Milly: Go Duke!

Milly said that a bunch tonight, although it comes out, “Gah Guh!”  We were watching Duke beat Elon (98-72, final score) and Coach K get his 879th career win to tie Dean Smith for second place all-time.  Not only would Milly spout an emphatic “Gah Guh!” now and then, but she also imitated all all […]

12 Days at PC3

Port City Community Church’s opening was not to be missed today.  It started out with a rendition of 12 Days of Christmas sung by Micah Kolk.  Seriously, Micah is one entertaining guy.  After that they showed the annual Christmas card, which had some very nice trick editing. Oh yeah, Mike’s message was pretty good, too.  What stuck […]

Milly’s Morning Lights

When Amanda brought Milly downstairs this morning, the Christmas tree lights weren’t on.  Milly signed and said “more,” so Amanda plugged in the lights, eliciting a “Yay!” from Milly.  After that, she played with a couple of toys that she got last Christmas, a ball that has lights and sings and rolls itself and, mostly, […]

Breakfast Dinner with Johnsons and Warkentiens

Nick, Amy, Eli, Reece, Stephanie and Jacob all came over for a breakfast dinner of eggs, biscuits, sausage and muffins tonight.  After we ate we watched the kids play and after they went to bed we all played Puerto Rico.  Nick and Amy both tried a new strategy that focused mainly on just collecting victory […]

I’m Daddy

Over the last few days, Milly has been saying, “Sah,” and the way she says it it’s like she’s calling out to someone, and that someone usually seems to be me.  When she says that, I say, “No, I’m Daddy.”  No need for her to get into the habit of calling me Zach. Until today […]