March 18th - 22nd - 98th through 102 Days

It's been a great week.  I've realized I've spent so much time trying not to be mad at anyone that I forgot my ultimate goal.  The goal is not that I won't get mad at anyone, the goad is to be nice to everyone.  There is a big difference between the two.  I've decided that being nice to everyone is a much better goal.  This last 5 days I've tried to change my focus.  It's been fun to go do the laundry, or do the dishes, or clean my room, just because it makes me feel good, and it makes my wife feel good. 

I've missed Logan and Kaylee this week.  I wonder how it will be when everyone is gone off to college or missions.  Logan is one of my best friends, so it was more difficult to have him gone then I thought.  He's a very good kid, and he really is extreemley positive.  I think I'm very lucky to have the kids I do.  Maybe the Lord realized I needed the best he could give because maybe I couldn't have handled the rough cases. 

Friday night Rhys and Pam took Nicole and I out to dinner at Cafe Rio, and then Nicole, and Amber and Hunter and I went to the movie Rango.  It was quite the weird movie, but we laughed nonetheless.   Saturday was just a throughly enjoyable day.  I went for a 35 mile bike ride with my brother, and it was windy, but that just puts hair on your chest (which unfortunately, I don't need any more of!)  Then, I went shopping for clothes with my wife, and then we watched BYU dismantle Gonzaga to reach the sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament.  It just doesn't get much better than that.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were pretty uneventful.  We did get to watch Hunter play soccer against Deseret Hills and they tied 2-2.  Pineview was up 2-0 at half, then we kind of fell apart.  Hunter had a great first half, but his second half was not as good.  He's a fun player to watch though.  Logan is still in Italy, so they had a freshman playing Varsity goalie, and that was scarey, but he did pretty well.

So, some things I learned this week, 1st, Not getting mad at people is not the same as being nice to everyone you meet, I am changing my focus back to being nice to everyone.  2nd.  We've adopted the saying in our house now, "Your name is safe in our house".   It's a little difficult to never say anything negative about anyone, but we're doing much better.  3rd, Amber is about to pop a blood vessel she's so excited about the fact she's getting married.  4th, Jimmer Fredette rocks the basketball world.  I hope they can beat Florida on Thursday!