Week of March 31 - April 6, 2024

Spiritual

Easter Sunday was rainy here this year. Church was absolutely inspiring. The primary children sang beautifully. The talks, by Joanna and Grant Call, were pure testimony of Jesus Christ. They leave for their church service mission to Kirtland this week. The choir sang and the music was heavenly. Such a wonderful way to celebrate the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I made a couple of devilled eggs to continue the last Easter Tradition we carry on. The rest of the day was quiet. 

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

I have indexed 15,152 records and reviewed 10,375 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

Grace's Senior Pics

The Ethan Rice Family

Easter Sunday Morning: Easter Baskets, treats (the Easter Bunny even brought Dad some Reeses Pieces), traditional carrot cake, church, a wonderful meal and enjoying the weather outdoors as the kids played. 

On Monday, Papa played with the kids, took them nearby on gold panning adventures and kept them busy while Ethan and Cameo worked. 

More gold panning

It was a wonderful week and papa was very sad to go!!

Note before publishing: Dad had a long travel day home. Kayty and I were leaving the freeway to enter the airport when dad called to tell us they had landed...in Tucson! Apparently a runway had closed and his plane had circled until it was low on fuel and had to go to Tucson. Over an hour later, refuelled, his plane arrived. We came home and went right to bed. 

The Doran Rice Family

No news from Doran and Amber this week. 

Morgan

No news from Morgan this week. 

Kayty

Kayty got really sick very early Monday morning...thought it might be food poisoning. It was good she took the day off Monday so no work problems, but she spent the day mainly on the couch. Then I got sick Wednesday so no food poisoning. She got better faster than I did which was such a blessing. She dressed up as Kim Possible for Disney Day at work on Wednesday.

Had half day of work and then a picnic on Friday. 

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan and Jessica have been busy packing up the house. The girls called on Friday night, very excited about Ellie and Emma's tball games upcoming on Saturday. 

Dad's Garden

I have worked all week to keep the garden alive and the weeds unalive. 

Week of March 17 - March 23, 2024

Sunday

Sunday was good. We had great speakers in Sacrament Meeting and Primary went pretty well. 

We were able to attend the temple this week. I attended an endowment session on Thursday morning and Dad and I performed sealing ordinances on Thursday evening. 

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

I have indexed 11,294 records and reviewed 9001 records so far this year.

Family

The Wilkins Family

The Wilkins Spring Break was great. They went to an escape room, hiked with church friends and did lots of great things. They are dealing with a slow landlord and a water leak which has been a challenge. Work is going well and the kids are excited about the last ten weeks of school. 

The Ethan Rice Family

Busy week with work, school and sports practices. 

The Doran Rice Family

Happy Birthday Doran on Thursday!

Doran has been working long days which makes time stressed in the evening. They are doing well. 

And their boney backyard friend is ready to hippity hoppity for Easter.

Morgan

No news from Morgan this week.

Kayty

Kayty had a good week at work.

The Nathan Rice Family

Nathan, Jessica and family are doing well. Busy with home schooling, co-op activities and tball/softball practices. 

Dad's Garden

Picked the final snow peas before we let them go to seed...weather is getting warmer. Also picked carrots for Chinese food. Tomatoes are loving all the rain we have gotten and plants are becoming full of blossoms.

 

Other highlights

I visited Mom on Tuesday to pay her monthly bill. She needed some more clothing and shoes and so I returned home and 

This is our stake conference weekend. We attended a good Saturday evening meeting.