I recalled one of the most bizarre things about their family dynamics yesterday & I don't think it has any value other than to show how secretive & weird they sometimes were.
They adopted JJ as a baby but they hid his existence from a lot of people for like 2-3 years.
Tylee was forbidden from telling anyone about him, including her father. My daughter spent the night at Lori's house a ton & she never saw any little kid or proof that one even lived there.
We only discovered he existed when he was around 3 years old & we ran into them in the waiting room at the dentist. Lori was leaving with JJ after a cleaning & he was hysterical & crying "mommy, mommy" on the way out of the door. We were super confused who he was so my daughter asked Tylee the next day at school & Tylee said he was her brother but please don't tell anyone.
I'm not one for secrets, especially one this bizarre, so I mentioned it to a couple parents, one of whom was in their ward, & they all seemed shocked. I asked Tylee's dad about JJ & he looked at me like I sprouted 2 heads. He had no idea they adopted years earlier either.
To this day, I can never understand why they went to such great lengths to hide him. Maybe they didn't hide him from everyone but it was still something off about the selective secrecy.