5-Aug

“Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday morning in a wildlife refuge on the upper Texas coast. The National Hurricane Center said the storm's center reached land in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge about halfway between High Island and Sabine Pass on the border with Louisiana. In its 8 a.m. ET advisory, the center said Edouard's maximum sustained winds were 65 mph, with higher gusts.” – CNN

Kelli spoke with Mom and Dad last night and they were advised that they did not need to evacuate from the storm as it was not expected to remain a huricane and would weaken throughout the day. They were still expected to get a lot of rain.

Mom and Dad’s appartment is in Oange texas, shown in this picture - 7:15am Mountain Time

4-Aug

This past weekend was very nice. Friday I left work a few hours early and came home to start working on the school room. We have been doing things with the room for a while and had wanted to put more shelves up for books and things. It turned out that any shelving unit we could find was expensive. We decided to build a desk/bookshelf that spanned the entire outside wall of the room. Building the shelf for the entire wall (spans 10 feet) was about as expensive as buying one 3x7 shelf. Thus Friday and Saturday I spent most of my time working on that unit. Kelli has been reading the Twilight searing of books by Stephanie Myer. The latest book, Breaking Dawn, was released Friday night at midnight. Kelli and I ran over to the local Wal-Mart at t 12:15am and picked up 2 copies for our family (there are 4 of us that have been reading them and there were some lengthy debates over who go to read the book first (Kelli and Isaac won the debates)). Kelli finished the book early Sunday morning. Saturday evening the Bach family came over and we had an outdoor movie. Sunday after church we went over to the Bach’s for dinner and family home evening. We had a very nice time. We are looking forward to talking with Mentor Graphics more this week and hope to be able to have an onsite interview with them soon. Mom and Dad Kendall came over Thursday and we talked about work and our recent interviews. I had suggested that Dad apply for that job at Harmon. He was able to talk with them Friday. We all hope that he gets that job as it will allow him to work for the rest of the time he wants to work and it’s local. We truly hope that it works out for them. Mom and Dad Olsen called yesterday and said that they had received a call that they might get an evacuation notice today. There is another hurricane (named Edouard) barreling down on Texas where they are serving their missions. We pray for their safety and success.

1-Aug

Just a quick update; yesterday I had a technical interview with Mentor Graphics which went really well. The day before that, I had an interview with a team lead which went fairly well as well. They are a bit concerned that I don’t have experience with some of the tools that interact with the PCB tools. I tried to assure them that I can learn tool quickly and that I at least understand the principals behind the tools. I also called Harmon Music and declined pursuing the interview process. While the offer would have been really good, I was still concerned about the tools, and at the end of the day, it just did not feel right. They were very understanding. I gave them Dad Kendall’s name as a reference. I hope that they can come to an agreement. It may work into something great for them.

Isaac came home from his high adventure camp near the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. He said that he had a great time on the rope course and running the rapids in the raft. We are glad that he had fun and are very grateful that he made it home safe. Last night, he and I worked on putting a cabinet together for the school room. It was relay nice to work with him on that.