Showers of Blessing
Over the last few weeks there has been a flurry of plotting and planning between the grandmas, the best friend, and the older sister to put together a baby shower…
Mt. Lemmon
We've never in all our 22 years in Arizona explored much south of Phoenix beyond Casa Grande, so it was with great anticipation that we set out for a brand new destination: Mt. Lemmon, located just to the north and east of Tuscon.
I was completely unprepared to find mountains tall enough to have a ski area and pine trees so far to the south! What a delight it was to see so many beautiful new sights throughout the day.
Easter 2019
In many ways I feel like I missed the Easter season this year, because I missed the observance of the Paschal Triduum: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Paul…
Finally Five!!
Elyany Lucy Therese:Precocious. Clever. Cheeky. Creative. Artful. Affectionate. Sensitive. Slight.Five. For our March family birthday bash, we got to party at Heidmann East out in Apache Junction at Jon's place.…
February Birthday Shenanigans
It's a good thing there are other ladies in the family who are good at planning because if birthday parties were left up to me, it wouldn't be nearly as…
June, come and gone!
And that's the first month of summer done, without so much as a please or thank you! We didn't do anything too remarkable - no big ranch trips or sight…
Calamity, Company, Cuteness and Conviviality: Catching up on February
I fell behind in blogging quite early in February, but there was a pretty significant reason I got derailed. Those of you who know me on Facebook are already up…
Thanks-birthday 2017
Our November celebrations this year were relatively quiet. Grandma and Grandpa Heidmann joined us for Thanksgiving day, and it was a playful time with giant celery sticks, great vats of…
19 Years of Geneva Melody
Today, on the 100th Anniversary of Fatima, we also celebrated 19 years of Geneva Melody, our resident composer-piano/ukulele player-rapper-drummer-vocalist-music-producer-writer-comedienne. Yeah, she's crazy talented, low key, and awesome and we love…
Sun Lakes
A lot of years we have done a photo walk with the family on or the day after New Year's Day. This year the holiday fell on Sunday, which doesn't…