First Presidency Christmas Devotional

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend the First Presidency Christmas Devotional at the General Conference center. I'd signed up a few weeks ago for tickets online and was lucky enough to be chosen through their random lottery selection. So on Sunday after church, April, Brock, Andrew, and I headed down to Salt Lake. We got seated just in time, and boy did we have great seats, on the floor in the middle. Once again, being the presence of the Prophet was an amazing feeling. That moment when everything goes quite and we all stand up together as he enters the room just never gets old. All three talks were fantastic. I liked Pres. Uchtdorf's comparisons to the Grinch :) and his reminder of what we should be focusing on during the Christmas season:
1. Rejoicing in the birth of our Savior
2. Pondering his influence in our lives today
3. Looking steadfastly for his coming
I also particularly liked Pres. Monson's story about the housekeeper and her gift of the Christmas star (made of old postcards). He always has the best stories. I have to say though, one of the things I enjoyed most was hearing the Tabernacle choir sing. I've only been to the Young Women's conferences so I have never heard them before. I absolutely loved it, they were amazing and the Christmas arrangements with the orchestra were so beautiful.

After the devotional ended we made our way to Temple square, along with everyone else so it was super crowded. However, seeing the lights and temple was totally worth it. There was a heavy fog so the temple looked even more amazing than usual. Thanks to April we captured it in several pictures.

This one's my favorite :)