Tag: Ezra
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New bunnies
Assuming we never get Coconut back (though I still hope we will see her again) we have found the perfect bunny solution for these kids. In Quail Cove Park across the street from the Mt. Timpanogos temple there are wild bunnies that are enough used to people that they are often in plain sight and…
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Surveillance
The security cameras I ordered arrived today. Not 15 minutes after I set the one up in the garage I caught footage of Ezra and Noah opening both the fridge and the freezer. We have long known that the boys get into the outside fridge and freezer but it might have been happening much more…
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New arrangements
This weekend we’ve reorganized a few things which will hopefully have positive results. We moved Savannah and Alyssa into the room that Ezra and Noah were not really loving in and definitely not caring for. The boys are now officially roomless and sleeping in the family room. Before they officially had a room but were…
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Spring Break
I didn’t mention yesterday that I am hoping to write journal entries more consistently again because I have had a few experiences in recent months that I have meant to record and didn’t so that now all I remember is the feeling that I meant to record them but I have no memory of what…
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April…no foolin’
Today after work Laura asked me to take the kids to the park and the boys wanted to ride to Art Dye park. I took Emma’s bike in the van and told Ezra that he couldn’t ride the scooter all the way to the park and off we went. Emma told me she didn’t want…
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Arise from the dust and be men
In that invitation for his sons to be men I hear the exaggeration, frustration, and pleading of Lehi. He sees the limitations of his influence and knows the sons her is speaking to are capable of being better than they have been performing. It is my tone with Isaac and often Enoch and Noah and…
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All together again
Our family reunification is complete. We still have healing and room for improvement but we now look like a normal family of ten. Yesterday Enoch asked yet again if he could transfer to Deerfield. Although his stated reasons had not changed significantly we were smart enough to realize that his desire was genuine and not…
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Working Laura
This isn’t the first time I’ve thought this – in fact I’ve probably work if before, but Laura would benefit from having a job. At present her value to the family is limited to whatever degree she keeps me from having to find and pay a nanny to watch the kids while I’m at work.…
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Shifting views on bringing Enoch home
Over the course of this weekend we have seen Enoch attack Ezra multiple times (3 times Friday and once Saturday). It got to the point that we considered sending Enoch back to the Warden’s on Friday night but we choose to keep him with us. Obviously we got more vigilant in monitoring Enoch around Ezra…