Sunday in Review… (2) Family Time
Scenes from before dinner... Joe and Jake goofing off together. Megan creating a b-day card. Paul's Aunt Jan & Uncle Jim. Paul with his Aunt Betty and her brother/his dad,…
Sunday in review… (1) Crazy Uncle Paul
Sunday morning was a quiet one around the Heidmann domicile. I stayed home with mom, who was needing to take it easy after her rambunctious week of doctor's appointments, and…
The Lab Coat
There aren't many constants in this world upon which you can rely with absolute, unfailing certainty, but one of the few I've found is that when The Boy gets a…
The Birthday Fun
Since his birthday fell on a shopping day, it was only fitting that Paul choose where he wanted to dine before enduring the endless horrors of Costco. He has always…
Happy Birthday to My Man
Happy Birthday to my husband Paul, a man who is... and so much more. (He's also 44!) ~*~*~Happy Birthday, Sweetie!!~*~*~
Light and Color
On the way out the door as we were leaving for Del Taco this evening, Laurent and Geneva presented me with the psychedelic photo-op of documenting their celebration of "Dobby…
Piano Man
Over the past couple of weeks, The Boy has been observing his sisters enthusiastically embrace their new instruments, with a sense of bemusement, thinking, as he has told me, "What…
Unanticipated Joy
Today began much as other Saturdays have done, with Paul taking the older girls to shooting practice, while I remained at home to shepherd The Boy in preparing for and…
Legacy
This afternoon heralded the passing of a legacy from one generation to another. Laurent received her first cello lesson from her grandmother, on the same instrument Oma began playing as…
Old Friends are the Best Friends!
This afternoon we had a rare and golden opportunity to spend a little time visiting with one of our oldest family friends, Stan Larson. Our families met when Dad was…