I thought this picture from the local newspaper was really funny. It made me laugh out loud when I was all alone at work, but I guess you have to understand it first. The Mavericks just suffered the most embarrassing defeat in nba playoff history, and people around here aren't too happy about it. Never has a team with a better record lost to the worst seed in the playoffs. Normally there is a fierce looking horse but someone put a pony from "my little ponies" in as the mascot and wrote about how badly the Mavs choked. I want to see the Suns do well now because I like Steve Nash a lot, and of course I actually cheer for the Jazz now that Stockton and Malone are gone, I think they should have gone with a young team like they have now a long time ago. Some of my friends would be pretty steamed if they read this, but it is what it is folks.

Harry Connick Jr. was awesome last night. I always wish I could see how performers are in different cities, like when they say "I love Dallas, you guys really get it here." I kept thinking if there were cities they hate to go to and they lie about how much they love the place to get a rise out of the crowd. The concert was all about New Orleans and music from that part of the country, it really made me want to pay a visit to New Orleans while we are so close. The whole Katrina aftermath has really hit me because most of the people I meet and that I work with were bussed straight here from New Orleans. Everyone has an amazing story. One of my good friends at work lost his brother, and didn't know if his mom was alive for months. He was stranded on a rooftop for almost 2 weeks, then dropped off at the Super dome. When the busses came, everyone just got on without knowing ahead of time where they were going. Most of the busses came to Houston and Dallas, and many traveled all the way to DC and beyond. He was dropped off at the American Airlines Center where the Mavericks play, and he had a couple of days to find a job and an apartment.

Isaac was absolutely crazy today, for the first time I had to take him to his parents for the remainder of primary. He was kicking and yelling nonsense words and jumping and spitting and hitting everyone. I took him outside 3 or 4 times and got right in his face to tell him to be quiet and sit down, and he would settle down and pout for a couple of seconds, then he just went crazy again. Everyone was looking at me like I needed to do something about it, the second I dropped him off I felt a huge weight was off my shoulders, then we had the best Sunday school class yet. We have a new kid named Ricardo in our class who was just baptized, it reminds me a lot of teaching young kids on my mission. I don't really know what to do with Isaac and I don't know how to react to autism. I have tried to hold him down, but that seems to make him worse. I was shocked last Sunday when I found out that with all the craziness, he had managed to memorize the first 2 articles of faith that we taught in class. It is a very hard disorder to understand. We have grown close to these kids and we feel like we want to hand pick thier next teachers so they will be good to them and care about them. We haven't told them we are leaving yet and we are still unsure what to say when we do leave. That seems to be a common occurrance in the church. You get used to your Bishop or teacher, or feel close to the missionary who baptized you, then you are cut off suddenly and start over somewhere else. I guess that is a good lesson in life on how to adjust and be strong on your own, and it brings you closer to your own family and to gospel truths because they are the only things that seem to be rock solid in an ever changing world. We'll post some pictures of the kids next week because we have to take pictures for the primary bulletin board.

I want to wish the best to Joni, my mom, my mother in law, my step mother, my step mother in law, my sisters, my nieces, my aunts, my grandma's and all of the women who have been such a strong and positive influence and support throughout my life. I hope you all have a wonderful mother's day! Now make me some cake...just kiddin.