Last of the OGs
Last month a long-anticipated milestone was reached, and it's taken me almost a month to process. In a whirlwind of events, Jacob, the youngest-born of the four Originals, found a…
Giving Thanks
Whew! Ok. All the celebrating is done. I napped. I got the leftovers into the designated refrigeration units. There are still dishes to be done, but I have higher priorities…
October at the Ranch
I had to go back and look at the calendar to figure out just when this weekender took place - our month has been, in a word, tumultuous, not to…
Roots
Back in the summer, what feels like a lifetime ago with all that has been happening over the last six months, I failed to document a wonderful if all-too-brief journey…
Back to School 2023/24
And just like that, summer is over and school begins again. The last couple of days have been hectic as you might imagine, with lots of weird and wired energy…
7 & 15
After only a slight delay of one week past the birthdays (to accommodate Grandma's epic journey to the Heidmann Family Reunion in North Dakota) we were at last able to…
In the Kitchen with Ellie
One of our favorite pastimes is finding fun cooking content on youtube. We enjoy Joshua Wiseman, Jim from Sip & Feast, Aaron and Claire, Ethan Chlebowski, and one of our…
Birthday Portraits – Alyssa
I wanted to do a photo shoot with Alyssa for her birthday last month, and finally made it happen. Alyssa is many things - a funny, stubborn, sass-bucket, athletic, super-smart,…
The Dog Days of Summer
When the heat index has reached 100F by 8am, it's difficult to find motivation to do much of anything but stay indoors and lie around, watching YouTube videos about how…
RIP Gwinny: ? – 06/01/23
It came as a shock. Gwinny has been growing several tumors over the past year or so, and the doctor had always said they were just benign fatty tumors and…