Week of March 21 - 27, 2021

Highlights:

Spiritual

It was a good church meeting with a lovely duet by two of the men in our ward and one of the better high council speakers. I studied my Come Follow Me and read the Liahona magazine. 

Temples remain closed for work for the dead. 

I continue my morning foundation of General Conference talk, Book of Mormon chapter, Prayer and Come Follow Me study. 

I have indexed 4634 records and reviewed 32637 records so far this year. 

Family

The Wilkins Family

This family had a busy week. They enjoyed making and flying paper kits from Grandma Wilkins. 

They are loving their new oven and stove and work is going well for both of them. On Sunday for their Come Follow Me Activity, Allison had them create their own helmets and shields to prepare to face the future. Adam and Josh had a Young Men's campout but it was not much fun with all the wind. Grace is looking forward to school in person this week. (I did Marco Polo her on Thursday to see how it went. There were only three total kids in her first class, five in her later class and she was the only one on the bus. Josh is doing well in school and loves playing soccer though he had a few practices cancelled due to wind and sprinkles. He had some State testing last week and will during the upcoming week. 

Sam made the neatest Leprechaun trap with its own trap door so the leprechaun would fall in. It didn't work but he did get some gold from the little green man. And that naughty leprechaun did some silly tricks like putting their chairs on the table. They even got Lucky Charms cereal for breakfast. 

The Ethan Rice Family

I got to FaceTime with Ethan, Cameo, and the kids on Sunday night. They are doing well and Ethan is readying for three Monday through Thursday trips the next three weeks. They will get to do some camping on the weekends in between. The kids were busy showing me their leprechaun traps and some of their tricks. Wade is doing well at tball though the weather last weekend was freezing cold. He has a brand new green bat to use. Kaylee loves attending school and showed us her gifted program chant. 

The Doran Rice Family

Happy Birthday, Doran on Sunday! Nathan and Jessica and family stopped by for a late day visit and brought some cinnamon rolls they had made. They had a good work and school week and enjoyed a fun weekend. 

Morgan

No news from Morgan this week. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good work week this week and is burning up a few vacation days next week. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Another busy week for Nathan and Jessica and the girls. Soccer practice, long work projects, helping a ward member pour cement, and just the daily dealings of life. Nathan was quite the chef and brought dad and me some amazing homemade pasta and spaghetti sauce to taste. Anna had a good soccer practice and we were able to attend her game on Saturday. 

Dad's Garden

We have harvested tons of oregano that was dehydrated and filled a whole container. Other plants are looking good and we continue to harvest carrots, beets, turnips, snow peas and greens. Newer plants are getting bigger and our citrus trees are full of blossoms and bees. 

Family History
More from my dad, William Allan Kew, as he shipped to and arrived in Trieste Italy to serve during the Korean Conflict. 

My dad loved creating and these were seemingly drawn by him. 

Other highlights

Tuesday I finally used my starter and made my first sourdough bread and it didn't come out too bad. Not a brick at all! I now understand more about when to feed the starter prior to use and will continue to bake with my little starter. 

We had a fun visit and Grandma's house with Dad's cousin Clay Jordan, his girlfriend London, three of her kids and Clay's daughter Annaliese. It was a nice visit.

Saturday night, we enjoyed a visit from Jeff and Mardene Smith and his brother and wife and we made some pizza. The girls came by later and enjoyed some pizza and play while Nathan and Jessica had a short datenight. 

Week of March 14 - 20, 2021

Highlights:

Spiritual

Sunday was great. We so enjoyed attending Sacrament Meeting and the missionaries shared talks from the last General Conference. We each enjoyed remote Elders Quorum and Relief Society meetings. That evening, a family in the ward invited everyone over to Pi Night. It was so nice to sit and visit with ward members on a nice evening in the backyard. 

Phoenix Temple remains closed for work for the dead. 

Morning foundation of Book of Mormon read, General Conference talk, Come Follow Me study, and prayer continue.

I have indexed 4221 records and reviewed 30.768 records so far this year. 

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins family has been very busy and their weekly yard progress is amazing! Trash bags are full of raked oleander remains and side yard leaves. Sadly,  though the sweet little strawberry plant Allison kept alive since they moved in,..like seven years...suddenly died. So sad. She replaced it with some lovely flowers. She would like a front flower bed and remove the gravel there and put it in other places in the yard. As they dug, they had to use a pickax to get through it and the area is full of rocks. Mike then made two sieves on the wheelbarrow, sieve it, and then replace the dirt and remove the rocks. They need to get down a foot for the garden to be possible. Allison created a lovely pie day pie...chicken pot and cheesecake. After many repairs and part replacements, they are using their income tax refund to purchase a new range! So happy for them!!  Last week, they found a new park and they had a good time. Adam continues school and working out regularly at the gym. Grace is looking forward to returning to school in late March and has an at-school orientation on Friday. However, she is not looking forward to the youth activity scavenger hunt on Saturday. Josh has had soccer practices canceled due to the windy, rainy weather. He lives with a soccer ball under his foot and has perfected his rainbow kick. Sam had a fun party celebrating the last day of the quarter. Parent-teacher conferences were great. He is NOT a fan of spelling!! Sam is excited for leprechauns and is planning on trapping one. The boys, after reading Harry Potter, have enjoyed playing a Harry Potter game. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Ethan, Cameo, and the family had a good week. St. Patrick's Day was celebrated and a leprechaun visited their house and was full of mischief!

The Doran Rice Family

This family had a busy week with school, work and karate practice. Parent teacher conferences wen well and Koopers reading is doing well. They visited on Saturday and Doran helped Dad work on his car. 

Morgan

Morgan is doing well. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good work week.

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan, Jessica and the girls are doing well. He made a lovely Salted Caramel Apple Pie to celebrate Pi Day and the girls and Jessica brought us a piece to enjoy.

Annie had a good soccer practice, a great game on Saturday and was able to enjoy a Soccer Banquet on Saturday evening. Annie also got to spend Friday night at Grammy Lolo's house. Nathan has been swamped at work, but managed to spend many hours Saturday helping someone in their ward pour concrete. 

Dad's Garden

Garden is doing well and we picked our first three tomatoes this week. Still getting oregano and cilantro which we dehydrated and shared with friends. Citrus trees are now full of blossoms and bees and the air is full of the sweet smell of orange blossoms. 

Family History
My Dad's photos from docking in Greece

Other highlights

I am so enjoying the U. S. History class I am taking. I am at Lincoln's election. I continue to practice piano daily. 

Lots of produce being processed this week. I seeded and cut Roma tomatoes and cooked them down to a thick sauce in the crockpot and then added oregano. Three Crockpots full. I also chopped and prepared seven quarts of salsa. Thursday dinner was LOTS of roast vegetables: potatoes