January 17, 2026 Saturday

 Alden left for his robotics competition in the morning. We did some jobs around the house. Michael buried the septic hose while I pruned a couple of the fruit trees. It was a fairly cold day so we didn't last too long outside. Not long after that we all went to go see Alden's robotics competition together. Everyone is still a little under the weather, so we came home, I made some vegetable curry while the kids watched "How to Steal a Million" and then we got everyone to bed. It was a very nice relaxing day. I also went and picked up the cats from Frances, her husband just passed away and she is going to spend some time with her family.  I went and dropped something off for one of our Primary kids as well. So it was a good day, I was able to go see Alden at robotics, serve people in the ward, and most importantly serve and help my family at home.