Protected: The End of Chapter One – With Photos
It is important to note passages in the life of our family. Last week we faced a bitter-sweet passage, the ending to our first chapter as a foster family, when we…
Happy Birthday, Dear Mother-In-Law!
On Saturday we had a casual family gathering in Sun Lakes to celebrate my Mother In Law, Patricia - matriarch of our family, who today turns 75. I don't know how…
On the First Day of 2015: Happy Birthday, Laurent!
This is my oldest daughter. My right hand. My 'brain'. My beautiful, brilliant, musical, creative, writer-musician-artist with a heart so gracious and sacrificial she inspires me every day. She is…
Celebrations of December: Jacob turns 15!
One of the advantages of having a winter birthday (at least, in this family) is that Grandpa and Grandma are always in town to help celebrate. This year, on the…
Celebrations of December: Jeff Turns 50
The notion that my big brother greeted his 50th year this month is pretty much incomprehensible to me. It was hard to imagine a proper way to celebrate a birthday so…
Surprise Party!
Some parties are long expected, some parties are unexpected, and others are just kind of thrown together at the last minute. Sunday we had one of the thrown-together-at-the-last-minute type --…
Of Pools and Parties
Yesterday was a day of much celebration. In the morning, I gathered the 9 children from our house (our 7 plus two cousins) and went over to the hotel where…
The Big 18
Last week a very momentous milestone was reached in the Heidmann family. Megan Olivia reached voting age! In lieu of a party on her actual birthday, Paul took the family…
A Multiplicity of Celebrations
This past weekend was busy in some unusual ways. For Paul it was, perhaps, busiest of all, as he had to take a flying trip up to the ranch after…
May Birthdays
We are slightly past the official dates for our celebration, but life conspires to push things off sometimes. Monday was Junior's third birthday, and Tuesday was Geneva's 16th - and…