Video Problems

I've been trying for two days to get a video to upload, but for whatever reason I can't seem to make it happen????? Things here are good, today. I'm doing homework, assignments, and trying to stay ahead of the due dates for work. I think that I'm going to go to a gun show in the area on Saturday with my room mate Keith and another guy from Kentucky named Todd. Todd is a class 3 firearms dealer so if I see some really cool fully automatic weapons I could purchase it through him!!!!!! Don't worry about the money Tonya, we'll talk about it when I get back. Ha, Ha just kidding. Sunday, I'm going to go to the chapel here at the academy for a service at 9:00 am. I think that the chaplain is from Seattle that is doing the service. Later in the day me and a guy from my section are going to go on a 3 or 4 mile run.

I thought that this was cool, a guy who is a Lieutenant with the Indiana State Patrol came up to me tonight and asked me if I'd like to go with him to listen to Joel Osteen at the end of this month. He said he had an extra ticket and just thought that I might like to go. I'm not the biggest Osteen fan but I think that I'll go and hear him. To all my youth, you guys stay on the right track, you know that I know people that can come check up on you!!!!!! Thanks for all the comments from everyone on the page, when I check it, it is like getting mail from home. :) Jamie and Jacob, I miss you guys and be good. I love you Tonya!!

Middle of Week 2

Hello everyone!!!! I've been trying to up load a video for about the last thirty minutes and for whatever reason I can't seem to get it to work right now. This week has been a lot busier and seemed a lot faster so far, that may have something with the fact that I was off on Monday??? Well, on my drive back to Quantico, Tonya called and let me know that she had "wrecked the van a little". This event I missed by about three hours. Some of you guys are not praying hard enough!!! Ha, Ha!! I weighed in at 2% under the body fat % and as of Tuesday I've lost about 34 pounds so I was happy with that so far. My room mate says that operation Slim Jim is now in effect, no more operation Grande' for us. However we did go and eat ice cream last night, because I had it on the brain. Today I went to an hour lunch time service that one of the guys in the session put on called "can a cop be a believer?" There was only about 10 of us out of 303 but it was cool to sit and talk about serving God and serving the profession of Law Enforcement. I closed the group in prayer and we all went our separate ways for the day. I'm missing everyone, and kids be good for Mommy. Tonya watch out for the trees!!! I love you all, B.

Friday of 1st week

Hello everyone, thanks for all the comments this week on the page and emails. They have been helpful and special to know that people are thinking and praying for us. I had to keep Red happy so here it is. :)

Day Five

Today was a little boring. We had a meeting in the auditorium for about two hours dealing with the Behavioral Analysis unit of the FBI and how they can help local officers. It was pretty interesting on the services that they can provide. Then the rest of the day was open due to my classes starting on Thursday. I went and swam a 1/2 mile and then ran four miles. I was a little tired after the PT but hopefully it will make me sleep better. My room mate and I went out scouting this evening and found the National Marine Core museum on base and it is free and really nice. We did a quick walk through but we are going to go back when we have more free time to spend there. I thought about my father-in-law and him being a former Marine. I think Roger would enjoy see the museum. Tomorrow classes start and I'm ready for it. It has been a couple of slow days getting started and I'm ready for the daily routine. The digital camera thing is not quite as easy as I was hoping. The FBI is a little strict on just walking around video taping the facilities. There are new agents here and many of the folks in the National Academy with me work Narcotics back home, so I can't just walk around videoing stuff due to the blog page being set up so anybody can view it. But I'll get some more stuff video stuff and put on here. Tonya, I enjoyed talking to you guys on the phone today, I love ya'll and I'll talk to ya later.

Day Four

Hello Everyone, today was some of the same getting started stuff. We had photo's for the yearbook, an orientation in the library and the they went over the fitness challenge called the yellow brick road. It consist of multiple runs starting with a 1.8 mile and ending with a 6.1 mile run over obstacles at the end of academy. It should be pretty cool. If you complete all the runs and the last run called the yellow brick road you receive a yellow brick with your session number on it. It is kind of like the trophy for your hard physical work. Also I'm going to try and get a blue brick for swimming 34 miles while I'm here. I went and swam 1/2 mile today in the pool instead of running. It took me 32 lengths to get to the 1/2 mile mark. Tomorrow I'll have to swim and run. Sounds fun doesn't it? Tonight we had a section social at a spot called "The Grove" which is just some trees and picnic tables around a fire pit. While we were hanging out two of the guys started playing the bag pipes while I was on the phone to Jamie and Tonya. Tonya asked it I was about to cry, of course I said no but a lot of the guys were just standing quietly listening. For the folks that don't know, it is tradition that when an officer is killed in the line of duty Amazing Grace is played on the bag pipes. I know a lot of the guys were remembering funerals of Brothers in Blue when they started playing Amazing Grace. Jamie and Jake, I love you and be good for mommy. I love you to Red!!!

Shout out!!!

Hey guys I was just checking the blog page because Tonya had said that Jamie had written me a response on it. I love seeing Jamie's messages. But I was suprised and encouraged by Nathan and Kris. Just seeing that you two knuckle heads are keeping up with me was very cool. And Kris I have been hanging out with you two much. Nathan thanks for the note, it meant more than you know. The last week or so I've been over whelmed with the love shown to me and the family. Well I'm going to go for now, take care everybody.

Day Three

Hello Tonya, Jamie, and Jacob. I have a few hours to kill before my section goes to the section dinner tonight. I'm probably going to take my big ol' country biscuit eating self out to the track and jog a mile or two before supper tonight. Day Three has been ok, just more orientation kind of stuff and getting classes switched around. My section leader is a FBI agent from Atlanta Georgia and he is a nut. He is a very funny guy and our section has been laughing like crazy at this guy. He has made it fun so far. Well I guess that I'll go for now but, I love you guys and I'll talk to you tonight on the phone. Love, Daddy.