David Journal

Tag: Savannah

  • 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…

  • Smooth day

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    I don’t know what to say about today. Regular workday, two hours with Dr Empey as both Isaac and Alyssa has appointments tonight, and after bedtime I went driving with Savannah for an hour. I guess everything just went fairly smooth for today.

  • Steady progress

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    Today we were able to get our basic work done (like getting caught up on the laundry) without any real drama. Savannah and I got to go practice driving and despite Laura generally staying isolated we had a pretty good day. We also decided to push Alyssa’s return from Alaska back to Monday. I hope…

  • 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…

  • Pick one

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    I think the only way to begin to succeed at home is to pick one person each evening to say yes to. If I can say yes to more than that one, all the better, but I need to say yes to a different person each night. Tonight it was Savannah. I went driving with…

  • 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…

  • Closet space

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    I finally removed the old bed foundation/closet boxes that have been filling my room and got the clothing rod installed in the new armoire so now all my clothes are hung in they piece. The rest of my room is trashed with all the stuff that had been hiding in there but I can work…

  • Sharing plans

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    We did more planning today and even went so far as to begin divulging some of the plans. Alyssa knows that her summer will be spent with Steve and Noreen aside from her trip to Alaska to see Lorelei. Savannah and Mariah spent hours with Laura dissecting a program that demonstrates some differences between dedication…

  • Making plans

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    Last night Laura went walking with Kenzie Airmet. By midnight, when she didn’t call or let me know that she was home I decided to go see if she was home yet. I got there just as she texted to apologize for leaving her phone behind. We talked for a minute and she was very…

  • Salvaged anniversary

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    Today was stressed with the closing buffer before we have no nanny as we desperately search for a new nanny. Being our anniversary I wanted to spend time with Laura but being on call this week I knew that would be limited. The way the evening played out was nearly tragic. I got a new…