Tag: family
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Parent free
An interaction with Emma encapsulates our boundary-free and authority-free culture. She asked this evening if we could make a cobbler since we had the ingredients available. I told her it was too late in the evening and said we could do that tomorrow. Teen minutes later she came back and asked me “so, what about…
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Unqualified success
For all the campaigns about preferring archery to axe and knife throwing everyone had fun with the axe and knife throwing this morning. For the most part everyone helped with cleaning up and Old Pinery was a decided success with everyone wanting to come back and stay even longer. Now the boys need to turn…
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Old Pinery at last
We finally made it to Old Pinery. We had six of us come as Laura and Bex decided to join while Alex (not very surprisingly) decided to stay home. We’ve had a very nice time so far although the kids weren’t all that impressed with the challenge course. The missionaries here let us use the…
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A New Father’s Day
Today marked a different kind of Father’s Day for me. It’s the first one where I have more than my biological kids around. Savannah and Aaron came yesterday and stayed over for most of today to celebrate the day. (They took off to have dinner with Aaron’s family – which felt like a good compromise…
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Unexpected sick day
We went up to Woods Cross for the Memorial Day breakfast. We got to meet up with Savannah and Aaron and enjoyed some time playing and talking in the park. I opened up Mom’s house so that Savannah could get her bridesmaid dress for her brother-in-law’s upcoming wedding. After we got home I started feeling…
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A burst of crafty
The family went to Colonial Days in Orem today which we had missed doing last year. While we were there we enjoyed playing a few old time board games that is never heard of before. The kids enjoyed them so much that I said I could make boards for them at home sometime. When I…
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Outcome of reforging the Miller Family
Outcomes More peace and love in the home. Greater ability to function it in the world. Calmness at home. More love and respect for every member of the family. More feeling of self worth in each person. Each person feel safe. Each person have a sense of who they are and how they can function…
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First day of freedom
For my first day free of the worry of gainful employment I managed to get almost all the laundry done and nearly got Mariah to catch up with the dishes. I had planned to go on a bike ride with the kids but my knee suddenly started hurting me so instead I iced the knee…
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Time to be free
I discovered last night that my new mortgage had funded. That signaled the last obstacle being removed which held me firmly to my current job and company. At the tail end of my workday I questioned Matt about the 30 day resignation offer he made are beginning of April. I was hoping that offering me…
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National pancake day
Because of national pancake day today IHOP was giving away a few short stack of pancakes to anyone who came to their restaurant. I got to use that to take the kids out to dinner for free. This is convenient because: It let the kids practice behaving in public (lots of work left to do…