Conference - Thursday was a Temple night at the LA Temple, we had about 250 people in the session. One of the rooms can fit the Vancouver Temple inside easily :) I love our Temple in Vancouver but I enjoy the larger Temples.
Friday - BBQ and Caribbean entertainment at Doheny beach which was a 10 min. drive from my aunt and uncle's place. I met a couple of new friends, and was hit on by 2 older guys (50-60) while I was trying to complete the get-to-know you activity - find someone who...etc etc. I met 50 new people due to that game but I only chatted with probably one person on that list throughout the rest of the conference...and it wasn't a guy :( California is beautiful and I love the Spanish mission architecture. The church building was styled in this theme...it was a great change from the regular brick. The caribbean entertainment was very lively and it really got the crowd excited. The dance was fun and I did the Mid-singles speed dating where one guy thought it would be fun to thumb wrestle for the 2 minutes. We sort of talked but it was ridiculous really. He also took the liberty of putting his hand on my knee...ay yi yi...who was this guy?? Didn't talk to him again the rest of the conference.
Saturday - Devotional - Brad Wilcox...amazing
Dating Workshop - Alisa Goodwin-Snell "It's not you, it's your technique" - sooo fantastic! I also realised how much of a fool I have been about dating for sooo long. Oh well, it's never too late to refine one's technique and start fresh. (I did get asked for my number by the way, from a guy that I was interested in too!)
The dance that night was fun but soooo tiring, I was in heels. haha. I was only asked by older guys...at least I was asked right? I seem to be very approachable because I did make a lot of random acquaintances, I would be standing in food lines or getting something and ladies would just start talking to me and so it was nice to meet people. Might be alos, that they knew I was from Canada...on the day they asked people to stand up if you were from...etc etc....I was wearing bright pink and my red/pink scarf...so I stood out. People remembered that about me.
Sunday - Craig Jessop and a member of the Seventy spoke to us. Wow, it was very spiritually enlightening. I was sitting beside a lady who works for NASA in the business admin side. She is so intelligent, which you can sense just through talking to her and she was very self-assured and confident about who she was and where her life is heading. I hope to have that vibe someday in my own persona. The people that I have been able to meet this weekend are pretty amazing and I am so glad that I made the decision to attend this conference.
Cali with my aunt and uncle was sooo fun! My aunt treated me to a 20$ mani-pedi (that price is common throughout LA). They treated me to lunches, dinners, breakfast and I was very well fed this week. They were very thoughtful and always mindful of my needs. When we were in San Clemente, I would sleep in until 8:30 or 9 and felt that I had wasted the day. They were up a lot earlier, had gone on a 4 mile walk already and had breakfast already. I love San Clemente, I love the ocean and being able to walk along the beach and just taking in the surroundings. I was walking around town and was headed back and someone threw their water on me as they drove by. I was pretty ticked at first but considering it was super hot out, that was a little refreshing and it was water, thank goodness. There was a Design, home furnishings consignment store there that had really great furniture, leather chairs, beautiful wooden chests and drawers, all reasonably priced in great condition. I plan on decorating my home this way in the future.
Here are some pics of my adventures:
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