Week of November 17 - 23, 2019

Highlights:

Spiritual

We had a good Sunday. Church was wonderful and we were blessed to hear great talks and have great lessons. The choir sang during the meeting and it went well.

Dad attended sessions at the temple on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. I was able to attend with Dad on Friday and perform sealing ordinances. It was a special time for me, as I was able to sit as a witness of sealings performed.

I continue to read my Book of Mormon and listen to General Conference talks daily.

I have indexed 20677 records and reviewed 59388 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Another very busy week for the Wilkins family. The temple reopened and now Allison keeps that most sacred building taken care of while people use it. She shared about the alterations made as they prepare for the St. George Temple (the busiest in the whole church) to close for repairs and upgrades.
They are holding their own. Adam is doing well. Grace now sports red and green rubber bands on her braces and continues to work on her Young Womanhood Recognition Award. She also was able to check out Adam's school as a shadow student and she absolutely loved it!  She earned second place in her class spelling bee. Josh was placed in the school gifted program and also won his class spelling bee. Sam just loves school and is reading and writing skills are flourishing. He loves to draw and write all the time. Their poor little cat, Elle, has had a recent tail injury, but, in true tough cat fashion, she chewed off the wounded part and is doing well. They now refer to her as "Stumpy". They had a great moment when, on the first day the temple reopened, their youth went to the temple to perform baptismal ordinances. Grace was able to be a witness and Adam was able to perform the baptismal ordinance.

The Ethan Rice Family

Kaylee had a great school week. Here's what happened on Thursday
"We are so proud of this girl right here. All of the first graders at Kaylee’s school are enrolled in the Accelerated Reader Program. They have until 12/13 to reach the set goal, and Kaylee has officially crushed this goal as of today. Her reading has improved so much this school year. She used to dislike reading, and now she reads a book a day with no problem. We love seeing her growth and watching her succeed. Reach for the stars baby girl. Mommy & Daddy love you."

They left Friday night and drove 27 hours straight to arrive here in Phoenix. They came by late Saturday night for a visit and a test of the swingset.

The Doran Rice Family

Doran and Amber finally have all their belongings on their property, and now comes the difficult task of putting it all away. Amber hurt her knee during the move, so she is hobbling a bit now. Kelsie and Kooper love their new home.

Morgan

Morgan arrived Friday night and is helping Doran and Amber get things settled. The next step is to get a job.

Kayty

Kayty had a good week and made lots of cookies to take for her party at work.

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan, Jessica and the girls stopped by on Sunday evening and were able to test out the swingset for us. They seemed to like it.

They had a good week, though Jessica and Ellie struggled with a bit of a cold. Nathan was off Friday as well as all of Thanksgiving Week, so he already has many plans in store, including car repairs that were successfully completed on Saturday. 

Dad's Garden

Four Inches of rain throughout the week has really perked up the garden and all the plants and trees in the yard. He harvested his date crop and is enjoying that now. Key limes are coming on, a bit at a time. 

Other highlights
We worked on the swingset all week. It has now got everything we ordered, plus wet sand! What a treat!

Rainbow was a beautiful blessing after four inches of rain. 

Nano's last doctor's appointment for a few months went okay. It was pouring rain and so driving to her house was difficult due to flooding of streets. She didn't do well at the neurologist, but it was to be expected due to her disease progression. It was another four hours from leaving my house to arrive back, but all were safe and that's what was important.

Dad has completed his training as a Field Quality Engineer and will be assigned suppliers on Monday.