Week of May 23 - 29, 2021

Highlights:

Spiritual

We had a lovely Sunday. I helped in Junior Primary. After church, Brother Scott Mortensen from the bishopric called me to serve as a primary worker and I gladly accepted. 

Temple remains open for limited us but we are not permitted to attend yet. 

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

I have indexed 7296 records and reviewed 54,945 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Wilkins Family on May 25. They had a very busy week, with school finals, orthodontist appointments, final school assignments turned in and work for both Mike and Allison. They held a special graduate parade at Adam's school. Mike decorated the car and they drove through the streets with cheering parents and teachers. We felt so blessed to be able to view Adam's graduation by website. We cheered loudly here as he walked across the stage. We are so proud of you, Adam!

Grace is doing well. She so enjoys her braces being off and is looking forward to a good Summer, though she is sad her favorite babysitting family is moving away. Josh had fun soccer practices and is finishing up school now. Sam got to do fun things at school as they wind down the year too. 

The Ethan Rice Family

This was a good week for this family. Ethan had a brief trip to Pennsylvania on Wednesday. Wednesday was also Kaylee's last day of school. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran and Amber had another busy work week as school remotely ended for Kelsie and Kooper. Kelsie is off to high school next year!

Morgan

No news from Morgan this week. 

Kayty

Kayty enjoyed her zoo overnight adventure.

Sadly, this week her fish, Bernard, died. 

Now, she has a new orchid beta named Blaze. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan and Jessica had a busy week with work and taking the girls to the water park. Their garden is doing well and the girls pick tomatoes every day. They sure do love their kitties and playing outdoors. 

Ellie helped make a new step stool to wash hands int he kitchen.

Dad's Garden

We continue to pick tomatoes daily, though only new cherry tomatoes are coming on. We have some basil but need some new plants. Chicks are growing up well. 

Family History
My Grandfather, William Arthur Kew's World War 2 Draft card

Other highlights

Jog was pretty interesting as I stopped along the way noting the lunar eclipse.

Week of May 16 - 22, 2021

Highlights:

Spiritual

Dad attended stake priesthood meeting very early on Sunday morning. He also spoke with a high councilman in the Mountain Ridge Ward while I attended Sacrament Meeting in our ward. 

Temple remains open for limited us but we are not permitted to attend yet. 

My daily morning foundation of General Conference talk(s), prayer, scripture study and Come Follow Me study continues each day. I completed my second time through General Conference talks and began my third time through. 

I have indexed 7041 records and reviewed 53223 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins had another crazy busy week. On Monday, Adam returned to school four days a week. Tuesday, Allison completed all her dental work and is now in perfect shape. Josh had soccer practice. He also used his tortoise sitting income to purchase a pogo stick. Wednesday, Josh and Sam had school. Allison's work at the temple was full of duties...very hot ones at that. Thursday, Josh had another soccer practice. Allison had the kids out of school earlier and they met at the temple for their appointment for proxy baptism and confirmation work. Adam was able to perform the baptismal ordinances. Josh had a dentla appointment. Adam got some free Krispy Kreme donuts for being a 2021 graduate. Friday was the start of Youth Conference. Adam and Grace attended Friday, Grace attended Saturday and came home with a pretty nasty sunburn. Saturday was a pretty important day as Adam started working at Cowabunga Bay. He enjoyed it and got to grill burgers, make orange chicken and tacos.  Josh had a great noon soccer game. Grace also got to attend a youth conference dance. 

Sneak Peak: No more Braces for Gracie!

The Ethan Rice Family

Ethan, Cameo and the kids are doing well. Work keeps both adults very busy and Kaylee is nearing school being over. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran and Amber had a busy week at work and Kelsie continued remote learning. Kooper ended up with a sore throat and was sent home on Thursday and will spend the rest of the school year remote. This Covid protocol that calls out nearly everything a kid complains of as reason for sending home is crazy, but I was glad I was available and could go down and pick him up. He was all healed on Friday and enjoying an early Summer beginning. A pediatrician in our ward read the Covid protocols when the kids out here returned to school and deemed the standard for pulling kids from school ridiculous. I KNOW I would have had four boys with sore throats if they felt they could get out of school early. And since the Az Dept of Education has deemed that no one can fail this year, I am sure others have figured the same thing out. 

Morgan

Morgan is doing well. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week with work and spent Friday preparing for her zoo overnight adventure on Saturday night. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan and Jessica had a good week. The girls stayed with me while Jessica had her first doctors appointment on Monday. All is well and there is one healthy baby. Nathan hauled stuff on the trailer, cut down a ward member's mulberry tree, and did lots of work in the garden. The girls were here to play on Saturday also.

Dad's Garden

Tomates are doing well. He is also getting zucchini and yellow squash. 

Family History

We are having printer and scanner issues. More to come when we figure it out. 

Other highlights

Canning occurred over three days. I canned 10 pints of applesauce and 15 quarts of tomatoes.