A few weeks ago my Mom introduced Spencer to the joys of bubble bath while she was in town for a visit. Some of you may have seen the super awesome photos my dad snapped of the whole ordeal. A good time was had by all involved. Well, fast forward to just a few minutes ago… I […]
Faith & Family
This section contains all of my posts and content that are related to my faith and family.
Happy Birthday Spencer!
It’s been 9 months now since Spencer came into our lives, it just seems like yesterday that we got a phone call from our attorney asking if we could be in Kansas at 1:30pm that following day for a hearing where we could take custody of of this precious 3 month old baby boy that […]
My Wife is Amazing!!
It takes a pretty special woman to keep me organized and out of trouble, I’ll admit that I’m pretty high maintenance at times. We are fortunate in the fact that she doesn’t work a 9-5 job, but when you factor in all that goes into keeping this house in order, and add in a dog […]
Diabetes Update: Crazy Vision + Foot Pain / Sores
I’ve had a couple of people ask me to post an update as to how things are going w/ the whole Diabetes thing so here goes. Before I go any further though, I’m going to go ahead and give you a heads up disclaimer, I’m going to be talking about feet. I know some of […]
Turning 40 & The End of the World
Okay, so I have set this blog post to publish at one minute after midnight on December 21st, which according to the Mayan calendar is supposedly when the world will end. Ironically, they picked my 40th birthday to be the end of the world, go figure. I guess if you are reading this, then… well, […]
Update: Diabetes Picked the Wrong Guy!
I’ve had some people ask so I figured I would post an update as to how things are going two weeks after being released from an unexpected week-long stay at the hospital where I learned that I have type 2 Diabetes. I’m happy to report that my blood sugar levels have stabilized at our target […]
Operation: Ortner Adoption!
Update: 11/13/12 – I’ve had a lot of people ask how we did w/ this event and what the final number was. I’m happy to report that according to our estimates we are somewhere in the neighborhood of $21,000.00. God Bless Everyone that Took Part!!! A while back Donna and I asked Mike & Melisa […]
Spencer’s New Truck…
Most of you that know me are already aware that I’ve been an Audi fan for several years now, it’s not because my family is from Germany or anything like that, I’ve just been a huge fan from the moment I sat down in my Audi TT Roadster for the first time over 10 years […]
My First Father’s Day…
One of the first things I realized after we found out that we were going to be able to adopt Spencer so fast was that I would be able to stand up on Father’s Day in Church when they ask all of the dads to stand up. I know this sounds like something trivial to […]
Spencer’s First Visit to the Farm…
This past weekend we carried Spencer to the farm for the first time so he could meet his family. We basically had a cookout that lasted all day on Saturday and people just dropped in at various times during the day. Needless to say everyone fell in love w/ him and he put on a […]
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