Nick and Amy Warkentien’s Fantastic Voyage

But first, I’d like to say happy fourth birthday to my nephew, Jackson Sawyer.  I called to wish him as much today, and when I did he told me the same then ran off to play with some Transformers he’d gotten.  As I was talking to Andra he periodically came back and asked her to […]

Riley Ashton Pless

I received the following e-mail tonight when I sat down at the computer. Kelia and I want to introduce Riley Ashton Pless.  She weighed in at 7.0lbs and is 20-1/4″ long.  We came in to the hospital to be induced a little after 9:00am on 12.19.08, but after many hours of steady contractions little Riley […]

PC3 Christmas Card 2008

This was a present, a Christmas card they called it, from the Port City Community Church staff to the churchgoers that greeted us this morning. It’s amazing. It was all done in one continuous shot. Nick Warkentien (who appears screen left at 1:04 and towards the bottom right in the last big staff shot) told […]

Surfing in December

I raked the leaves in front of the house this morning, and the yard looks so much better.  It was getting to be an embarrassment.  The problem was that we’ve been trying to let the spot where we’ve had a burn pile in past years grow back in (even though Harvey’s been using it as […]

Mysteries of the Unexplained

I fell asleep with Bruce in the papasan last night.  He was all curled up and comfy and I didn’t want to disturb him, so I just curled up around him and dozed off until Harvey woke me up this morning when he and Amanda came downstairs. Work wasn’t terribly busy today.  I don’t expect […]