Week of May 7 - May 13, 2023

Spiritual

We enjoyed a wonderful day at church. My lesson went as well as it could go with many active three-year-olds. I attended the final choir practice for the summer and we had a quiet day.

We were unable to attend the temple this week. 

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

I have indexed 8280 records and reviewed 11,560 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family is counting down the final days of the school year. Allison is busy both with her own schoolwork and with her classroom teaching. Mike has had a couple of substitute teaching jobs and has a few irons in the fire for employment full-time. Adam is doing well. Grace is nearly finished with all her AP exams and is enjoying the last days of school this year with her Senior friends. She continues to look for a summer job and prepare for Trek. Joshua has completed his soccer season and did very well. Sam is enjoying school but is looking forward to Summer break. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Kaylee played in her softball tournament this week but her team lost by two points. Still quite an honor to participate. They spent their Saturday out on their boat doing some fishing. Even saw some baby geese. School is over in a couple of weeks and they will soon be enjoying Summer break. 

The Doran Rice Family

Thursday night, Doran and Kooper invited Dad to attend their ward Father Son Campout on Friday. 

They had a great time and Dad loved the cool weather. Kooper loved the archery and catching a fish. Amber's mom has been visiting all week and they enjoyed that so much. Amber made a lovely Mother's Day breakfast on Saturday for Kayty and I. We enjoyed visiting with Penny as well as Kelsie and Tamara, Amber's sister. It was yummy. 

Morgan

Morgan and Cassie came by on Thursday late afternoon. They brought gallons and gallons of spring water, some fertilizer for Dad and they picked up six baby chicks for us, since the price is double down here in Phoenix. 

Kayty

Kayty had a busy work week and is creating jewelry on her own which has been so enjoyable for her. 

The Nathan Rice Family

The girls spoke via FaceTime a few times this week, which was wonderful. They had a boring day full of rain on Thursday and were busy trying to fill their day up. Friday they enjoyed traveling to another town as a family and eating hamburgers, french fries and chicken. They shared that Nathan has been working with them to create a construction paper jeep. They showed me the grill and Ellie had worked on a beautiful yellow car seat. They have wonderful plans for Mother's Day for Jessica. Annie was challenged by her Uncle Josh to make a spare rib cake, so she is planning her creating from brownies. I received a lovely bouquet of flowers for Mothers Day delivered to my door.! Came in a cute canning jar as well. 

Dad's Garden

I harvested on ton of basil on Thursday to make Sam Chicken for us. Citrus is still doing well and being picked nearly daily. 

 

Other highlights

Dad was in a seminar in central Phoenix and Tempe all week. He took Friday off work and took his mom out to lunch for Mothers Day. I visited mom with Kayty on Saturday for Mother's day.