Well that helped a bit. I appreciate the help and suggestions!
I copied and renamed one of the other block files to blk0000.dat and I no longer got that error in the log. The application still died though. Below is the tail end of the log.
Any other suggestions?
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:584 - Called startBitcoind
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:277 - Total size of files in C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\blocks is 21.3 GB
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:560 - Executing popen: ['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Bitcoin\\daemon\\bitcoind.exe', u'-datadir=C:\\Users\\Chris\\AppData\\Roaming\\Bitcoin\\']
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:644 - PID of bitcoind: 9316
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:645 - PID of armory: 3280
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- ArmoryUtils.pyc:560 - Executing popen: ['.\\guardian.exe', '3280', '9316']
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1367 - setupUriRegistration
2014-08-25 21:15 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1485 - URL-register action: AskUser
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:617 - Usermode: Advanced
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1662 - Changing usermode:
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1663 - From: Advanced
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:1671 - To: Advanced
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- SDM.pyc:809 - Creating proxy in SDM: host=127.0.0.1, port=8332
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5984 - Dashboard switched to auto-InitSync
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:InitializingLongTime
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:NewUserInfo
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Offline"
2014-08-25 21:16 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:729 - Overriding not-available state. This should happen 0-5 times
2014-08-25 21:16 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:729 - Overriding not-available state. This should happen 0-5 times
2014-08-25 21:16 (WARNING) -- SDM.pyc:729 - Overriding not-available state. This should happen 0-5 times
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5984 - Dashboard switched to auto-InitSync
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:InitializingDoneSoon
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:NewUserInfo
2014-08-25 21:16 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Offline"
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:6437 - Starting load blockchain
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2325 - loadBlockchainIfNecessary
2014-08-25 21:23 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1176 - 6 attempts to load blockchain failed. Remove mempool.bin.
2014-08-25 21:23 (ERROR) -- ArmoryQt.py:1181 - File mempool.bin does not exist. Nothing deleted.
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:2362 - Setting netmode: 1
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:470 - Setting online mode: True (wait=False)
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:1509 - Go online requested
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:982 - Setting Armory Home Dir: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Armory\
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:983 - Setting BlkFile Dir: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\blocks
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:984 - Setting LevelDB Dir: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Armory\databases
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:6114 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:ScanWithWallets
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:NewUserInfo
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Scanning"
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:63 - Connection initiated. Start handshake
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:6114 - Dashboard switched to "Scanning" mode
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:ScanWithWallets
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:Auto, State:NewUserInfo
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Scanning"
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:152 - Received version message from peer:
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:153 - Version: 70002
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:154 - SubVersion: /Satoshi:0.9.2.1/
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:155 - TimeStamp: 1409016196
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:156 - StartHeight: 317483
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- Networking.pyc:348 - Handshake finished, connection open!
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:6104 - Dashboard switched to fully-online mode
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:OnlineFull1
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Online"
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:OnlineFull2
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:6104 - Dashboard switched to fully-online mode
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:OnlineFull1
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5360 - Switching Armory functional mode to "Online"
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:5418 - Switching Armory state text to Mgmt:User, State:OnlineFull2
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:1336 - Syncing wallet: 2kszgqke3
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- BDM.pyc:1347 - Blockchain load and wallet sync finished
2014-08-25 21:23 (INFO) -- ArmoryQt.py:3005 - Current block number: 0