A Birthday Celebrated
The month of May is a two-birthday month for the Heidmanns, as we celebrate Efrain and Geneva back-to-back. Oftentimes we have had a two-cake party for both, but this year,…
A Glorious Milestone
The whole of this last year there has been a growing sense of excitement as two of our kiddos, Alyssa and Efrain, finished off their pandemic-delayed RE classes so they…
An Eight Year Old and A New Photog in the Fam
The anticipation was keen throughout last week, growing stronger as Sunday approached. Ellie's actual birthday was on Wednesday, but we had to wait till the weekend to celebrate properly at…
February Fun
Fist of all, for the February Photo Fun! This month I have been working on learning shutter priority, which of course is going to take a long time to perfect.…
Christmas 2021
From stockings lovingly stuffed and laid out on the bench with care, to the glittering tree glowing through the night, lighting mounds of wrapped mysteries, to a surprise visit from…
Engaged!
Of course we suspected it was coming, but it was still such a brilliant surprise when we received the call from Megan saying that Andy had proposed!! We are all…
Thanksgiving 2021
It feels like forever since the last time we had Thanksgiving at home. 2020 was the pandemic year, and while we had a larger than usual gathering, we held it…
Another Halloween in the Memory Bank
Yesterday was a giddy mess, but that's what Halloween is supposed to be, and so much better than last year! Our day began with hustling everyone into church clothes and…
Anniversary Off-road
My love and I celebrated our 28th anniversary in April very similarly to the way we did last year - by going on a little off-road excursion. This time we…
Easter, 2021
Easter joy was compounded this year by the opportunity to actually attend mass in person at our beloved Cathedral parish. It's been a long, hard year being away from communion…