Week of June 4 - June 10, 2023

Spiritual

It was a challenging Sunday. We arrived early as usual. I was sitting in my seat and then received a text from the sister who co-teaches with me. She was unable to come. So I quickly ran home, grabbed my lesson bag, printed the lesson, got my iPad, got a few things for the class, and got to church as it started. I prepared as well as I could and hoped for the best. Our singing time for primary ended up moving to the empty chapel to let the kids practice for Fathers Day. Well, that kind of got my three to five-year-olds riled up. We got to class and started. I completed the object lesson and went to play the video on my iPad and the internet at the church was down. We tried to get it to play through my phone but to no avail. Then all the girls in the class had to go to the bathroom so Dad and Christophers dad kept the boys busy till we returned. I finally sat on the floor with a picture of the Last Supper and tried to explain the Sacrament to the kids. Then it was time to go. I was exhausted!

We were able to attend the temple this week. I attended on Tuesday. morning and Dad attended on Wednesday evening. 

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

I have indexed 9470 records and reviewed 14,012 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Happy Birthday, Adam on Friday! The Wilkins are enjoying a great family summer. Games, pickleball, and lots of fun!

Here are some pics from Grace and Josh's trek

The Ethan Rice Family

Work and summer fun fill the days of this family. Ethan and Wade did some fishing last weekend. Ethan began working in his new position at work. 

The Doran Rice Family

Amber traveled to Los Angeles this week on a trip for her job. 

Doran had a busy work week. The kids are enjoying their break from school. They came by on Saturday to help celebrate Grandma's birthday. 

Morgan

Morgan called on Saturday. He is very busy at work. They are no longer reimbursing for gas, which is a problem right now, but he seems to enjoy the work and is now getting weekends off. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work. One major save this week. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Happy Birthday to Emma on Tuesday. I got to talk to the newest four-year-old in the family via FaceTime but she had a tummy ache so it wasn't the best day. She showed me one of her birthday gifts. Daddy is out of town in California on a business trip. Annie was sure he was on a beach but I said business trips rarely have any time for fun. The girls have been allotted one wall in the office and they are creating a lovely art museum full of drawings and coloring pages. Annie had a great time at her friend's birthday party last week and had fun doing gymnastics. Ellie showed me the neat finds she got at a yard sale. She is quite the shopper. She also showed Papa and I her cartwheel skills she has been practicing. She is getting better and better. She is trying out some new curl cream for her hair and really likes it. Oh, and the pillowcases shared last week: sewed by the girls!!! well, except for Eve's.

Dad's Garden

Picked more basil this week. Dad has been finishing up eating the oranges on the trees. While Doran and Dad were picking some grapefruit, Doran found two rather large tomatoes on a vine under the lemon tree. Our tomato harvest for 2023!

 

Other highlights

Mom was put on hospice this week. She is already getting better care and the people working with her have been so communicative. We went down to get more things out of her room so there would be room for a hospital bed when it is ordered. Mom seemed very happy. Sharynn came down for a few days to visit with her too. 

Quarterly pickup trimming and hauling has begun. Dad trimmed the mesquite in the lower courtyard. We are probably going to cut it down since it was nearly blown over last year and it seems to be stealing water from our citrus trees. I trimmed a couple trees out in front and we got the cut-up couch of dads out. We still have a week to get more trimming done. It is harder for the two of us to get stuff trimmed but hiring folks is far too costly.