End of Year Review
Or, Getting My Blogging Mojo Back on Track for the New Year Baptism Day! So thankful for the graces of this day: for my husband's love, patience and faithfulness,for the…
July 4th at the Ranch
Ahh, 4th of July at the ranch! This was our first 4th with 6 new Heidmanns, and we had a blast. No, not literally. We didn't even have any sparklers,…
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…
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A May to Remember, Part III: Nine Hundred Eighty-Four Days
The last of the gigantic, life-altering events in our May to Remember occurred on May 24th. It was the culmination of Nine Hundred Eighty-Four days: the time spanned between "placement"…
Birthdays Galore
March is a month overflowing with birthdays to celebrate. Paul, Grandpa, Elyany and Jon all have March birthdays, and while we always have a big March Birthday bash at the…
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…
Tonic To My Soul
Today marked the end of another amazingly wonderful week with Vicki. We've known each other 37 years! Her visits every spring are a tonic to my soul. So how did…
Jets-Bombers – 2018
At Ss. Simon and Jude there is a longstanding rivalry that fosters school spirit. There are two Kindergarten classrooms, and when you enroll your child, he or she becomes either…
Construction and Destruction
Over the weekend there was a whole lot of tearing down and building up at our house. On the inside: I've been working on rebuilding our family library after clearing…
Christmas Vacation
Our two weeks off of school was plagued with a lot of sickness this year, as it came in waves and hit just about everyone, and me last of all.…