Dad's heart attack

We got a call from my sister, Barbara, that my dad complained of some chest pain. She took him immediately to Mercy Medical Center in Redding, where they diagnosed a subendocardial myocardial infarction and took him right to the cath lab. They found two significant lesions in the right coronary artery and placed two Taxus stents with good result. We drove up to Redding to see him and, as you can see, cheer him up with the nano and iDog. He did well and was discharged a couple days later feeling well. The miracles of modern medicine!

I love my nano!

I use my 40GB iPod at work nearly every day and I "needed" music during my runs. OK, so that's just an excuse, but I love this 1.5 ounce marvel! It fits snugly in the nano armband, providing up to 1000 songs from my various playlists. And the 1.5 inch diag backlit LCD screen is beautiful. I also got a cute toy called the iDog, which plays nano music while barking, flapping its ears and flashing colors on its head.

Katrina Relief

Siggie spent the last few days in Louisiana and Mississippi helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina. She went with a team of eight people from our church, under the auspices of CityTeam Ministries, working in an emergency shelter serving about 600 evacuees. In addition to providing basic needs like food and clothing, she was able to encourage and just come alongside many people who had lost everything. Here she is pictured with a pastor from Africa who came to help, our dear friend Tim Strong and three of the evacuees.

Labor Day Beach Party

Cozette Cermak opened her beautiful beach house to a bunch of old friends for sand castle building, body surfing and birthday celebrations. Here Bill Cameron is constructing the second tower adjacent to the five foot main sand castle, complete with a moat, bridges, towers and intricate passageways.

After dinner Mike Simpson sang ballads for Christian Geisler as Priscilla Cameron looked on. Mike just released his first CD, "Sorrow and Love", and it is an excellent compilation getting radio play even on the East Coast.