A Birthday, A Picnic, and Thanksgiving – 4/8
The week of Thanksgiving we had a picnic with Grandma and Grandpa, as well as Oma's birthday to celebrate - lots of family time.
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This year, for the first time in my memory, my birthday and Easter Sunday coincided in a happy celebration. My day started, of course, the night before, with all the…
Valentines Day 2015
Ahh Valentines day - the day of hearts and roses and poetry and sweet tarts! Our holiday weekend started off with a bang on Friday evening with a little supper at…
New Years Day: First Photo Walk of the Year
Here's a passel o' pix from our walk at the AZ Center on January 1st. We started out by meeting the Grands for a quick lunch at McDonalds. It was…
Celebrations of December: Christmas Day in Sun Lakes
In a move that surprised no one, both Geneva and Megan failed to rise in time to sing the 9am mass on Christmas Day. Laurent the Valiant was the only Heidmann…
Celebrations of December: Christmas Eve
Our longstanding family tradition has been to give gifts on Christmas Eve. However, in recent years our Christmas Eve obligations at church have pushed our family time back further and…
Celebrations of December: Christmas Eve Eve
My previous post covered most of the events in early December. The rest of the month flew by in a blur, until, with joyfilled astonishment, I realized it was Christmas…
Thanksgiving at the Ranch – 2014 (Mega-Photo Post!)
Even though we were down one member, the family trip to the ranch this Thanksgiving still required two vehicles. Hard to believe we used to take our little family of…
Another Ball!
One of the slightly frustrating aspects of having young adults in the household, is the fact that sometimes their social calendars conflict with family plans. That was true for Megan…
Thanksgiving 2014!
Life flies by so quickly during the holiday season, it's hard to keep up. Last week's celebrations included Mom's 75th birthday, a family thanksgiving, a Victorian Christmas Ball, and a…