Week of September 19-25, 2021

Highlights:

Spiritual

Sunday was ward conference and we enjoyed listening to our bishop and stake president. 

We were able to get appointments to attend the temple this week. I attended on Tuesday morning and complete the work for a mother. Only one daughter left next week, and then we can seal mother, father, six daughters and a son as a family. Dad attended a session on Thursday night. 

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

I have indexed 15,456 records and reviewed 89,075 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family is doing well and very busy. Grace shared some pics of homecoming week on Instagram. Sam enjoyed the parade and got some great candy!

And then she went to the homecoming dance with some tennis team friends on Saturday night.

The Ethan Rice Family

Ethan, Cameo and the kids had a good week and went camping near home on the weekend. They are all well. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran and Amber and the kids are doing well. Doran's arm is getting slowly better and while he still struggles with his teeth, he feels he is on the mend. Amber has been getting better since her cold bout. Kelsie is trying a remote classroom situation to see if that works out better for their family. Kooper is a happy little rock collector. 

Morgan

Morgan and Cassie went on a Lake Pleasant fishing outing on Tuesday morning. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week with some overtime. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan's car parts were at their house by Monday and he spent the week working on his engine. He has done so much work and the hard work is paying off. He got the engine running but yet another setback in a part that regulates the engine and its fuel economy, requiring another part order and further repair.  Jessica and the girls are getting over stuffy noses but all is well. 

Dad's Garden

Dad continues to work on getting his seedlings growing tall enough to plant. The weather seems to be finally turning a corner and will be cooler. 

Other highlights

Dad and I attended a Legislative District Meeting on Tuesday evening. We have been told we are Precinct Committeemen, not once but twice, but there is still a problem. Not sure what to think but it was great to experience the grassroots of the political process. 

Friday morning jog was interesting. I saw a snake on the road. It was still. I blessedly didn't scream my head off. I just avoided it, thinking it had been hit by a car. When I returned, it was gone. So it was apparently warming itself on the road. Again, I blessedly didn't scream my head off. 

This has been a year for getting soaked in the rain while jogging. I left on Saturday...noticed some clouds but nothing concerning. By 2/3 of the way, there was suddenly thunder and lightning. Odd. And the final 1/4 was in a downpour. Need to use my weather app on my phone more often. 

Yep, Dad and I were on the ground under the jeep trying to install some stabilizer thingy using nothing but old tie downs but it eventually worked and one of the upper stabilizers is replaced. One more to go.