Tag: Noah
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Starting tennis
Yesterday Ezra agreed to join the tennis team as his school activity. Today Noah decided he would do tennis as well. Better than that, Ezra and I bought him a racquet and went to a tennis court to practice hitting the ball. By the time the evening was done I had registered both of them…
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Home from vacation
We had a nice, leisurely morning and then a pleasant, unhurried drive home. In the way I got to talk to Laura about scheming get what she wants in life (as in, she should be scheming rather than just accepting what comes her way). We had as pleasant visit with Savannah before she had to…
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Starting the holiday
We had a lovely evening at Andy and Marsha’s tonight. It was fun to talk to Aaron about mission experiences before the party got started and then it was relaxing to watch the movie. (I actually stayed awake the whole way through.) Before the party I took Noah when I went shopping and we got…
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A very quiet day
With only two of the younger kids at home today it was very quiet. I was able to get a lot of good work done. When the therapist called from Vantage Point he said that Ezra was being more cooperative than at his previous visit and that it seems Ezra sees Vantage Point as a…
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Top Golf
Today I took Noah and Ezra to Top Golf as the agreed upon reward for Noah’s grades. We had a great time although the scoring wasn’t always reflective of how well people were playing. Ezra often got ridiculously high scores for pedestrian hits which made it hard for Noah—losing consistently desire performing at least as…
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End of term
Tomorrow is the end of the term for the Junior High and with Noah actually trying to get good grades we have a situation we haven’t faced in several years—he’s starting up late to finish some homework that’s due. I guess that’s a good problem to have.
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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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Coordinated efforts
I worked from home today to make time for a visit with Laura’s therapist. We had a great visit where I she’d some light on how things are going at home. Among the things we talked about she asked about Noah and his stealing. She concluded that he should have therapy – preferably from a…
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Children and Youth
President Nelson “And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.” This is at the heart of the new youth program. This is going to be VERY INDIVIDUALIZED. To the parents: Please build strong relationships with your children. … Resist the temptation to take over for them. President Ballard…
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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…