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A “normal” year — Our family’s 2023 Christmas letter
Our annual Christmas letter to family and friends, describing a year that was — well, “normal”. Continue reading A “normal” year — Our family’s 2023 Christmas letter
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Our annual Christmas letter to family and friends, describing a year that was — well, “normal”. Continue reading A “normal” year — Our family’s 2023 Christmas letter
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Susan, Dustin, Fiona, Colin, and Heath’s annual look back at the year that was, filled with travel, hard work, a little bit of COVID-19, and a whole lot of love. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2022 edition
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Susan, Dustin, Fiona, Colin, and Heath’s annual look back at the year that was. Continue reading 2020 in hindsight
The 10th annual edition of our yearly Christmas letter to family and friends, looking back on a 2019 that feels a bit … unfinished. Continue reading Our 10th annual Christmas letter
Read the 2018 edition of our annual Christmas letter to family and friends, looking back on the year that was for Susan, Dustin, Fiona, Colin, and Heath. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2018
A look back at the year that was, with additional details that had to be cut from the print version. Continue reading Our annual Christmas letter, 2017
My big sister, rubber duckies, toy trumpets, and nice bottles of milk — so much to love! Continue reading These are a few of my favorite things
Photos from Fiona’s birthday party at cabin № 3 Tuscarora at Promised Land State Park, Pennsylvania, 27 July 2014. Continue reading Or, birthday party in the woods
In an email to her mother, Susan tells about helping Fiona say goodbye to a beloved baby comfort. Continue reading Fiona says goodbye to her ‘pacifizer’
We have redesigned and updated Fiona, Colin, and Heath’s TravelTrackers as we follow their progress toward visiting all 50 U.S. states and all 10 Canadian provinces. Continue reading Redesigned and updated TravelTrackers now available
Fiona and Colin ring in the new year by checking out the new equipment on their favorite playground. Continue reading Fiona and Colin check out the new Heckscher Playground in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Who knew making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be so laborious? But for an almost-four-year-old, it’s a pretty big accomplishment.
Continue reading Fiona makes a PB&J sandwich
Fiona was having a hard time sleeping without her pacifier. So she prayed and found the help she needed. Continue reading An early testimony of prayer
Peace with Peter Once, when Fiona was about two, she was having a meltdown and was so angry at Mama that she wouldn’t speak to her. So Mama picked up Peter (from The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats) and started talking to Fiona about what was bothering her. Fiona sat in Mama’s lap for a few minutes having a conversation with Peter. It really … Continue reading Memories with Fiona’s friends (of the stuffed sort)
A dancing squirrel puppet leaped up in front of Fiona — and right into her heart. Continue reading A squirrel named Dinky