Eric, Ryan and Angeles, end in sight?, SEAL Team, March Madness

Eric was sustained and set apart as our ward family history consultant today! He definitely has skills in that area. Also, he got his 2nd COVID vaccine on Wednesday. He was able to work, but it did "wipe" him out a bit, he says. Mild fever, but did okay.

We got a call from Ryan...they are coming a week earlier than previously planned, so he will be here for his birthday! He will have to take a few finals while he is here, though. We are looking forward to having them come and visit us this Saturday!

And the signs we have had this week that give us hope that things are getting back to normal:

--Glen and I went grocery shopping at WinCo in Reno on Wednesday...and the bins were open!

--Then I was in town Friday night (not typical for me), and I was amazed at how many cars were on the road and how many people seemed to be out and about. (but maybe it's always that way on a Friday night and I'm just not in town to see it?)

--AND we were told this morning that we are now able to sing the hymns in church instead of just listening to the organ playing them! It's been over a year...

Glen helping during Ariel's Q & A

Back to why I was in town Friday night. Ariel Endacott, a former theatre student of Glen's and a CCHS graduate, wrote an episode of the TV show "SEAL Team" and they had a showing of it at the old movie theatre!

How she came to write the episode titled "A Question of Honor" was interesting. Ariel has been a "showrunner's assistant" at CBS Studios for almost 2 years now and apparently if a show has more than 22 episodes, they then give the opportunity for a freelancer to write an episode. And that is how she came to have her name on the screen. It was fun.

March Madness results for today!

1st place-Kaellen's Oregon bracket! 

2nd place-Glen's Michigan bracket.

Tied for 3rd-Glen's BYU bracket, Beth's Gonzaga bracket, and Jacob P's bracket.

Tied for 25th-Beth's Ohio State bracket and Ben J's bracket.

Tied for 28th-Hannah's Ohio State bracket and Beckam's bracket.

35th-Andrew's Abil Christian bracket.

37th--Hannah's Battle of the Logos with Florida State is actually not last anymore! It's now 37th (which is 2nd to last).

And Glen's entry in the local CCCommunications competition is 2nd out of 18! (He had been 1st for this past week).

Good stuff. Good week. 

Looking forward to General Conference, Ryan and Angeles's visit, and Easter Sunday! (and more basketball...especially if we continue to do so well)

Projects in Fallon and we are now Senior Service Missionaries

Okay, mainly it's just one main project broken up into sections--getting ready for an Estate sale at Aunt Margaret's and Uncle Jim's...and then holding it. 

It's really a strange thing to go through that process-- it was sad and brought feelings of nostalgia, but  it was actually also quite nice--after almost a year of a lot of isolation, some of us got to spend time together and it was good to be in UJ and AM's house.

All in all, the Estate sale went well...a bit cold and a bit windy (okay, sometimes very windy), but it only rained a little with a few snow flakes at the end of Friday's sale and while we were setting up on Saturday. Camelot-style weather again. 

As far as snow goes, we've reached the time of year where every time there are flurries I have to make sure I touch the snow-- just in case it's the last snow of the season. So driving home from Oregon it snowed south of Susanville, so I had to stick my hand out the window and get some flakes on my hand, just in case it was my last chance till next winter. 

But then it snowed around Fernley, so I had to stick my hand out the window again...just in case. And then again at the estate sale, I got the chance to touch the snow. Maybe that really was the last chance this season...

We were so busy at the sale, that I don't have photos to show the lots of things...but I did snap this picture. It's the trailer loaded up with the Christmas ornaments and decorations that came from Uncle Jim and Aunt Margaret's garage getting ready to put out on the tables (remember they had 13 trees and some of their Christmas things were stored in the house and not the garage so they are not on the trailer).

Today, which is the 46th anniversary of my baptism into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was also the day that Glen and I were set apart as Senior Service Missionaries for the Reno Temple! 

We will be the laundry coordinators and work the Saturday morning shift (6 am- about noon), but until temple baptisms start up again, there isn't much laundry. We think/hope it won't be much longer until things open up more and we will be able to start serving there. Right now we are just waiting for our training to be scheduled.

Other news in the family--Andrew and Heather are going to be buying their first house! They are currently house hunting in Mesa. Very exciting!

In other exciting, if not as monumental, news, Ryan called and he and Angeles are coming to visit us in April in-between semesters! Looking forward to it!