I finally got some pics from S.W.A.T. camp!:) I will try to list everything off and show you what an awesome time it was!




This is when we first arrived at the camp. I had not been there for at least five years, maybe even longer than that, and so all the changes that have been made were a surprise for me. Here Mr. Jones, Neo and Sir William are wrighting out the virses that you are told to memorize ahead of time.

This is right after our initiation, and our first time in our cabin. I am at the end by the tv, on the left. we dumped all of our stuff into these huge trash bags, they were biger than any I have ever seen before, and I had so much stuff I vould barely lift it off the ground ;) ok ok ok, I admit I had at least three times more things than any one there.

once we had unpacked they were quick to get marching together, teaching the basic marching turns and orders and that sort of thing.

the obstacle course was pretty good, this photo here being the very start of it, and we did this many times, starting right after dinner on friday night. some of the obstacles are ment to be done solo, others you have to do together, none of it very hard, but it does get the blood moving, thats for sure. ther was the over and under...

...the over the wall......hit the bell...

and draging each other, just to name a few.

and of course, no set of excersizes would be complete withought running, which was my MOST FAVORITE THING IN THE ENTIRE WEEK!!!( if you believe that, i've got a bridge to sell you...)

Training exercises were the best. Notice our impressive fire power that they trained us with.
This was the civil war, with us in the forts keeping off the attackers. can you see me?

This was D-day, one of the most intense of all of them, but not very long.

One of the numerous wounds on the field.

Have you ever had a movie or book that you were really excited to watch or read, and then become disappointed when it doesn't live up to what you thought it would be? Well, that seems to be happening a lot to me this year. First, there was the movie eragon (a complete flop), then there was the third Pirates of the Caribbean (bad morality, to many innuendos and paganistic thinking) and the Father of Dragons (no real point to the book, some odd character changes) and the Bourne Ultimatum (not much of a plot, looked like it had been hurriedly put together) and most recently, the subtle knife. This is book two of Phillip Pullman's series His Dark Materials. the first book of the series, the Golden Compass, (which is coming to theaters soon) was an enjoyable book, and the impression I got of it was a simple little kids story. Well, when I read the second book it was fine too, until the end. In the second book many things happen. for one, the whole book felt darker than the first, but it was still okay through most of it. Then angels were put on the seen. unlike real angels, who do Gods will always (other than the fallen), these angels can be summoned by a man and commanded by anyone. that was the first problem. Then there was the obvious belief in evolution, the raising of an army to kill God, the portrayal of all churches as evil, and that there is a knife that can kill even God. this was a major disappointment to me because i enjoyed the first book a lot. I am not advising any one to go to the movie or not, but be aware of what the agenda is. In the two times that I read the golden compass I didn't even catch a hint of what direction it would take, but it became quite obvious in the subtle knife. Today I read an article done by plugged in magazine about Phillip Pullman. It is beyond a doubt that he hates the church, and Christians, but does not believe there is a God. and although the golden compass looks and sounds like something C.S. Lewis wrote, Pullman has blatantly said many times that he hates all of C.S.Lewis's works. Something to think about :)

How many of you have ever been told by your parents not to look down the barrel of a gun? while fixing a jammed gun at the paintball war I happened to be looking down the barrel as I pushed the ball the rest of the way into the barrel of the gun. as soon as it was in the barrel the gun went off, exploding the ball about an inch above my left eye at point blank range. I closed my eyes fast enough to keep the paint from getting in them, and although it hurt I only have a small bruise were it hit. Boy, talk about being dumb!

Isn't he cute?

Sorry for the long wait guys. I am finally back on the blogs and posting again!

Today I was cleaning a part of my bookshelf that I store all my writing projects from over the years. I came across some old, 5-6 years ago, writings that I had written as if it was my diary and my family had moved to Mars to live. Reading it I could not stop laughing at all the things that I had written down. The curent story that I am writting about was shaped partly by this, and other writtings that I have done over the years. It is amazing to see the path that God has led me down to the point I am at now. Don't worry, as soon as I am able to, I will post part of my story on here were all of you can read it. Or just ask for a copy.

He makes it look like slave labor, doesn't he? actually

some of the other kids would argue and race each other

to get to use the irons.

Who says guys can't learn to sew? I found that running the sewing machine
one of the funnest jobs there.... even if the machine did some strange
things while I was running it. :)

Tying up the quilt, one of the final steps.

Is it just me or does it look like they just got caught?

Some of the various stages of designing the quilts.

Me, in all my winter glory! This is the side of me that you don't get to see. There are many secret things I could tell about my family, but then the next time you saw me would probably be at some funeral home :]

FAVORITE BOOKS:
Binding of the blade by L.B. Graham
Lamb among the Stars by Chris Walley
DragonLance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Wheel of Time 1-5 by Robert Jordan
Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Thousands more........
this is a small list of the kind of books I like to read. Does anyone else havy any favorites? Feel free to share.

Well hello there. This is Capt. Jaiton with the tenth Space Marine combat squad. I have thought it over and have decided to start a Blog (like everyone else of course). There will be Pics of all sorts of stuff coming very soon. So stay tuned.