no treat challenge, sand bags, ham licence, and Vegas

So last weekend Hannah suggested we start the no-treat challenge again. So we get one treat-day a month. And we're off...only Ryan said he keeps forgetting. Eric is stress-eating treats. I'm in Vegas visiting my sister this weekend and she thought I could have treats all weekend and not just for one day. So what are we eating?

Cream cheese, sugar, and mini-chocolate chips-yum

And our daughter-in-law, Heather, was in the choir that sang for Women's Conference, which is held in Salt Lake in the Conference Center (which holds 20,000 people). They sounded wonderful.

Heather is the one in the back row in royal blue.

I'm happy to say that our county is working hard to prepare for the record-breaking spring runoff. Glen and Alex had already helped out before, but Monday was my first time to help. Hannah has helped in Reno before. There are 2 main ways to help--filling sands bags and placing them. A bunch of volunteers from church went and put sandbags around some houses.

I subbed all week and was glad that we didn't have seminary this week as that left me time to study for my ham radio test that I took Wednesday night. I'm happy to say that I passed.

It takes about 10 days to get your call sign. Of course, I don't have a radio yet. When I get one I'll be listening in but not broadcasting much. I now want to learn morse code. YouTube is the best for finding free tutorials.

I came to Vegas to visit my sister on Friday after school and I go home tomorrow. Another short but sweet trip. Besides eating, watching Women's Conference, and watching some March Madness (I'm still in the lead...if South Carolina beats Oregon in the final then I win...what are my chances?)*, we've also been playing some games. The games include Quixx, canasta, Harry Potter Clue, and Exploding Kittens. I also got the chance to play the new Nintendo Switch that my nephews bought over. Denise and I played something called Snipperclips on it? What a blast.

The 2 games owned by my nephew

Alex had a track meet in Reno on Friday and one in Fallon on Saturday (where Glen got to help with the timing). There were 40 teams that registered to be there. I'm told it was a beautiful day.

* While on vacation I ran some numbers, and if I did it right, here are the possible winners of our family's March Madness contest:

In the final if...

SC beats Oregon, I win.
Oregon beats SC, Dad Perazzo wins

Oregon beats Gonzaga, Dad Perazzo wins
Gonzaga beats Oregon, Alicia wins

 UNC beats Gonzaga, Tyler wins
 Gonzaga beats UNC, Mom Perazzo wins

SC beats UNC, Mom Perazzo wins
UNC beats SC, Tyler wins