Maggie’s First Birthday Party

The whole family packed up and went five minutes down the road to the Millards’ today to celebrate Maggie Millard’s first birthday.  There were swings and slides and several small pools for all the kids.  As you can see, Milly interacted well with the other children. Joking, of course, but really she did just fine.  […]

Surfing with Lars

Lars (Mike Boscaljon is his real name, but he looks more like a Lars) texted me yesterday and asked if we’d like to join him and his wife Kaitlyn at the beach tomorrow after church.  I told him we were planning on going out anyway, and it would be great to hang out with them. […]

Amanda’s First Mother’s Day and 30th Birthday

Happy birthday to my wife, who joined me in that sage and divine decade of age, the thirties, today. As well, happy Mother’s Day to my wife, who, thanks to our nearly eleven month old Milly, celebrated her first Mother’s Day today.  And of course, happy Mother’s Day to my mom, my grandma, my mother-in-law, […]

Milly’s First Step in the Ocean

I ran a camera at the morning services at Port City Community Church today, and since we’ve only got one functioning car (I really need to replace the battery in the Olds) I left after I was done with the first service to go back home and grab Amanda and Milly.  Milly was a bit […]

Cell Phone Saga

I went by Nick and Amy’s tonight to feed their cat, Gipper.  While there I brought up their trash can and mail to the house.  I fed Gipper, looked for him (to no avail- the cat likes to hide) and went home.  When I got home, Amanda mentioned that she’d called me a few times.  […]