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Goodbye, Poppy

On September 7, 2012 · 12 Comments · In family

We said a final goodbye to a wonderful man today.

Michael’s grandfather–known to all of us as Poppy–passed away on Saturday. We actually found out about it in the middle of our family photo session. We had missed calls and text messages from family and feared the worst. Unfortunately, those fears were confirmed.

It was […]

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Ketchup Day

On August 2, 2012 · 3 Comments · In family, ketchup day, kitchen makeover, olympics

It has been a really, really long time since I’ve done a “Ketchup Day” post. But as I sit here and think about what it is that I want/need to write about, it is a hodge-podge of stuff so I was having trouble coming up with a title. Then it occurred to me–it’s Ketchup […]

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Bryce

On July 27, 2012 · 4 Comments · In babies, family

It’s really been a whole week since I last posted? I guess it makes sense; it’s been a busy one.

It all started on Friday of last week when my brother called to tell me that he and his 9-months-pregnant wife were heading to the hospital to be “monitored” again for potential pre-eclampsia. As it […]

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Daddy’s Day

On June 18, 2012 · 3 Comments · In family, nora

I can’t start this post without calling out the fact that this is my 1,000th post on Heather Drive. Whoa! Sorry I didn’t plan a celebration. At the very least, I could’ve brought cupcakes. Forgive me.

We had a busy–but really great–day today. I love weekends like the one we just had. Perfect weather, plans […]

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Sayonara Poconos/Memorial Day

On May 28, 2012 · 1 Comment · In family, friends, holidays, poconos, vacation

We woke up on Monday morning, had some breakfast, packed up the car, and hit the road by 9:30 a.m. We were ready to get home and have a few hours remaining of our holiday (Memorial Day) to get settled and unwind before jumping back into work and our normal routine on Tuesday.

But before […]

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