I can totally hear them speaking these words.
Top 10 Ways General Authorities eat Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
10. Paul H. Dunn: “I remember back in WWII that I ate a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. Back then, they were big enough to live on for a week. Being the only soldier to have survived the battle in my brigade, I really didn’t know if I could eat it or not, but I remember my fallen buddy’s words as he died in my arms: “Paul, if you just take one bite at a time you can tackle anything.” So I took that giant cup and, breaking it with the bat Babe Ruth gave me after I struck him out with two outs in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of the World Series, proceeded to wolf down the tiny morsels.”
9. David B. Haight: “Imagine 70 years ago on a rough road between Idaho and Logan. There were no Circle K’s, no 7-11′s. You had to bring your Peanut Butter Cups with you. Ruby and I split one for the first time in 1937.
8. Dallin H. Oaks: “The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup challenges us to consume. From the beginning there have been three steps in eating a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. First, remove the wrapper. This is best done quickly, by turning the cup over, grasping the outer fold and pulling away from the bottom, Second . . .
7. Joseph B. Wirthlin: “When I was young I would sprint to the corner store, buy a Reese’s and run my hand through my hair before taking it down in one bite. These days I don’t sprint (pause), and I have no hair (pause), but the Peanut Butter Cup remains.”
6. Richard G. Scott: “If you have not eaten a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, I plead with you. Eat one now. Enjoy the chocolate, the peanut butter. Do not delay. If you have thought, “That’s not for me”, I plead with you to reconsider. Of all foods I treasure, this one was the first.”
5. M. Russell Ballard: “The time has come when members of the church need to reach out to our friends and share a cup, a Peanut Butter Cup. It is not enough to raise a chocolate bar, it must now have peanut butter.”
4. Thomas S. Monson: “I remember I ate my first Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup when I was a tender lad of eight. My mother came up to me, and with a loving twinkle in her eye, asked, ‘Tommy, are you eating a Reese’s?’ And I would invariably smile up to her, ‘Yes, Yes, I am.’ ‘But Tommy, did you know that Sister Jensen next door hasn’t eaten a Reese’s Cup in years?’ My young mind thought upon the plight of my neighbor. Tears were shed. Hearts were gladdened. A cup was shared.”
3. Boyd K. Packer: “In all my years, I have always eaten my Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups the same way – the established way we have been instructed to eat them. There is a far greater evil in this world, though – those who believe they can eat their cups in a way unconventional to the time-honored manner. We must be true and faithful and eat our Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups in the customary and recognized approach as it has been established.”
2. Neal A. Maxwell: “I intentionally initiate the delicious design of deglutition of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup by nibbling a negligible nit of the culinary creamy cavalcade. It is exclusively through small entities that the great things are fabricated.”
1. J. Golden Kimball: “H#%ll, Heber, I’ll eat a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup any d%$*&d way I want!”
Next up, General Conference, the seriousness.
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Gordon B. Hinckley:
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, welcome others into your fold, extend the hand of fellowship and love towards them. Reach out to the misfortunate among you. Those that require but a small act of kindness. Share with them your most prized possession, a bite of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Let them see the joy on your face, the love in your heart, as you lovingly share this heavenly treat. Welcome those, that who might be of another faith to share this divine confection that we have in so rich abundance.
We do not find fault with others who prefer different candy, we in fact welcome them to bring their favorite, and together we will enjoy the spirit of partaking in one of the most enjoyable experience outside of our Temples.
Porter Rockwell:
Bro. Joseph, point out those who are in opposition to your direction to partake of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and I will pay them a visit this evening. I stand ready to ride with the Butter Cup Avengers to allow these fools one more chance to repent before meeting their maker. You know I stand ready to defend this principle, even with my life. I have been accused of being a cereal killer, but you and I both know, I never shot any box of cereal that didn't need killing, because of poor taste and high sugar content.
Bruce R. McConkie:
When the McConkie clan left their native Scotland and went to Ireland, they were searching for the very origin of this phenomena, having no success, they left for America. It was during this pilgrimage that they discovered the true joy of the gospel and much later they were nurtured because of their obedience with those wonderful angelic like qualities of the Peanut Butter Cup.
There is a parable of the Peanut Butter Cups, whereby we are taught the great lesson of making prudent and wise decisions. As you will recall, in this wonderful example, great meditation was necessary before the blessings of enjoyment come from savoring just one mere morsel of a Peanut Butter Cup.
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