The exciting world of the Heltz Family! Thursday, October 4, 2012. Baby Charlotte Ruth Heltz born October 4,2012. Monday, March 12, 2012. Our first weekend of traveling. We spent our weekend in eastern Virginia and the outer banks of North Carolina. We stayed on Fort Story, which is right on the Chesapeake Bay. This is the Old Cape Henry lighthouse which was built in 1792. It was not too cold to play on the playground. Great statue of Neptune right on the beach. Was taking a picture of.

Catching up with the Cross Family. A quick glance at our lives. Saturday, February 11, 2012. My sister Jessica and her little boy Braden came to help out and entertain for a long weekend and we had a great time. The girls were thrilled to have a buddy to play with and Emory just loved being spoiled and held all weekend by her Aunt Jessica. Once again, we are so fortunate to have such a great family to help us out! The kiddos did enjoy the car one afternoon when the weather was nice.

Where I can remember our blessings and, hopefully, be a blessing to others! Sunday, January 20, 2013. It really has been a LONG time since my last post! Things are really kicking in gear for Italy and I wanted to make sure that I posted the blessings that are happening so that later I can come back and be reminded of them in case things get a bit harder and I forget. God has been so amazing! 3 Our friends in Italy had originally thought they were coming back to the States in the .

Walking right into my class at church. An afternoon nap and then watching a home video on tv. Back to church and getting to see Pops and the fish! 21 Months Old Today! Getting .

Sunday, January 05, 2014. We had a professional family picture taken in November 2013. Getting 8 adults and 9 children together is quite challenging. I request this every year for my birthday, but this year we waited until the fall so it would be cooler. Good choice! It was still a little warm, but not like August heat. I have not ordered any hard copies yet because I cannot decide which photo I like best. Picking out my favorites for this blog is helping me decide.

Please scroll down to previous posts for new pics of my beautiful grandsons, and family! Enjoy these pics of my bird friends! Links to this post. Jim has started feeding Birds right outside our kitchen window. They are so beautiful, pleasurable to watch and fun to photograph! Links to this post. Easter 2011 and more! Easter 2011 - we are matching eggs! Four wheeler fun with my son and grandson. Brody loves to chow down on corn on the cob! Links to this post.

Nathan, Shelly, Kaleigh, Avery, Alexis and Emory. Monday, November 03, 2014. Believe it or not, I have truly lost sleep over this. I was truly upset when I heard this 29 year old girl had died. If you are not in touch with the news, here is the story Brittany Maynard. The point is not how she died. The most important thing in my opinion is what happened to her after she died.

Monday, December 29, 2014. With the holidays coming up, I KNEW I wanted to feel good, so the Monday before Thanksgiving I went to get some fluid removed. 5ccs, I did fluids for a couple of days which is protocol anytime you have an adjustment. Everything seemed fine and I was hopeful, but by Thanksgiving evening, I was in pain again. The next day was Tuesday, December 9, 2014.

Monday, January 14, 2013. Trey LOVES angry birds! Hannah using her Easy Bake Oven her Aunt Betsy got her for Christmas. They are 9 individual tiles hung together. The four on the corners are pin boards where she can hang her art and pictures. One is a peg board where she can hang things on hooks. One is a calendar, one a chalk board and two are dry erase boards. She loves them and so do I. Wednesday, December 26, 2012.

Friday, February 20, 2009. We had so much fun at Disneyland. Evie loved all the characters and excitement. She just looked back and forth at the scenes on each side of us the whole ride. Towards the end, which is when I recorded this clip, she got sleepy. Thursday, February 05, 2009. Thursday, November 06, 2008. Friday, October 24, 2008.