Week of November 17 - November 23, 2024

Spiritual

Sunday was good. I mananged to get by without any one seeing my tooth situation. 

Dee was able 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  60,101 records and reviewed 22,336 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Sunday was their ward primary program. We were able to hear from Allison and hear Sam give a wonderful talk about the importance of family history and temple work. It was also awesome to see Grace with her primary class. The songs they sang were wonderful and it was great for me to show my primary kids my daughter and grandkids!

The Ethan Rice Family

Kaylee had cross country awards on Sunday. Cameo shared:

Tonight was the cross country award ceremony. Although cross country was not what Kaylee thought it was going to be, we are happy that she stepped out of her comfort zone, tried something new (a new sport) and stuck with it. Our 6th grade girly earned the award for the most improved middle school girl. She ran 7.76 minutes faster than her first ever race of the season. Couldn’t be more proud of her.

Wade had pajama day at school on Friday. It was a very cold morning but he sure enjoyed dressing up!!!

The Doran Rice Family

This family is doing well. 

Morgan

No news from Morgan and Cassie this week. 

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan worked on his jeep and got it running in top condition. Annie was able to spend some time with Nathan in their tree stand. She had a good time and they are looking forward to a good shot and some good meat. Deer are quite smart!!

Dad's Garden

Harvest of romaine, radishes, and collard greens continue. Our chickens are sporadically producing eggs. 

 

Other highlights

On Monday I headed to the dentist to see what they could do about my broken tooth. Verdict: pulling the remainder of the tooth on Thursday and creating a permanent bridge with crowns on either side. Then in January, to make all my top front teeth match, they will on my next years insurance benefit, crown two others on the top so the center five will be the same. Almost two thousand dollars after insurance pays, but I will finally not have crooked teeth that stick out on the top!!!

Spent the week getting ornaments mailed, wrapping stocking gifts and ordering boxes to mail them out. 

Dad had been trying to call his long time friend, Cliff Eccles, for weeks. He finally called Cliff's sister and found out Cliff had a sudden heart attack and died in his sleep September 30th. He was a good friend, the best man in our wedding, and they had talked for years. 

Week of November 10 - November 16, 2024

Spiritual

Sunday was a good day. Primary is feeling back to normal and my lesson on miracles went pretty well. 

We were unable to attend the temple this week due to shut down.  

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

I have indexed 59,671 records and reviewed 21,889 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Happy Birthday Allison on Tuesday. 

Sam had a fun field trip this week. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Wade got some great news this week. Cameo shared:

Very proud of our Wade. We found out today that he received 3rd place out of the whole school on his pumpkin book report project. He did a great job with it.

The Doran Rice Family

Doran, Amber and family are busy with work, school and are anticipating a big family Thanksgiving with Nathan and Family, and Ethan and Family coming to visit. Doran and Kooper have been creating a pinewood derby car. 

Morgan

Morgan has created a new trasport system where he works...

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work. 

The Nathan Rice Family

This family struggled with a nasty cold with cough this week. The girls were so disappointed to miss their fun activities including piano lessons and gymnastics and it made work rough for Nathan. 

Dad's Garden

Lots of radishes and lettuce. Dad is getting some wormy creatures in his collard greens but he is now hunting them. They will ruin his cabbage. The garden loves our cooler weather. 

 

Other highlights

Dad had the "week off". On Monday, he fielded a few work calls in the morning. He then cleaned up some yard debris. He worked on completing his new garden pest cover. We also went rock hunting twice, once in his favorite location. 

I spent the week decorating the living room for Christmas. Got the big tree strung with lights and decorated and put up the rest of the before Thanksgiving decor. 

Lovely "surprise" on saturday morning as I was eating a few colder chocolate chips: my front tooth (next to the center top ones) just disappeared. No pain. No noise. No crunching. Now I get the fun of going to the dentist to get repaired or whatever they can do. One good thing is that I am on the dental insurance. When Dad retires I wont have any dental insurance till I am on Medicare. And that will cost. 

Week of November 3 - November 9, 2024

Spiritual

We had a very nice Sacrament/Fast and Testimony Meeting. Lots of great people in our ward sharing their faith and belief. 

Phoenix Temple is on shutdown 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 58,525 records and reviewed 21,410 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family is busy and doing well. They enjoyed all the traditional Halloween activities including special meals and pumpkin carving. Allison is nearing the completion of her Masters Degree. She videos an hour of her teaching her class every ten days and then sends it to be critiqued. She is completing her assignment and will complete a portfolio over Thanksgiving. Mike is doing well at work and in his schooling. Adam is enjoying is job and his time with his girlfriend. Grace is busy with school, volunteering in the library at Allison's school and enjoyed Halloween at the preschool she works at. Josh completed his 20 mile hike with his friends at church and school is going well. Sam loves practicing for the annual school musical. Decorations are going up for Christmas. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Apple picking on Sunday makes some yummy apple pies for all to enjoy!

The Doran Rice Family

The new Fall views for Doran, Amber, Kelsie and Kooper. 

Morgan

Morgan and Cassie had some snow this week!

Kayty

Good work week. 

One minor low this week. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan, Jessica and the girls had a good week. Nathan did well at work and was able to get some hunting in. 

Dad's Garden

Dad has planted lots of romaine lettuce and has spent the week making a new garden bed cover. Also harvesting lots of radishes. We are looking to get a rooster so we will be able to replace the chickens we lost. 

 

Other highlights

This week was Village Put up Week. At first I was bothered that I was starting after Halloween, but it ended up so much easier to put up with empty shelves (Halloween decor put away). So what I originally thought was a terrible thing ended up being a great thing and something I will do from now on. 

Nativity scenes went up on Saturday. 

Week of October 27 - November 2, 2024

Spiritual

The Primary Program went well on Sunday. Primary class was a bit crazy but all was good. We visited via Facetime a bit with the girls. 

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 57,279 records and reviewed 20,471 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Family are doing well.

The Ethan Rice Family

Wade received a special award at school this week. 

Kaylee designed her costume and Ethan got on the sewing machine to help. Nano is smiling from heaven!

FAmily  jack o lanterns

On Saturday, after Wade's final LaCrosse game of the season, they went apple picking!

The Doran Rice Family

Halloween was great for this family.

Morgan

Morgan and Cassie are doing well. Cassies braces came off this week!

Kayty

Kayty was back working on site and did pretty well. She dressed up Thursday as Kim Possible and took treat bags to her coworkers. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Sunday in Arkansas during Dad's visit. Dad had such a wonderful time. Many many thanks to Nathan, Jessica, Anna, Ellie, Emma and Eve and the puppies for such a fun time!

This family had another good and busy week. Co op, home school, work, hunting, and a fun trip to Little Rock. 

Dad's Garden

I kept the garden alive this week while dad was away. I am eating radishes in my salad daily. He planted more lettuce once he returned. 

 

Other highlights

I drove to the airport and back three times this week. And we now have lots more traffic so that drive was LONG! Dad arrived home on Monday from visting Arkansas. He worked Tuesday and then took off Wednesday for a business trip to Ohio. He returned late Friday. 

Nothing done on Halloween. I had the decorations down and packed up by 7 pm. Went to bed early. 

Got the backdrop put up for the village on Saturday and began getting things ready to put up. 

Week of October 20 - October 26, 2024

Spiritual

It was a relatively normal Sunday, though our meeting time and location were changed due to visitors from Salt Lake city that spoke to the other wards in our stake and then had a luncheon for all the young women in the stake. 

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 55,037 records and reviewed 20,137 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Allison has an interesting project for school where she has to record herself teaching and then there are evaluations and critiques. She also has to be in a weekly zoom meeting with other 4th grade teachers to improve each others skills. She will need to student teach through Dec 23rd and then she will be done with her Master's Degree. Work is also difficult with a very micromanaging boss. Grace is enjoying her job, plus she volunteers at Allison's school and she takes a weekly institute class as well as missionary prep. Grace had some rough dental work this past week. She and Allison are like dad and need multiple novocaine shots to remain pain free. She is recovering but still in pain. She is working this week at a Halloween Festival at work. Josh is participating in a 22 mile walk to the temple to commemorate the pioneers who sacrificed so much to build the Salt Lake Temple. Since its Nevada Day on Friday, the kids are out of school and Mike took off work so he can participate as well. Grace and Allison will also do some temple work on Friday.  

The went out to Muapa in Logandale on Friday to an awesome haunted corn maze. They had a great time.They also participated in the school Trunk or Treat. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Ethan, Cameo, Kaylee and Wade are doing well and looking forward to all the fun of Halloween. Kaylee has created her own costume and is progressing well. 

The Doran Rice Family

Doran, Amber, Kelsie and Kooper are doing well. 

Morgan

Pumpkin Carving fun in Flagstaff

Kayty

Kayty worked from home this week. She is feeling better and will return to work on site next week. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Dad flew out to Arkansas and enjoyed a few days with Nathan, Jessica and the girls. Their new home and property is beautiful and they are doing well. 

Dad's Garden

Lots of hard work in the heat this week by Kayty and I have kept all the remaining hens and the garden surviving. 

 

Other highlights

Dad had good work days on Monday and Tuesday and then set out for his final Papa Adventure for the year on Wednesday to Camden, Arkansas. 

Lots and lots of paperwork pertaining to Mom went on this week. The death certificates finally arrived late Friday and Scott picked them up Saturday morning and got them to me so I could get things in the mail.