David Journal

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  • EFY Round II

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    We went up to Logan today to drop Alyssa off at EFY (Especially For Youth) – I hope she had a life-changing and faith-building well there. We took the kids around to it various houses from when we lived there and got Aggie ice cream then stopped at the Air Force museum on the way…

  • Too demanding

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    It has become clear that part of Laura’s problem is that she demands so much that it is impossible for her to credit anyone for helping her. All help is seem as coming too late or too little it being given grudgingly. Neither I nor anyone else can satisfy her until she learns to give…

  • New camping spot

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    We went camping again this week and choose to go directly to the campsite that we didn’t check on Friday last week – the one we drove past on Saturday morning. We found a nice spot further from the road – although there were plenty of campers around we still found an unused fire pit.…

  • Timpanogos

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    We hiked Timpanogos cave as a family today. Isaac chose to go to the temple instead but the other nine of us had a great time. The hike up to the cave was harder than Laura remembered but we all weathered it pretty well. The cave was awesome. In the decade plus since any of…

  • Marriage counseling

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    Laura and I went to our first session of marriage counseling this afternoon. It was interesting to have a name applied to our communication pattern (pursue and withdraw) but even more interesting to listen to Laura’s description of our marriage – which showed no reason why anyone should want to end such a marriage. Sure…

  • Goodbye Ruby … hello Anne

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    Last night we went camping up the canyon – Savannah and the 4 youngest with me along with Bill and Andrew. We had a good time even though we got off later than we hoped. As we drove home in the morning I picked up a message that Mariah left last night where she said…

  • Culprit identified

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    Apparently later this afternoon the American Fork police left a message on Laura’s phone indication that they had located the driver who hit us and that we could call them to learn more and be able to get his insurance information. It will be interesting to learn what they now know.

  • Hit and run

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    Tonight we had the memorable experience of having a distracted driver beer into us as we drove the van home from the grocery store. Everyone was in the car (except Isaac, who is at scout camp this week) so we all got a shared experience that will be talked about for a long time. The…

  • Ready to be stupid

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    Laura seems set tonight on making the stupidest possible choice she can. For years I have realized that she could up and decide to end our marriage and I knew that doing so would be the worst choice she could make for the children and frankly for her as well. I don’t know how firmly…

  • Stake Conference notes

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    President Smith: Sometimes we feel like we are forgotten or overlooked but we are not. Heavenly Father and our Savior at watching over us. Howard W. Hunter said “Anything the Savior lays His hands upon lives. … If He is allowed to lay His hands upon a marriage {or} a family it lives.” Sister I…