Nettie's World

I Need to go to the Ranch!

Nettie's World
  • Home
  • About Nettie
  • Featured Articles
    • Catholic
      • A Catholic Lifetime Reading Plan
      • Bioethics and Life Issues
      • Conversion
      • Culture
      • Prayers
        • Angelus
        • Credo
        • Gloria Patri
        • Guardian Angel Prayer
        • Hail Mary
        • Litany of Humility
        • Litany of the Saints
        • Our Father
        • St. Michael the Archangel
        • The Holy Rosary
  • Family Blogs
    • Paul Heidmann
  • The Fire
    • Fire Narrative
    • Golden Birthday
    • Recovered Treasures
    • School by the Pool
    • The New House
  • Nettie’s World SmugMug

Boxing Day at the Park

By Annette Heidmann January 1, 2017 Art, Christmas, Family Life, Fellowship, Food, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Landscape, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography, Portraits No Comments
Boxing Day at the Park

After a weekend of celebration and crazy schedules and too much sugar, there’s nothing like getting out into nature a little to settle the minds and hearts of our kiddos.…

Read more

Giving Thanks

By Annette Heidmann November 25, 2016 Birthday, Celebrations, Family Life, Fellowship, Food, Friends, Fun, Gatherings, Holidays, In the Kitchen, Thanksgiving 1 Comment
Giving Thanks

Our family time this year was altered slightly by a mis-hap and a misunderstanding. Earlier this week, Grandma Pat took a tumble off her bike and cracked a rib, and…

Read more

Preparing….

By Annette Heidmann August 11, 2016 Family Life, Fostering, Friends, Gifts, Love, New Baby, Out & About No Comments
Preparing….

Yesterday, after dropping Efrain at his first day of Pre-K at Ss. Simon and Jude, I made a trek to north Phoenix, an area I have barely even touched in…

Read more

A Glorious Garnet Gift

By Annette Heidmann August 5, 2016 Creations, Friends, Fun, Gifts 1 Comment
A Glorious Garnet Gift

A long time ago, in a Blogiverse far, far away (Xanga!), I met Linda Burklin: a home-schooling, curriculum-designing, blogging, fiction-and-non-fiction-writing, ren-faire-attending, autoharp-playing, knitter-of-beautiful-things and mother-of-many who also, I discovered over time, designed and…

Read more

Weekend with the Winklers

By Annette Heidmann August 2, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Friends, Fun, Hiking, Out & About, Ranch, Scenery, Sightseeing No Comments
Weekend with the Winklers

Over the Memorial Day weekend, we took the family (minus Laurent, who had singing obligations, and Geneva, who wasn’t yet back from Texas) up to the ranch for some family…

Read more

Tim and Lorna Get Married!

By Annette Heidmann August 2, 2016 Cathedrals, Celebrations, Family Life, Friends, Gatherings, Marriage, Milestones, Weddings 1 Comment
Tim and Lorna Get Married!

The hands-down most exciting event of this spring was the chance to run up to Fargo at the end of May, stay the weekend with my friend Vicki, and be…

Read more

Birthdays in May

By Annette Heidmann August 2, 2016 Birthday, Celebrations, Family Life, Friends, Fun, Milestones, Travel 1 Comment
Birthdays in May

Two momentous birthdays occurred in the Merry Month of May: Geneva turned 18, and Efrain turned 5. We had a grand party for them both, including luscious chocolate and strawberry…

Read more

Peeking out from under my rock…

By Annette Heidmann March 17, 2016 Arizona, Family Life, Fostering, Friends, Fun, Hiking, Photo Walks, Sightseeing 1 Comment
Peeking out from under my rock…

It’s been more than a month, hasn’t it… Yep. Feb. 2 was my last post. I can’t even begin to think about catching up right now, either. There’s just too…

Read more

The Graduates!

By Annette Heidmann May 25, 2015 Fellowship, Friends, Graduation, Homeschooling No Comments
The Graduates!

Saturday was a big day for celebrations. We received not one, but two invitations to attend the Sacred Heart Home Educators graduation ceremony for a couple of friends, and if that weren’t…

Read more

Family

By Annette Heidmann May 1, 2015 Art, Catholic, Dutch Masters, Family Life, Fellowship, Friends, Gatherings, Scripture 2 Comments
Family

Today has been a day to spend loving on a very dear family that has become *our* family. This beautiful mama brought her 11 kiddos over and spent the afternoon – we…

Read more

Farewell

By Annette Heidmann March 7, 2015 Arizona, Art, Family Life, Fellowship, Friends, Fun, Gatherings, Out & About, Photo Walks, Photography 2 Comments
Farewell

It has been an absolutely lovely week of vacation around here during Vicki’s visit. Sleeping in, no school (meaning lots of computer play time for kids), jaunts around town for…

Read more

  • « Previous
Copyright © 2023 Nettie's World | Theme by: Theme Horse | Powered by: WordPress