Wow looks like some crazy fires and smoke going on around you. The news is reporting your air quality is really poor. How are you and your comps doing?
Your mission president and the stake president in your area both put out statements regarding the situation and said you are having a fast today for rain and safety. They also said you were not allowed to proselyte but were having to stay in as much as possible and do appointments and such but not be out on the street. So have things changed for you? What are you up to?
Monday dad covered a story about Thurl Bailey at the rec center and we all went with him. They were having a kids camp about basketball. The girls enjoyed it. They got t-shirts and headbands and got to get taught by Thurl. They even got to give him a high five! Cool, eh?! He gave a really great workshop and told the kids they needed to put away their devices and associate with others. He told the kids that he didn't start basketball until he was 13...basically it's not too late. If you want to do something ask questions, learn how and practice!
Tuesday morning was kind of eventful too. I took Katie to her jazz band practice at 7 a.m. As I was leaving PVMS I went up a couple of blocks to 450 North and turned right. I was approaching 2310 East (about 1 block) when I heard a woman scream "You gotta be kidding me lady" and then I watched as a white SUV struck her and she fell to the ground crying. I immediately turned around, parked and called 911. An officer arrived on scene within just a couple minutes and then more officers and an ambulance and fire truck. The woman that hit her was upset. Said she was just talking to her kids and didn't see her. The woman that was hit was ok -- crying pretty hard but breathing and not bleeding. Another car stopped same time as me and she was a CNA (nurse assistant) so she got down on the ground and stayed with the woman. The paramedics checked her out and couldn't find any major injuries so she decided not to transport to the hospital. I texted her later and she said she'd spent all day in the ER (it was 6:30 p.m. and she was just getting out) and that she was exhausted but ok. That could have been so much worse. I believe the woman who hit her received a ticket and is probably going to be pretty freaked out of awhile. know I was and I just watched it!
Thursday after work we went back out to Hurricane and dad bought the bike. We got it all registered and home. The old man looked like he was going to cry when dad drove off on the bike. About an hour later he called and asked if Andy made it home ok. (We think he was checking on the bike, not dad! Haha!!!) Dad is in little kid heaven.
Your mission president and the stake president in your area both put out statements regarding the situation and said you are having a fast today for rain and safety. They also said you were not allowed to proselyte but were having to stay in as much as possible and do appointments and such but not be out on the street. So have things changed for you? What are you up to?
It's been a busy productive week. Dad gave Sister Grover a blessing last Sunday night as she prepared for surgery this week. She hurt her knee while on vacation and was having it fixed.
Monday dad covered a story about Thurl Bailey at the rec center and we all went with him. They were having a kids camp about basketball. The girls enjoyed it. They got t-shirts and headbands and got to get taught by Thurl. They even got to give him a high five! Cool, eh?! He gave a really great workshop and told the kids they needed to put away their devices and associate with others. He told the kids that he didn't start basketball until he was 13...basically it's not too late. If you want to do something ask questions, learn how and practice! 
Tuesday morning was kind of eventful too. I took Katie to her jazz band practice at 7 a.m. As I was leaving PVMS I went up a couple of blocks to 450 North and turned right. I was approaching 2310 East (about 1 block) when I heard a woman scream "You gotta be kidding me lady" and then I watched as a white SUV struck her and she fell to the ground crying. I immediately turned around, parked and called 911. An officer arrived on scene within just a couple minutes and then more officers and an ambulance and fire truck. The woman that hit her was upset. Said she was just talking to her kids and didn't see her. The woman that was hit was ok -- crying pretty hard but breathing and not bleeding. Another car stopped same time as me and she was a CNA (nurse assistant) so she got down on the ground and stayed with the woman. The paramedics checked her out and couldn't find any major injuries so she decided not to transport to the hospital. I texted her later and she said she'd spent all day in the ER (it was 6:30 p.m. and she was just getting out) and that she was exhausted but ok. That could have been so much worse. I believe the woman who hit her received a ticket and is probably going to be pretty freaked out of awhile. know I was and I just watched it!
Wednesday we went out to Hurricane to look at a motorcycle that dad wanted to buy. It was really nice in perfect condition 2008 volcan. One owner. The guy had some medical issues and couldn't ride anymore. It was like he was selling his first born child. Afterward we went and dropped in on Neal and Cheryl and visited with them for awhile. We haven't seen much of them for awhile and it was fun to visit with them.
Friday was the first football game of the season and Katie had a birthday party and Holly didn't want to help with stats. So I did. It was about 95 degrees in that press box and the game went into double overtime! But PVHS beat Judge and I have a better idea of how to do stats. I don't think the first set was usable at all...but dad held his comments and I didn't get fired. He wants me to come up to Cottonwood next weekend and try again.
Saturday we did our chores and then Jeffrey Binder's first birthday party at Nisson park. They invited us and the clarks and their family. We had pulled pork sandwiches, chips, cheese ball, peanut butter squares, rice crispie squares, cake. It was SO HOT! The food was yummy and it was fun though.
We ran some errands Saturday and then the Carnevale's had a party for Katie's 3rd birthday. They had a house full. I couldn't begin to name everyone. They served cupcakes and cobbler and the kids all played outside in the bounce house and sprinklers.
We tried to go to the Ott's wedding but after getting all dressed up and into town realized it was Friday night. Oh well. Dad took everyone for rides on the motorcycle afterward.
Feel like the week has been a whirlwind and didn't even accomplish all that I had on my Saturday list...lawn still needs mowed (it's need mowed for awhile now!!! - although as hot as it's been it's probably ok to be extra long and not get burnt), the van needs a bath, laundry all needs folded. I guess Monday after work we'll do some chores!
My thought for the week...marriage and family are so important. The rising epidemic of divorce and split families is a cancer to society that is affecting our children and society as a whole. There is an article in the ensign that states the alarming rise in teen crime, mental illnesses, child neglect and abuse of women. It is so disheartening. I can see the decline in society from the time I was a child until now and it only stands to get worse as people continue to not marry and have children or divorce. What the kids are being taught gets worse with each generation.
Building a good marriage is not easy. It is not supposed to be easy. But when a confused culture confuses us about what marriage means, we may give up on each other and ourselves much too soon. Yet the gospel’s eternal perspective, as taught in the scriptures and the temple, can help us transcend the modern marital chaos until our marriages are the most satisfying, sanctifying—even if also the most demanding—experiences of our lives.
Love you Bryce! Hope that you are doing well and breathing ok!!! Be careful and take care of yourself. We love you and are so proud of you! xoxo mom
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