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My grandma Joyce Mae Druffel Heitstuman passed away on May 6. The call came from my mom about two hours after we pulled into the driveway o...

Sometimes I fall off the blogging wagon and struggle to get back on. There have been a lot of things going on lately, and yet... not much ...

Sorry to leave that post up for so long. Not exactly a warm and cheery greeting when you come here. I haven't posted in a while becaus...

I was supposed to drive to Whitman County to visit family last weekend, but by the first of March my schedule the Friday before and Monday a...

My mom's parents were married in the fall of 1951. Sometime about a year later, Bob and Joyce threw a party at the little house they wer...

No... really. A small town. Like it's the biggest it's ever been, at 350 people in 2010. Both of my parents are from Colton, Washing...

I wrote the other day about photos I had in mind for the wedding, and remembered our photographer asking me which of my grandparent's w...

Hey! I haven't posted in a week; sorry for being MIA! Actually, I was in Utah hiking last week (faked you out with the auto-posts, huh?)...

After the ceremony, grandma Joyce's parents hosted a brunch at their house as a wedding reception. The bridal party, maybe in the kitche...

My family is Catholic. Extended, serious, give money and land, send your seven kids to Catholic school, full out mass Catholic. Since they c...

I really am astoiunded by the quality of photography from my grandparent's wedding albums. Sure, there are "only" 20 photos in...

It took a 500 mile roadtrip to make it happen, but I've finally scanned the photos from both of my grandparents wedding albums (plus som...

Hey there! We’re back from the Washington Parent Pilgrimage that was Christmas, and whooo boy was it fun! 1,775 miles of driving over the co...