The Taming of the Beast - My Victory

After church on the ride home we realized that Delayna and I were both wearing black and purple, so we took some pictures. Keep in mind this happened the second day, and she is already content with being in my arms. Which, by the way, is pretty impressive. But, if you think that this is good, check out the next pair of pictures.
Here, we see that her head is actually on my shoulder. Thats right, and she is holding on tight with those little hands of hers. The doubt may come that I just picked her up when she was asleep or something like that. Wrong, check out the next picture.

As you can see, she is very much awake.

Good News everyone. I have recently reviewed my scores on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and have passed. I received an 88 and 72 in the pilot and navigator portions respectively. Ya, it doesn't really mean much to me either, but apparently, its not too bad considering that I have no real experience with flying planes. I am currently talking with a few representatives of different programs for college students looking to go into the Air Force, but have made no sure decision on what I will do.

I have heard back from Oregon State. They said that they were waiting for my transcript from BYUI. I told them that I don't have one because it is my first semester here, so they are going to process my application now. My math class from BYUH may not fill the math requirements for a transfer student, and if that is the case, they will wait for my transcript for this semester at BYUI, which would mean that I wouldn't know if I am accepted till about 3 days until the semester starts. Not really sure how that would work out, but they never said there would be a problem with that. But now thinking about it, the day after I completed my application back in October I called and asked about the transcript from BYUI and if it would be a problem, and they said it wouldn't, but it was. Nothing ever goes as planned I guess, and hopefully things will work out

For those interested I went on a date last night with a woman named JudyKay Drake. I say woman because she is like 26, and graduated from BYUI last year. She is about 5 foot nothing, and has long dark hair. She is from a very large family of 10, just like us, and is the seventh sibling as well. We went bowling and then got some ice cream. I bowled a 153 which wasn't too bad considering I haven't bowled in over 2 years. I found my touch at the end. The first few frames were pathetic, and she was actually beating me in the 5th like 57 to 56. I jokingly blamed my poor performance, and she went and grabbed me a 12 pound ball to replace my 14 pounder. Obviously I used it, and nothing really changed till about the 8th frame, when I spared, and then got into the Thanksgiving spirit in the ninth and tenth frames, but missed the 4 bagger on my last throw by a pin. She almost broke 100 but followed her spare in the ninth frame with a gutter ball, and a 1 pin throw. It was fun, she was a very nice girl, and I was a complete gentleman. The date ended in a hug, and a good night ... ya, a good night. haha. ( I think it was because I missed the 4 bagger )

Oregon State Bound

I'm not sure how many people that I have told of my plans for the winter, but I have applied to Oregon State for the winter semester starting early January. I have spoken to the ROTC detachment at OSU, and I plan to change my major to electric engeneering starting winter semester. After I take the AFOQT and pass, I will have an interview with the detachment officer at OSU, and they will decide if they will offer me a scholarship. If rewarded this scholarship, the Air Force will pay all of my tuition. They will also provide me with 900 dollars for books a year. The detachment officer said that there is about a 90 percent chance that I get the scholarship if I study electric engineering, pass the AFOQT, and pass all physical requirements.

Bald Bird Ridge ( Eagle Crest )

The Enviable Week

If you wanted to wear yourselves out from too much play, then this last week for Randy and the Hermiston group was an enviable week. Golf, tennis, and bike rides are just a start to explain the activities of the week. What a great preview our week coming soon at Aspen Grove. Rest up, cause once it starts, its non-stop playing until the end.

Ok, so Kris did quite a job on the Eagle Crest report, but I have some waterfall pictures to add.