Randy Herbert:  

Life i left lakewood high school for Brigham Young Univ to be on their swim team and their water polo team (goalie) .. after one semester of college classes, i decided to go on a church mission for 2 years, i served in the united states (ohio, kentucky, west virginia) upon completion of this church mission, i re-entered BYU, at which point my draft number came 76, just before i was to sign up, pres. nixon killed the draft and i chose to continue to attend college at byu where i met my bride to be, deborah morris from morgantown west virginia (no we didn't meet while i was on my church mission) .. we married august 3 1973 and continue the relationship even to this day 35 years later ... my wife did graduate from BYU, i didn't, but rather i graduated in electronics from a trade tech located in provo utah, after 5 years in the provo-orem utah area and 2 children (both boys)we moved to livermore calif for my first fulltime job with lawerance livermore labs as a bench technican, after 2 years in livermore and another male child we packed up everything and moved back to morgantown west virginia where i got a job with the gov't contractor company EG&G at the DOE facility located in morgantown, started out as an electronic tech, over time went into mid-level management and for the next 18 years and 4 more children (1 girl and 3 boys for a grand total of 7 children, 6 boys/1 girl) we did the best we could at providing for everybody's needs, we did build one house from stratch and remodeled another 7 bedroom house to provide for the ever expanding family, my wife for something to do after the litte ones where in school, obtained a master's degree in reading from WVU and obtained a teaching license and certificate K-12, later she would begin a Phd progra...Expand for more