Outtakes from New Years Day Photo Walk
Laurent got to pick an activity for the family on the international holiday that is her birthday (also known as New Years Day). She chose lunch with the Grands, followed…
Archived posts from Nettie’s World Blog.
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: Meeting Christopher
New Baby Alert!!! The day after Christmas we got an extra present -- goddaughter Lisa came over to spend the day, with her brand new baby boy, Christopher. As you…
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…
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…
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…