Christmas! 8/8
Christmas! We had our Christmas Eve gift-giving at home in the morning on the 24th, since the evening is full of church going activities. That afternoon, we got to pick…
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.
Of Ponds, Paths and Parks – 3/8
An afternoon in Sun Lakes running around on the greenway by the water, with Auntie Kika and Lakota, and another walk with the littles along a pathway by a park…
Elsie McCarthy Sensory Garden – 1/8
The Elsie McCarthy Sensory Garden - a little walk in a tiny little park in Glendale that Paul and I took on 11/15 with the three littles.
Twice Adopted
In what was for me, the culmination of four years of waiting on the Lord, on Saturday, November 14, 2015, Efrain Rafael Athanasius Heidmann was finally baptized and became a…
Sometimes, you don’t feel like smiling
There's been a lot of contempt poured out in the blogosphere recently about people presenting the world with overly positive representations of their lives via social media. Photos of smiling,…
The New Normal
It's a common phrase these days, but so apropos. We've all been adjusting to our "new normal" over the last two weeks, as we settle in to Jacob's schedule. It means…