Halloween 2016
There's really not a lot to say about Halloween. We went with what I call the "Minimalist Superhero" theme, capes, masks, and of course, a bucket for each. The evening…
Starting School
Oh the anticipation that has filled our home as we prepared for this new adventure - sending our first little one off to Pre-K! As a veteran home educator of…
Tim and Lorna Get Married!
The hands-down most exciting event of this spring was the chance to run up to Fargo at the end of May, stay the weekend with my friend Vicki, and be…
Mission San Xavier del Bac – March 2016
We saved the best of our site seeing for Vicki's last day in town, and zipped down to Tuscon on Friday morning to visit the beautiful historic site of the…
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…
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…
Back to School
If you spend any time on Instagram or Facebook, doubtless you have been flooded with hundreds of back-to-school posts-n-pics from friends who are proud parents of children pre-school aged and…
On a Whimsy
Anybody who knows my husband at all understands that, despite being German, and an engineer, and as such, excessively logical, he is prone to taking actions on a whim. Usually…
Feast of St. James the Apostle
St. James the Apostle is sometimes called James the Greater. He and his brother, St. John the Evangelist, were the sons of Zebedee, and were the second pair of brothers Jesus…
Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
She is called "the Penitent". St. Mary was given the name 'Magdalen' because, though aJewish girl, she lived in a Gentile town called Magdale, in northern Galilee, and her culture…