Week of February 26 - March 4, 2023

Spiritual

We had a good Sunday. Dad attended a ward conference in another ward in the stake. Primary went well and we actually had all the girls sitting in their chairs for a moment or two. 

We were unable to attend the temple this week. 

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

I have indexed 3839 records and reviewed 3952 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family had a wonderful week with snow last week! What a great surprise.  They are doing well. Mike and Adam continue in their job searches. Allison is looking forward to Spring Break in a week or so. Grace was able to attend a Western/Sadie Hawkins Dance at school on Friday. She has been so busy doing so many things and has her choir trip to Hawaii coming up. Josh had soccer tryouts. Sam ran in an election for fourth-grade representative...and won! So very proud of him for trying this. It was wonderful for me to actually see all four of my Vegas grandkids in one Marco Polo conversation. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Ethan and Cameo are back to work. Ethan flew out to Allentown Pennsylvania on Monday and the kids were back in school. Wade had lacrosse practice at the same time Kaylee had her softball practice...in separate towns. Cameo was also busy working. They had such a wonderful relaxing time in the Bahamas. 

One bucket list item for Cameo was swimming with the dolphins. It was great...except Wade was not thrilled about a dolphin this close to his face. He said he did shake his fin when they face timed on Friday. They loved the ice cream cones. They loved the beach. The whole trip was absolutely fantastic. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran and Amber and the kids had a good work week. Many decisions are in the works for a big move, perhaps to Kentucky for a job promotion for Amber. We saw them on Saturday morning as they came to borrow the trailer.  Kooper got to have his best friends over to play on Saturday. 

Morgan

Morgan finally was able to get all the repairs done on his car, in time to get stuck in a snow storm. He ended up helping others get unstuck and did well. Now he can return to working. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good work week. Her favorite hockey player was traded to another team so now she is a New York Rangers fan. Blackhawks are gone. 

The Nathan Rice Family

No news from Nathan and family this week. 

Dad's Garden

The cold weather has hurt our basil but the lettuce, cabbage, collards and carrots are loving it. We continue to eat those winter vegetables. Tomatoes are still small and alive. Sun should return soon. 

 

Other highlights

Amazing rain storm, frigid weather and snowy mountains nearby in north Scottsdale brought a lot of joy this week. It is unusual to have such cold weather in early March and I do believe I can take heat over cold. I finally also saw snow on Four Peaks on Saturday...they were covered in snow!

We worked Saturday to get some firewood from our neighbor, Jerry who is selling his home soon, into our back yard. Dad went over and loaded logs into his trailer while I trimmed and cleaned up bushes in the way of the back gate. Its our quarterly pick-up here in a couple of weeks so the front yard is about to get loaded up with stuff to haul off.