David Journal

Tag: Bex

  • Doing too much

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    I had talked about working on Alyssa’s room today but instead I fixed the rabbit pen, laid carpet in the downstairs hallway, put up the new Roman shades that arrived today, and got all the kids to and from school at their appointed times. At the same time, Laura was going to her therapist and…

  • Extended family

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    Elise and Matt Lane came to visit after church today. Isaac was working too wrap his head around the relationship. (“So Dad, you’re closer related to her than to him?” Yes. And “does that make the little boy my step cousin?” Cousin is perfectly fine.) Emma and Aubrielle got along like best friends. Elise says…

  • Soccer coach

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    Yesterday at night games Laura mentioned to Kim that one of our kids’ soccer team still didn’t have a coach. At this late hour and knowing how much I’ve tried helping coach Isaac I feel interested in filling such a void. Laura verified that not evidence of someone stepping forward had come and then I…

  • Child spree

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    I took Mariah, Isaac, Enoch, Noah, and extra to Kohl’s in Layton before 7am for the David School District child spree where they each got $150 of clothes for school plus a new backpack. It too much longer than expected for some of them (especially Isaac) to get out of the store but I was…

  • Making progress

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    I consider it progress that the boys wanted to stay at church for class and behaved through sacrament meeting to be allowed the privilege. Ezra went home with Laura partway through sharing time but Enoch and Noah stayed until shortly into our class time. When they persisted in being disruptive I took both of them…

  • It ended well

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    We started off the day by explaining the new schedule to the kids. After our late night last night we really pushed the 10AM deadline for breakfast but we got some awesome breakfast burritos out of it (ham in the eggs). Most of the day was focused on catch-up work and Savannah’s show. After the…

  • Clashing needs

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    I got my surgery scheduled for August and my CAT scan scheduled for next week. I also managed to go to scouts with Isaac at 7. In the evening, the thing I predicted while Laura was living away came glaringly true tonight. I was able to provide structure in the house but Laura doesn’t follow…

  • Recovery in progress

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    Today settled down quite a bit from the craziness of yesterday. I had to deal with issues of scheduling for the week and questions from Alyssa related to her leaving her phone and glasses in the van (she actually had her phone with her). In the evening I had a headache so I took things…

  • Long week ahead

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    I managed to be somewhat productive today although I’m not looking forward to the long week ahead. At work I go on call tomorrow and much of the week I’ll be essentially alone. At home Savannah is leaving tomorrow so we will only have Mariah for any possibility of reliable help. Even if she is…

  • Live abundantly

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    Laura if finally seeing the vision that we can still love abundantly and that we can do so in a manner to give the gift of abundance to our children still. It was exciting to have her come fully on board with the opportunities that are still before us. I took the kids (Alyssa choose…