A wonderful day...

It started off with Bo preparing his talk and I was impress with his tenacity in doing it... I then had a wonderful PPI with Brian... Obviously, what we talked about is between us both, but I will say that there was a strong Spirit in the room... I am very proud of Brian and he is a great addition to our ward and our community... Bo and Kari Briggs gave talks today and they both did an outstanding job... Kari was so scared but she ought to relax because she had a lot of people in tears as she spoke about Eternal Marriage... After church I had to call Triple A to take care of the car that Bo is driving... A bolt came out and he had to drive it to the side of the road... Jared and Jacob said it will be easy to fix, I hope so.... Then we had Michael Good and his family and all of our family at our house and it was just a wonderful day of visiting.... There was nothing on TV worth watching so we jus visited... We also celebrated Bella, Jacob, and Bo's birthday.... I am such a lucky guy to have such a wonderful family.... Venna was a great host and I love her very much... Enjoy Bo's graduation pictures.... Bye.... 39

Wow, Lake LA Ward comes through again....

Bo and I went to a service project to help Br. Nitz who has a bad back.... In our ward we have set an hour time to our service projects and 25 brethern came out to help and we cleaned a half an acre of weeds in, yes, that's right, 1 hour... I am very thankful to belong to a ward that constantly does service like this... We are a ward that is prepared if we have a major disaster, we will come through... I am thankful... Bye... 39

It is done....

It has been a great year and one that I will always appreciate... I had a wonderful class of students who really worked for me... I am thankful that I am not going to teach math anymore because that subject always cause me great anxiety because of the black and white nature of it... I believe I did well with it but it is the one subject that I had a constant game face and it was a "don't mess with the math teacher because he means buisness" face... The other subjects I was able to have fun with, but math it was all buisness most of the time... I have practically moved into Venna's old room already and I am going to be able to keep most of her wall displays, heck I am almost ready to teach next week... Now, on the reality front, I am looking forward to getting a break... Venna and I went and got a massage and then we went to a movie.. We saw "Prince of Persia" and it was fun to see on screen a game that my older boys played on the old MAC computer we used to have... It was a cute show but Jake wouldn't like it because there was a mechanism that let people go back in time... But, save Jake's dismay, I enjoyed the movie... Night... 39

Bo's Graduation....

To be honest I wasn't all that excited about the graduation because it is college graduations that really count, but when my son walked onto the field, well, my heart was beating hard and the tears started to roll... I recognize that I was witnessing a great feat by a wonderful young man... Bo is a special young man... He is not on drugs and he is an honorable priesthood holder... I was thrilled to see Rachelle, Jacob's whole family, Rachael, and Jared and Julie with us.... Joshua would have been there but he had a final he needed to take.... I was also very proud of Yancy Rodriguez who is very important to our family... I went to shake Yancy's hand but he would have none of that and gave me a great big hug instead...Yancy is going to Brown University on a full ride scholarship... Bo and he are very good friends... Thank you Bo for a wonderful 18 years and I hardly ever had to get on him, wow, I am a lucky Dad.... Night.... Yea, Lakers.... 39

Because I love my Mom...

I was so tired last night that I didn't post a journal entry, but this morning when I woke up I felt a need to write this because I know that my mom loves to read my families blogs... Again, my students allowed me to have the nicest last Wednesday I have ever had... I am buying them pizza today and we are going to celebrate a successful year... They helped me take down my room yesterday and we transferred a lot of things to Venna's/my new room so that will mean that we will have to set up virtually one room this summer and that will be Venna's new room.... Josh and I went golfing, I really appreciate Rachelle and Venna being so supportive to our playing together.... I beat Josh by 6 strokes, but that meant we played even after the 2nd hole, Josh got off to a slow start and oh my the wind was howling and we shot an 81 and 87... Comment on the Celtics and their potential collapse to Orlando... They call the Celitics grizzly veterns in the playoffs, but really they are a team broght together with losing super stars that happen to put one post season together and beat the Lakers two years ago... Garnett, Allen, and Pierce were all losers before they were brought together and Howard from Orlando is showing why Shaquelle O'neal is not the greatest center ever, nor even in the final 5 because of the way Howard is blocking shots all over the place and constantly getting key rebounds, like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Bill Walton for one year with good knees and Olajawan, they were all much better than Shaq... Night.... 39

I would like to play more....

But I am definately old, but in our church league I feel that I can still participate and be productive.... I played 8 minutes and scored 9 points and had plenty of assists, but I understand because the rest of the team is young and they want to play also... I feel bad that I am reacting this way, but I have competative juices still flowing.... I am amazed that my shot is still there and this is crap because I can tell that I am bragging about myself... I am a proud person and need to repent... I enjoy playing with my boys and other church members... We have fun but we did lose, but what the heck the other team had a 6'7" player who was nailing 3 pointers regularly... He was really tough but I can tell that he is soft and a complainer, but he is sure good against people like us... I went to Magic Mountain with Venna and the 8th grade today... It was fun to be with Venna but all we did was be there if the kids needed help and we did a lot of people watching... Roller coasters don't do anything for me... I do remember hearing stories about Grandma Rigby going on roller coasters when she was in her 60ties... I am not like her... The kids were well behave and it was an easy day except for the fact that I had to go to the bathroom as soon as we left the park... It was a miserable ride home.... Joshua subbed for my class and I have 3 days to go.... Night... 39

Best last Monday of school year ever...

My class has been amazing and I have really appreciated them staying with me and I feel so blessed especially after my class of last year... I played golf in the wind but that was not the reason why I shot an 87 today.... I was just off and I hope that it is not old age... I did enjoy the walking though... I talked to my mom and she seems to be doing real well and that is wonderful.... I am worried about our government under President Obama, I really am and it is strange to feel strongly that he was foreordained to be in his position and watching evil appear to be right... Wow, he will be remembered through all eternity as just the opposite of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagon.... Secret combinations are alive and well and the Book of Mormon is alive and well today, right now.... Night... 39