Tag: Ezra
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Saving a bird
We’ve had cats bring us the mice they have killed as trophies. They have learned not to bring them inside the house. Today Laura was surprised to find George had brought a bird as his trophy – and it was still alive. When I went to help out, George choose to go inside leaving the…
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On the runway
I actually got most of the family too church yesterday for the first time since June (if then). We were nearly late but then as we walked from the parking lot to the church Emma was stung by a wasp under the eye so I drove her home and came back in time to hear…
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Retiring the flag
Brother Blackwell had a flag retiring ceremony for pack meeting tonight and I really appreciated how solemnly he insisted on the boys treating it. He told the boys at the outset that they were not to soak unless called upon. When one of the boys in this rowdy group treated him he quickly warned that…
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Good day
With the girls leaving for girls camp this morning I started the day and was braced for the possibility of 3 tough days – especially for Laura. Happily that didn’t happen today. Laura had a good day with the kids as they went and played at the park and she held them to expectations for…
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Signs of growth
About 10 seconds after taking the sacrament bread Ezra leaned into me and whispered “Dad, I’m going to be good from now on.” When I asked him why he said “because I want to.” I don’t know what he felt but clearly he had some kind of experience during the sacrament today. I was proud…
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Coming home
We had a great trip to the Shakespeare Festival these last few days. Today was a good end as we got out of the hotel on time without fuss and then had a great Peruvian lunch at Piscos where we had wanted to go last night but they were too busy to get us out…
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Timpanogos
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…
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Runaway
Apparently I get the opportunity to learn what life will be like with an inactive spouse (actually she’s been consciously inactive for months but it has shifted from “I can’t go do the social part of church” to “I refuse to believe what I still must admit that I basically know”) bordering on antagonistic toward…
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Camping trial run
I decided to start the effort to go camping each weekend. I had mentioned it to the boys last week and they were amenable do this afternoon I floated the idea to Laura and she said the kids were enthusiastic about the idea – at least the five youngest, the older girls all opted out.…
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The start of summer
With memorial day we got a taste of how the summer will begin. We went to the Memorial Day breakfast in Woods Cross and got to do the regular activities (rock climbing, visit the for trucks, see life flight) by the time we got in the car to go home we had fights (mostly with…