I am up late, but....

I watched the most amazing "Masters" golf tournament I have ever seen.... There were so many great story lines but I felt a great guy won it and maybe that was the important message at this time.... Phil Mickelson won it.... We had Ward Conference today and I was touched many times by the Spirit... I sure appreciate my wife and her counsel and advice on important subjects this weekend.... Sometimes it is tough to sustain when you think that things are going the wrong way, but in the Lords eyes the most important thing is to sustain no matter what so when the Lord ask you to do something tough, you will not doubt but do it... I had a tough one but I pleaded with the Lord to allow the atonement to work on me and soften my heart.... Satan can really get a hold of someone and will not let go unless you are saved by the atonement of Jesus Christ... We have a missionary program that on a logical level is to much and I have always wanted to do what is asked but I felt this program was impossible and it is difficult to do the impossible and I felt no one was willing to listen, well, that was the test for me and my pride would have destroyed me if I didn't humble myself and now I am at peace, I still don't know how we are going to do it but I have let go of my dark feelings but I could not let go through my powers but it took the Lord to do it... Wow, Satan has dark and scary powers when you let him.... I will never forget the feeling I had when I knelt down before the Lord to plead for his pure love to cleanse me.... I have said more than I planned on, but needless to say the Lord heard and answered my prayers.... Jared is a great councelor also... Night.... 39

Whoops, I wrote in my sports blog....

Pretty much everything I wanted to say was said on my sports blog... Watch out it may make you mad when you read it... I am a weak person when it comes to unbelievable athletes.... Night.... 39

Bo's team lost, but I won....

Bo played against Palmdale today and they were upset 3 games to one... Palmdale was not suppose to win and it was frustrating to watch... I had a great day with my students, I believe that yesterday was just a bad day for both of us... We got a lot of learning done today.... I really love my class... I shot a 79 when I golf today.... Night... 39

I was a bad teacher today....

I just didn't have it today...I was very blah and I was lucky that the students didn't eat me up... Believe me I would have deserved it.... I don't know, it is testing time and I think the students can feel the pressure coming on and I bet we show it too.... I have a great class, but I am still looking forward to the Summer.... Taylor has Mono and it has really affected me... She is my buddy and I love her very much... I want my baby to be healthy, it hurts me that she is so tired... Bo got a strawberry on his side today playing volleyball.... I am so proud of him, I have always had one of those things on my side for almost three years... Good old baseball and basketball kept the strawberry fresh... Now my son has one, I am so proud.... Well, it feels good to be writing again... Night... 39

Well, I am back....

I want to be careful not to say the wrong thing because I love everyone who reads my blog... It is true that I teach writing but I lack the knowledge that some of you have in writing, but I do feel that I inspire young students to express themselves in a way that they have never experienced before... Now, my wife, she knows writing and can help students to be able to express themselves the right way..... I do recognize when my students fall in love with one word or phrase and I try to help them realize that... I guess I do that too, but I am grateful for family members who have asked me to write again... I love writing on this blog and I can tell that I miss it because this feels real good right now as I am writing.... Since I have written amazing things have happened.... The most important one is that Rachael, Brian and their family are now sealed in the Temple and endowed members of the church... Bo is playing on an amazing team in volleyball and they are now 4-1 and Bo is doing a great job of hitting kills for his team.... Taylor is always tired and I am worried about her... She is my special friend and we do enjoy watching American Idol together... Josh and I was the only one on the golf course today because it was raining and the wind was going at 25 mph but we had a blast... We played really well, I shot an 80 and Joshua shot a 86.... I appreciate Joshua being crazy like I am... Oh my goodness Obama and the Democrats are certainly doing satan's bidding but when the dust settles the Latter Day Saints will be standing and prospering inspite of their efforts to take our freedoms away from us.... We have a family fantasy baseball league going with the Wayne Briggs family and I am having a blast with it.... Wayne is in the Bishopric with UVSC and that really excites me..... Rachael, Jared, Joshua, Rachelle, Venna and I went to the Redlands temple last week and that was a great exprience and I especially like it because of the goodness of the Lord allowing me to understand more things dealing with the endowment... Rachael is a dynamo when it comes to going to the temple and it is amazing how comfortable she is in the temple.... School is almost over and my students still treat me with so much respect... I have never had so much fun teaching as I have this year... It is great to be done with WAA... I have my health and I am thankful for that.... I gave Linda Schmidt a blessing yesterday... I also really enjoyed conference, especially when I get to watch it with my wife and family... Bo is more serious now about General Conference and I am proud of him.... There, I am back and I am thankful to be back, thank you for your support in making me feel that my words have meaning... I love you guys.... Night... 39

Bo's volleyball team won...

Bo's volleyball team beat Desert Christian tonight 25-3,25-6, and 25-16... Bo had 3 kills (spikes in old terms), 2 blocks, and 8 aces.... He played really well and I believe his team is going to be good... A nice change from basketball... Starting tomorrow night we are going to have a lot of visitors helping us to celebrate Brian and Rachael's sealing.... We are also going to mourn with the Goods over Ruth Goods funeral.... I went golfing again, yea, I know I am addicted to it.... I guess walking about 12 to 16 miles a week can't be all that bad though and I love the challenge... It allows me to play sports and transfer my enthusiasm as a kid of playing basketball all the time to a sport that an old man can play.... I am not great but I do have moments of fun... I shot a 78 today.... Anything under 80 is really special for me.... It is an easy course though, but also cheap.... Night... 39

Golf was the highlight of the day....

Yea, golf was it, but I did shoot a 75 and I seem to know exactly where the ball was going on so many of my shots.... It was a thrill.... I talked to mom and she is coming and I am excited about that... She is going to Grandma Good's funeral... We are also going to see my Dad's grave, hopefully this week... I can feel myself getting trunky at school, summer is almost here.... I love my class and I have never had to send a kid out of my class once all year... That is truly amazing.... Night... 39