Week of April 7 - April 13, 2024

Spiritual

Another uplifting General Conference Weekend leads to the next six months of growth and improvement. We kept it quiet. Dad was still wiped out from his long day of travel the day before.

Dee was able to attend the temple this week on Thursday evening 

My daily morning foundation of General Conference talk(s), prayer, scripture study and Come Follow Me study continues each day. 

I have indexed 17,032 records and reviewed 10,529 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family is doing well and busy as the school year winds down. 

The Ethan Rice Family

This family had a good week. The kids were back to school and ball practices. Work went well for Ethan and Cameo. 

Wade had an awesome first grade field trip too.

The Doran Rice Family

On Sunday, Doran, Amber and Kooper attended the NHRA drag races. Lots of fun!

Amber and her team put on a wonderful event for work this week.

On Saturday, they went on a family hike along the Metate Trail

Morgan

Morgan and Cassie are doing well and are busy working. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work. 

The Nathan Rice Family

This family is very busy packing up to move while keeping on living. The girls ball games were cancelled due to rain during the week but Annie was able to play her first game on Friday.

Nathan has been selected to attend a conference next week in Tucson. Everything else is well and they are excited to move for the last time!

Dad's Garden

We are picking the last carrots. Cilantro is going to seed. We may have to remove a couple of tomato plants. They seem to not be doing well. 

 

Other highlights

Dad was able to begin one of our winter projects and paint much of the gable end at the west end of the house. He will complete it with the paint sprayer. 

Week of March 31 - April 6, 2024

Spiritual

Easter Sunday was rainy here this year. Church was absolutely inspiring. The primary children sang beautifully. The talks, by Joanna and Grant Call, were pure testimony of Jesus Christ. They leave for their church service mission to Kirtland this week. The choir sang and the music was heavenly. Such a wonderful way to celebrate the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I made a couple of devilled eggs to continue the last Easter Tradition we carry on. The rest of the day was quiet. 

My daily morning foundation of General Conference talk(s), prayer, scripture study and Come Follow Me study continues each day. 

I have indexed 15,152 records and reviewed 10,375 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Grace's Senior Pics

The Ethan Rice Family

Easter Sunday Morning: Easter Baskets, treats (the Easter Bunny even brought Dad some Reeses Pieces), traditional carrot cake, church, a wonderful meal and enjoying the weather outdoors as the kids played. 

On Monday, Papa played with the kids, took them nearby on gold panning adventures and kept them busy while Ethan and Cameo worked. 

More gold panning

It was a wonderful week and papa was very sad to go!!

Note before publishing: Dad had a long travel day home. Kayty and I were leaving the freeway to enter the airport when dad called to tell us they had landed...in Tucson! Apparently a runway had closed and his plane had circled until it was low on fuel and had to go to Tucson. Over an hour later, refuelled, his plane arrived. We came home and went right to bed. 

The Doran Rice Family

No news from Doran and Amber this week. 

Morgan

No news from Morgan this week. 

Kayty

Kayty got really sick very early Monday morning...thought it might be food poisoning. It was good she took the day off Monday so no work problems, but she spent the day mainly on the couch. Then I got sick Wednesday so no food poisoning. She got better faster than I did which was such a blessing. She dressed up as Kim Possible for Disney Day at work on Wednesday.

Had half day of work and then a picnic on Friday. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan and Jessica have been busy packing up the house. The girls called on Friday night, very excited about Ellie and Emma's tball games upcoming on Saturday. 

Dad's Garden

I have worked all week to keep the garden alive and the weeds unalive.