Week of October 1 - October 7, 2023

Spiritual

We enjoyed watching General Conference on Sunday and felt very edified and challenged from the messages we heard. Very quiet Sundy otherwise. I have already read all the talks and am on the Sunday sessions in my daily listening/study. The next Saturday, Dad attended stake leadership meeting for stake conference. 

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

I have indexed 13,638 records and reviewed 21,146 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Grace enjoyed celebrating Las Vegas High Homecoming with her friends. 

The family made a last minute decision to travel to Arizona for Kimball's funeral. They left late Friday, Grace and Josh spent the night here, and early Saturday they left to spend time with family and attend the funeral. 

We got some extra time as they decided to stay one more night, so Grace and Josh again bunked in the playroom.

The Ethan Rice Family

Wade is now adding soccer to his athletic skills. He played his first game on Saturday, scored his first goal, and his team won the game by five points! Congratulations Wade. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran had to make a few trips to our house after work to get tires on his travel trailer for their ward campout they are in charge of this weekend. The rest of the family is well and doing good. 

Morgan

Morgan had car challenges this week when a street cleaner truck backed into his car. He was able to keep the radiator out of the fan but now has to fight the company or city for a settlement on his damages. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work, plus had a few successful Poshmark sales. 

The Nathan Rice Family

The girls enjoyed visits from their grandparents and cousins as they celebrated Annie's baptism day on Saturday. We were so grateful to be invited to participate via FaceTime.

Also, Jessica shared the girls' school pictures for this year:

Dad's Garden

Dad's garden is doing well. His new snap peas are even coming up. We had some warmer weather this week, which was quite a shock to the plants. We already miss the colder nights. 

 

Other highlights

Fall decorations are packed up and Halloween decorations fill the house. 

I finally ordered the caramel I have wanted to order for years from orsongygi.com. Now, I am not sure what I am doing with it, since baking now will be minimal and there wont be any more cookie exchanges. But I am excited to get it. 

We discovered the Saguaro Cactus illness that has gotten over 20 older cactuses near us has hit our cactus out in front. We have to determine if it can be cured or if we need to pull that cactus over before it falls on a wall.... or on Dorans travel trailer. Sad...