Good News and then the bad news........

I'll start with the good news first! Tom and I went down to see Brian, Kelly and the girls on Friday and came home Saturday. We decided to stay at a hotel with a pool so the girls could come over and go swimming and they had a great time! While they were swimming, it gave us a chance to catch up with Brian & Kelly!

I had told Sarah & Angie we were going to Kentucky Friday and not coming back until Saturday evening, so please don't plan any "crisis" while we are gone. Well, needless to say, Angie called about 2:00 pm and said she was taking Jason back to the hospital because his heart was racing again. (We left Kentucky and headed to Lutheran where we have our own designated parking place (ha!) When he arrived at the hospital, his heart rate was 224. They immediately started IV's and gave him LOTS of medication to get it down. The cardiologist came to see him and admitted him and said that he would need another cardiac ablation done (the first one only cost $72,.000). Jason asked if he could wait until Friday so he would only have to miss one day of work. So the doctor put him on oral medication until Friday when he will have the procedure done again. He spent the night in the hospital and was going to be released this morning. The doctor came in at 6:30 am and released him, however, when the nurse came in and took his blood pressure she said she was going to call the doctor- his blood pressure was low from all the medication. He didn't get to leave as soon as he would have liked to, but did get home late this morning. Please keep Jason, Angie and the family in your prayers!

At least I did start with some good news this time!

Aunt Pam

Belated birthday greetings

Happy birthday wishes to Kathy a little belatedly!!!! Hope your day was a good one!!!
I just wanted to share with everyone that my sister Pat(and Ben) just became Grandparents for the first time. My nephew, Brad and his wife Stacey, gave birth to a little boy whom they named Boston!!! Yeah I know!!! They live out in Arizona so its tough on Pat but they will be flying out on the 28th. So Kathy you share a birthday.
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the changing colors and the cooling down!
Mic

Thanks for voting

Thanks to all those who voted for Cody. He was announced the winner Monday morning on WBCL. What a relief it is to know that when humbly asked (forced) to help out (stack the odds) we can count on you!! THANKS.

Vote For Cody!!!!

This is one of those times when it pays to have a large family. Cody's Graphic Design class was asked to submit t-shirt designs for a contest that WBCL is having. The radio station will be handing these t-shirts out during the holidays to those that bring them a ham during their collection days which will benefit a local food bank. Cody would like to ask any of you out there to please log on to WBCL.org and click on the contest link and then the voting link. Hopefully you think his is the best, however, we are family and even if you don't, please vote for it anyhow:) There are five to choose from, his would be the 3rd one down. The circle you click on to pick the one you want is very small and to the bottom left of his design. After you look you'll know what I'm talking about, it's the one with the chef's hat. First prize is a lot of Ossian ham, he says if he wins this could be very beneficial at Christmas time!!! Thanks for voting!!
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Kids Busy Weekend

This past weekend Cody and Kyle took a trip to West Virginia with our youth group and Hope Missionary from Bluffton. They went white water rafting, hiking, etc. Sounds like they had a pretty good time. Neither one had ever done anything like that before.

Brenna had an all-nighter with Campus Life over the weekend also. They started out at Glenbrook, then Chuckie Cheese, then ended up at the Plex (not sure if that's the right name) anyhow they all had Monday off school and pretty much slept the whole day. Whatever happen to roller skating parties?

I am still looking for the following info for the Heckber Directory:

Ethan and Sarah's address & home #

All of U. Mike & Julie's info

All of U. Tom & A. Pam's info (you are off the hook since we already talked about it, I can get it when I get U. Tom's album)

U. Gene & Karol's address & do you want your home # included? And what about U. Gene's album, let me know.

Thanks for all the info, I plan on having these to hand out at Christmas, which by the way, am I suppose to book my church this year? If so, when?

Hello to all!!!

I received a letter today from Parkview Home Health Hospice inviting our family to a celebration of the lives of those they have cared for in the past year.
This will be held at the Rome City United Methodist Church, 297 Washington St, Rome City on Tuesday, October 28th at 6:30 p.m. Mom's nurse Linda Yoder wrote a note on the bottom of the invitation that said "Hope to see you and the family".
They have asked for stories, poems or photo's of Mom and need them to be submitted by Tuesday, October 21st. These can be mailed to P.O. Box 728, Kendallville, IN 46755. I will be sending in the poem Kris wrote for Grandma, the photo we used on her memorial cards and a family picture. If you have anything else to add please send to the address listed and be sure to include a note with Mom's name and your name so they know who to return them to.
If anyone wants to have dinner afterward, I know a good restaurant in the area. Just let me know.

Mass Reminder

Just in case anyone is interested, Mass this Sunday at 9:00 is for Dale & Velma for their anniversary. Maybe if there is any interest, whoever wants to could meet for breakfast afterwards. Any takers out there? Give us a call!!

Save the date...

We have officially set our wedding date - April 4, 2009. Only 6 months away!! I bought my gown last weekend:) And I also picked out the bridesmaid dresses. The color is called watermelon, but it looks like fuschia. My sister and Amy both looked beautiful in the color! The wedding is going to be at Hope Missionary Church on Dustman Road in Bluffton and the reception at Lighted Gardens. So, I've got the big things out of the way, now it is time to take care of the little stressful things! Lol!

And I am so happy that Taylor and Reid said yes to being my flower girl and ring bearer! Thank you Nikki and Amy for allowing them to be in the wedding, we are so excited! They are going to be such a hit together! Reid told Nikki that he wanted to get to know Dustin, Taylor and I a little better before the wedding. So, Dustin and I took the two of them to my church's fall festival last Wednesday. The first ride that Taylor and Reid both spotted was the huge Titanic slide. So we stood in line for about 5 or 10 minutes, then at the last minute Taylor decided it was a lot bigger than she thought so she didn't go. But Reid was brave! I caught a picture of him on his way down. Taylor then went on a pony rode while Reid and Dustin played a baseball game. It was pretty chilly that night so Dustin and Reid opted to stand by the fire while Taylor and I went on a hay ride. She loved it! The last activity the kids did was face painting. Taylor got a rainbow and Reid got a Purdue symbol. To top the night off, we took them to Dairy Queen for a treat. They had such a great time and got along so well! We would love to take them out again, we had a very good time!! Thanks for letting them go with us!!

We Are Home!!

We made it safely home on Thursday. Then to Chicago to Joe Wyss's wedding. We just made it back home. I hope Jason and everyone else is finally doing well. Quite a scare, I am sure. Now, it is back to work and a life of reality.

October weekend

Well my first time here and I get to read about heart ablations and look at pictures out of a medical book...it's like being at work.. ooooh. Sorry to hear about the boo boos hope everyone is feeling better.
Sooo for a happier note. Gene, Clay and I went to visit Ross at Purdue for a late b-day celebration. Ross pledged a fraternity, Sigma Nu. We went by the fraternity, took him out to dinner, went to a local park where the original ice cream custard stand is and had ice cream and cake, then walked the campus. Walking between buildings we came upon a hawk sitting on the corner of a building. Totally uninterested in us, we were able to stand a couple of feet under, view, and discuss him when he flew directly over our heads swooped down, around a stone walkway, a foot off the ground and grabbed a mouse behind a fence under a tree. It was probably 2oo feet away from where he was perched and just in front of where we were headed. We were amazed, coolest thing ever. He then picked up the mouse and flew away to wherever hawks go to dine. We then came home to find a lovely surprise thought you would enjoy these photos.
Loving this site great way to stay in touch.

We need some good news!

Alright everyone, this family needs some good news. Between all the surgeries and ER visits we have to have some good stuff going on. Big or small let us hear it. I am glad to hear is everyone is doing better. However we could use more. Take care everyone. I will post back any good news I can think of later.

Here we go again........

Well, for those of you have not heard- Jason was in the hospital in CICU. He was admitted Saturday night with heart palpitations. When he arrived at the hospital, his heart rate was 208. They said had he waited much longer, there was a good chance he would have had a stroke. They immediately tried to get his heart rate down with medication, but each time it went back up again. After finally giving him an IV medication, his rate came down. However, they admitted him to the Coronary Intensive Care to monitor his medication and to call in a consult with a cardiologist. The cardiologist, after doing some tests, diagnosed him with an accesory pathway (in the electrical system of his heart) and said he would need a cardiac ablation. (A procedure where they went in, found the accesory pathway and cauterized it.) He had the 3 hour procedure done on Monday and was taken back to the CICU until they could remove the 6 catheters and had to lay in bed for 6 hours after the procedure. He was dismissed Tuesday morning. The doctor said there was only 1-2 percent chance that he would ever have this problem again. He is doing well and will be able to go back to work Thursday.
One of these days, I hope to be posting some GOOD news! Pam

For all you doubters...

Just want to let everyone know the Rayna got a good review on her first midterm for preschool. Despite popular opinion, she's wonderful at school. To quote the teacher, "she is observant of school rules and manners and plays cooperatively with others." So, I guess we may have to think about retiring the "devil child" nickname!

Brooklynn and Reid are doing great too! Hope everyone else's kids are off to a great start. Oh, and just in case you hadn't heard, after 10 years of teaching grades 3-5, I am tackling this year at first and second grade. It's soooo different! I'm still working out the kinks, but each week is a bit smoother. We'll see how things go....

Nova Scotia

Hello to all from Truro, Nova Scotia.
I just wanted to let you all know we are having a great time.
Everything is beautiful. We actually went to the beach of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
We also crossed the 8 miles long Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island.
We drove to Green Gables...the 100 year anniversary of the book 1908-2008.
I have only purchases a couple more coffee mugs....Steve is a trooper!
I will try to add more later. We will be here at least one more night.
Then we are heading back, maybe via ferry, to Fort Ticonderoga, NY.
Not sure when we will get home. Looks like the cousins night was a hit!
I will sure try to make the next one!
Love to all,
Kathy

Broken wrist update

Well, here it is. The first picture is my X-ray. You can see the plate and screws in my wrist, pretty cool! The second picture is of my incision, not cool, but rather disgusting. The third is me being bored waiting for my Doctor to put my cast on, so I decided to capture the moment of me and my wrist!! The final picture is my lovely new cast that will be a part of me for 4 weeks. What a fun experience this has been.

Dinner with the girl cousins and Aunt Lori

Last night all us girl cousins and Aunt Lori got together for dinner. Kris and Cassandra were unable to come, but the rest of us were there. We had a really good time chatting about anything and everything. Grace and Jayson also joined us!!! Grace is the most sweet, adorable baby!!! (Jayson too!!!) We plan to do this the last Wednesday of each month at 6:00 pm at Hall's in Quimby Village. All Aunts are more than welcome to come and hang with us!!! It truly is special to remain close with family. Love to all my Heckber girls!!!

Corrected Birthday Greetings

I gave credit of the birthday wished to Holly and I was mistaken, it was actually Melissa who sent the birthday greetings to Eric and Myself. Thanks Melissa....sorry to have misread the posting person.

Emails

Ashley, I sent your Mom and Dad an email. I can send it again if they need me to. I have also sent Bryce and Ross an email inviting them to the blog. They have not responded yet. So if anyone has better luck let me know I will invite them again. I think the email says the sender is "Holly". They know that I am doing this because I have sent them both a separate email from me telling them. Let me know if I need to invite anyone else.

Thank you Holly for the Birthday wishes. Recovery from my elbow and wrist surgery has taken longer than "I" expected, but my Orthopedic surgeon and Physical Therapist said I am right on schedule. I did not think it was going to take 3 months to recover, but after 4 1/2 weeks I understand now what the were saying all along. I go back to work on Thursday so I am sure using it more often it can only help....at least that is what I am hoping for.

Happy Birthday!!

Everybody wish Aunt Lori and Eric a Happy Birthday!! Hope you both have a great day. By the way, how is your recovery going Aunt Lori, we haven't heard much from you lately?

P.S. - Does anyone have Karol, Uncle Gene, Bryce, Ross or Clay's e-mails?

How was everyone's weekend?

We had a wedding to go to on Saturday night. Steve's niece got married. Emily was the flower girl. She did a great job. All the kids had a great time at the reception. Emily did her part to help with cleanup. She picked up all the hershey kisses that were left on the table and put them in her flower girl basket. She was very happy when they told her she could bring it home. I made two sheet cakes for the wedding. They had the main cake which I did not do, then in the last week or two they decided that was not going to be enough so asked if I could make some. It was nothing fancy so I am not posting a picture. Jacob was out dancing and fell hit the concrete floor and busted his lip open. The ring bearers dad was right next to the dance floor so got there quickly. Unfortunately he had blood all over his shirt from Jacob. Alexis was in her own world dancing and singing. Brandon stayed close to Steve and I. He would dance for awhile then come back to the table with us.

All in all it was a good time. What did everyone else do?

information

Melissa has a great idea---I could use an update on information for my adress book and especially e-mails. So come on family and give with your stats. I am sure we could all use updates. Thanks.

Broken wrist update

I am recovering nicely after the most horrific day of my life, this past Thursday. The surgery went well. I was put to sleep and woke up fully clothed...not sure how I was dressed. I was hoping Mom was the one that assisted me, but she said I was already in my clothes when she came back to the recovery area...hmm, that's scary! Anyway, it was all good until I got home and my arm/wrist started to lose the numbness. I cried like a baby on and off for about 6 hours. Darrenn, my boyfriend, got to experience a new side of me he never wants to see again! I was demanding Oxycontin from my Doctor at 9:00PM. When he wouldn't give it to me, I started to cry and politely thanked him and hung up on him! I took way too many pain meds that night, but it got me through the pain and I didn't have to get my stomach pumped!!!! It is now Monday and I'm doing much better. It's sore, but I no longer am taking my pain medications, so it's definitely tolerable.
I have learned my lesson after all this...turning 30 is painful, physically and emotionally. I accept that I'm officially old!!!

Need Info

I thought along with the picture cd's I would compile a stat's sheet on all of us. There have been times when I would have liked to have known someones birthday, anniversary, or something like that. If you would pass that information along to me I would like to get it all together. And for those that do not blog, if you are in their family and know all the stat's please add them.

1. Full name of each family member including maiden names of spouses
2. Birth date
3. Anniversary
4. Address
5. E-mail
6. Phone and/or cell numbers

If you think there is other info I missed, let me know. E-mail me at ksink@fwi.com

Broken wrist update

Just wanted to let you all know Amy ended up having to have surgery on her wrist. She went in Thursday morning and from what I hear, was in quite a bit of pain last night. Maybe mom can fill us in better on the details. Hope you are feeling better today Amy if you are able to get on the blog.

Couple more pictures of Grace...

Just wanted to give you guys a couple more pictures of Grace so you can actually see what she looks like now:) I think she looks a lot like Amber right now!!

Grace Jeniece Jordan...

She is here!!! She was born last night at 5:50. She is 7lb 8oz 19 inches long. Amber ended up stalling at 9cm and so they decided to have a C-section. She was feeling a little sick and of course sore last night, but her and Grace are both doing good! I only have one picture, more to come later:)

Status update on Amber...

I thought I would write a quick note to let you all know how Amber is doing. She is currently at the hospital and the labor process has began!!!! :) Her contractions are about a minute and half apart and she is dialated 4 or 5 centimeters. She should be receiving her spinal tap any time now.

So...hopefully there will be a new baby today!!!

Amber won't have the time to post any updates, so I will try and do that for you guys, and if she gives me the okay I will post pictures too:) I don't want to take away her glory!! So, she may leave you guys in suspense, haha:)

Hello

Just a quick hi to everyone. I'm not sure how often I'll keep up with this, but I told Holly I'd try! Congrats to Ashley and Dustin. And now for those of you who are wondering, 'Just what is Rayna, aka "Devil Child" up to now? Well, my dad came over after school today, and she brought out her Barbie Throne Chair. She changed into a dress and proceeded to demand that everyone stand and bow to the princess! It was so funny b/c she was sooooo serious about it! More later...

Pictures Anyone?

As some of you already know, I took on the task of getting all the old pictures everyone had onto cd's. I have had them scanned for some time now but lack the motivation to actually get it all finished. Now that summer is coming to an end I will make myself get it done!! If anyone out there has any albums or loose pictures they would like added to this project, let me know. I would be more than happy to add them to the one's I already have scanned.

Public Service Announcement!!

Would you give this kid a driver's license?? This week Cody will be getting his. Fair warning to all those on the road!!

HOW WAS EVERYBODY'S WEEK-END? WE SPENT IT AT OSSIAN DAYS----WORKING THE PORK CHOP DINNER ON THURSDAY AND SETTING UP A BOOTH FOR THE BRIDGES AND ALSO WITH BKM. THE ONLY GOOD THING WAS THE JUNK FOOD TO EAT. THANKS TO GRANDPA ORV'S POTATOES --YUM. TODAY WE PLANTED A COUPLE OF NEW TREES AND SOME MUMS AND ACTUALLY MOWED OUR GRASS. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY DID SOMETHING THIS WEEKEND----LETS HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU. I KNOW WE ARE ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT OUR LATEST ADDITION TO THE FAMILY. HOPE YOU ARE DOING OK AMBER? AND I HEARD THAT STEVE AND KATHY ARE TAKING ANOTHER TRIP ---WE'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TOO. AND HOW IS ANGIE DOING? HOW ABOUT THE FAMILY CRIPS?? LORI AND AMY ??? HOW ARE YOU BOTH DOING? THIS IS CERTAINLY A GREAT WAY TO GET INFORMATION WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL EVERYONE SINCE A LOT OF US USE THE COMPUTER. SO SHARE THE NEWS EVERYONE!!!!!
LUV, MIC

Final wrap-up from the Heckber Olympics

Here we are back once again with our final update on the Heckber Olympics. Our first picture includes team members Kirby Sink, Kyle Sink, Larry Heckber and Cody Heckber. This group is what we call our "Special Olympics" team, they really did not possess any talents worthy of any of the events, however we needed to classify them into some sort of category, thus, the appropriate title of "Special". Next we have fellow Olympian Noah Robbins. Noah was over- qualified for the "Special Olympics" team, however, may be demoted next year, judging by his form on the "Lily Pad" event. Finally we have Miss Taylor Robbins. Taylor also competed in the "Lily Pad" event managing to score high only for being so darn cute.

We all had a great day at Pine Lake, as you can see we finally made Dad rest for a change. Until next year, that's all from our "Special Olympics"!!

Guess this weeks injured Heckber!!

Can you guess this broken wrist? The above mentioned wishes to be kept anonymous. So don't worry Amy I won't tell anyone it is you!!

Hello

Well I guess it's my turn to say hello to everyone! HELLO!! They boys are doing great. Jayson was baptized this past Saturday. Curt and my sister-in-law, Stephanie are his new godparents. Rayna said they were getting "god married".

Congrats to Ashley on your engagement! Congrats to Jason and Angie on their little one. I'm so glad to hear things are going well. I can't wait to hear from Amber and Scott!

Here are a couple pics of the boys now.

Here to Help!!

Let me just start by saying, what else is your poor family going to go thru? With that aside, please call if I can help in any way!! With three kids now I know there is something that needs to be done.

Amber, I'm with Holly, I had meals brought to us when I had my surgery and that really takes a load off. So get ready for us to do that for you, and make sure you get pictures on the blog of that baby!!!!

Great news Ashley, too bad you have no chest shots for us:)

Prayers needed....................again!

For those who don't know, Angie was bitten by a dog Thursday night on her left hand. She went to the ER that night and they cleaned it and bandaged it. By Friday night, the pain was so severe that she went back to the ER. They ended up doing emergency surgery Friday night. As soon as the doctor saw it, he said they had 1/2 hour to get her to surgery. They took her in, debrided it and left one incision open with a drain tube in. She was seen by an infectious disease specialist and an orthopedic doctor. They will check it again on Sunday, and if needed, she will have another surgery Sunday. She will be in the hospital from 4-7 days. Please keep them in your prayers.
Thanks
Aunt Pam & Uncle Tom

New Posters : )

This is awesome everyone. Ashley and Dustin congratulations! Amber and Scott we would love to see the progress on your house. Good luck with the birth of your daughter. Enjoy the time you have left with each other. Amber when I had my kids one of the best things I received was meals after I had them. If you would have any use for this let me know and I would be happy to do it. Also an excuse to come out and hold a baby. Let me know I would be glad to do it.

WOW--A BABY, AN ENGAGEMENT, AND A WEDDING!!! WHAT GREAT NEWS FOR A FAMILY. AMBER & SCOTT---WE ARE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE BIRTH OF YOUR DAUGHTER. ASHLEY & DUSTIN---CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT ENGAGEMENT---THAT WAS TRULY A UNIQUE PROPOSAL---YOU GO DUSTIN. AND NOW A WEDDING TO PLAN FOR. YIPPEE!!! JUNE SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. LOVE AND HUGS & KISSES TO ALL!!!!!!!!!
AUNT MIC & UNCLE LARRY

News....

Hello Everyone!!!

Just wanted to let you all know that Dustin and I are engaged!!!

It was really cute, it was SO Dustin! He got home from work last night and went to take a shower. I was making supper and I went in the bedroom to tell him that it was almost done. And don't worry everyone, he was out of the shower by this time and had shorts on, hehe:) But anyway, he had written “Will You Marry Me” with a little heart on his chest in shaving cream. Haha! I thought he was joking!! So, I was like are you joking, b/c that is really mean!! And he is like no, I am not joking, and he got down on one knee:) I of course said yes and then hugged him and smeared his wonderful artwork before I get a picture of it, haha!

Right now we are thinking of a June wedding next year, but we will see. No exact date set yet:) I will keep you posted!!

Love you all!!!
Ashley & Dustin

Hi Everyone-

Sorry this is my first posting we have been really busy with the new house and getting ready for the baby. The house is coming along great Scott is putting in a lot of long hours trying to get it done. Dad and Uncle Mike have been a huge help putting in the drive way I think Dad was more excited about it than we were:) Scott is going to be putting the rest of the windows in this weekend and hopefully start siding the house next weekend so we can start working on the inside again. We are shooting for late November as a move in date, we will see. I just hope it is before the first snow fall!!! As for the baby we are on the count down 10 days to go, I am praying she is here earlier than that I am so ready. I feel like she is going to fall out, I have droped a little everyday this week more some days than others. The doctor said she is in position and is about 7lbs right now so it could be any time now. I cant wait!!!!! We will keep you all posted and send pictures after the big day.

Talk to you all later
Amber

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

HI ALL--WISHING THE AUGUST BIRTHDAY PEOPLE A HAPPY ONE!!!!! CODY, TOM, GENE , LARRY , AND JAROD. HOPE I DIDN'T LEAVE ANYONE OUT.
NOT MUCH ELSE NEW---UNFORTUNATELY THE OLYMPICS ARE OVER AND NOW THE POLITICS BEGIN!! YUK.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM MORE OF YOU.
MIC & LARRY

by the way

thought i would just let you know that everything is fine with us. Cassandra made the volleyball team. She has her first game on the 4th, which is comming so soon! That is all we have to say

love,
Mike, Julie, Jarod, Bradley, Cassandra, and Jonathan!

First day of school for Noah and Taylor

Taylor walked into my room this morning before I was even up out of bed. She was already dressed and had her bookbag on her back!!! Talk about being EXCITED for kindergarten. She barely could eat two bites of her cereal and she told me "I think I kinda look like I'm 6....or maybe even 8"!!! She's a funny little girl!! Noah was just a little excited. He's in 5th grade, so it's not too thrilling for him. My babies are growing up so fast!!!

Alexis got a haircut!

Here is Alexis' new haircut. She wasn't sure of going so short but is very happy with it. Unfortunately getting 8 inches cut off doesn't cut down on the mirror time.

More from the Heckber Olympics 2008

Here you see Olympian, Kelsey Dohrman, competing in what appears to be the synchronized slide race. Miss Dohrman failed to receive the memo...........she was later disqualified.

Heckber Olympics 2008

Welcome to the Heckber Olympics 2008, the first picture is Kyle Sink attempting the pencil dive off the 30 ft. platform, this young Olympian was disqualified do to lack of any form. The second picture would be that of team members Kaylie Dohrman and Brenna Scheumann. This duo is attempting synchronized slide racing, these two managed to pull out a silver advancing them into the finals which may or may not take place later this month depending on the weather, and whether their parents will take them back. The last picture is that of our ever popular beach volleyball team. This non uniform wearing team consists of Kris, Nick, Kaylie, Cody, Kyle, Brenna, and captain - Mic. This team managed to take home the gold, silver, and bronze only because they were the only team to compete. Congratulations to all those that competed. Go USA!!

Welcome to the Newbies!

Welcome to all the newbies. We are glad you have joined us. If you have any other Heckber family's email addresses please send them to me at LynIN75@comcast.net Melissa, I know who heck5 is if you really want to know. Amber how are you doing? How much longer do you have to go? How are all the new babies doing? I am glad to see new people have joined so let's get talking.

Who is heck5?

If you are trying to have a "handle" like the truck drivers so you're not actually associated with this family, too late, what the "heck"???

What about me???

A. Lori, I think you have this thing all wrong, you need to be taking the kids that can benefit you as far as work goes!!! Brenna is really good at baking and cleaning and the boys will do anything you make them do. NO diaper changes, no car seats, no baths, no watching, I think you need to rethink this:)

Hello from the North

Happy August or should I say middle of August as School will be rolling around soon and we will be senting more off to college this year....Good luck to all of the college bound and be safe in your travels to an from school. Ross....remember Purdue is really not a party school like Indiana University, so be sure to stick to your studies as I am sure Bryce has already told you how important that is the first year (lol).

I have enjoyed the summer so far with having Nikki, Curt, Holly and Steve's kids for a weekend visit. Spent most of the time baking cookies and swimming as I think those are some of the kid's favorite activities. Look out Megan, Brooklynn is quickly becoming the cookie baker and she will be giving you a run for second place really soon. I will be watching Megan and Mike's boys the end of August and really looking forward to spoiling Jayson.

My work has been crazy lately as a company our new VP is cutting back and at this time my current position is up for grabs. We had 6 people in my region doing the same functions for 6 managers and the decision was made to cut back to 3 managers so they are figuring out who will be staying in that position or ask to take another job or asked to leave. I am 99.9% certain that I will be offered to continue with my current job so I am not too worried at this point, but do feel badly for my co workers who will not be returning or taking other jobs. It's not the same company I started to work for 23 years ago and I just hope it all goes well and I can continue for years to come as I really like my job.

I will be having surgery on August 25th to fix my tendonitis in my elbow and carpal tunnel in my left hand. I will be off work for a few weeks and then limited work as the doctor said only abut 15 mintues of typing an hour for the repaired elbow and hand for the next 4 weeks....I guess I will get better at one handed typing as I really cannot be off work very long.

Well that's about it for the North update....Love Lori

Here is a picture of my latest cake. I had to make it for Steve's parents 50th anniversary party. Sorry the one is not rotated I couldn't figure out how to change it after I loaded it. It was made out of marshmallow fondant with gold edible beads on it. The stand was not my choice.

Happy Anniversary Larry & Mic!

I know I'm a day early, but thought I might forget by the time tomorrow rolls around! (Another trick of old age!) Enjoy your day!
Pam

Thanks for the prayers!

Praise God! Easton's EEG came back absolutely normal and they are treating it as a febrile seizure. (For the non-medical people, that is a seizure caused by a fever)
Thanks again!
Pam

Hunter Dustin Heckber

Well, there has been a request for pictures and I finally got them downloaded!

Here is Hunter Dustin Heckber born July 3, 2008. The picture on the left, was obviously taken during his first few days in the NICU. The picture above was shortly before he got to come home! I may be a little partial, but he is a cutie!!

(P.S. Easton had his EEG today, but we don't know the results yet- will keep you posted)

New Bloggers

Nice to have new bloggers, Amber and Travis, still waiting to hear something from you!! I ran into Bryce last night, told him he needed to get ahold of you Holly. We're on a role, keep em coming!!!!

Happy Birthday Cody, he wanted me to remind you all of his puppies up for sale, 6 male registered AKC black labs about 2 months old, you know you want one:)

Thanks Kirby & Melissa!

I sure hope I'm doing this right- I've never done this before! (This is Aunt Pam and sometimes I'm "technologically impaired"- don't laugh- it comes with old age!!)
Thanks for the great party on Sunday Kirby & Melissa! It was great to see everyone, even though we couldn't stay very long!
For those who don't know- Jason and Angie had their baby 5 weeks early. His name is Hunter Dustin and he weighed 6lb 8oz. (Doesn't sound like a preemie, does it??) He was in the neonatal intensive care for a week, but is doing great now. Although they are not taking him out very much to prevent him going back to the NICU.
Adam and Sarah's little Easton (11 mos) was taken to the hospital Thursday evening by EMS. He had a seizure caused by a fever and his right side was paralyzed. By the time I reached the hospital, he had regained all movement. They have done some testing and will be having an EEG on Wednesday, just to make sure that it was a febrile seizure and not something else. So, if you would just pray that his tests all come back normal, it would sure be appreciated!
Also, just in case you haven't heard- I have resigned from my school nurse position as of the end of June. I just started working part time for our church today. I will be doing almost all the work from home and will be able to help take care of my parents, go to doctor appointments and help with the grandkids. This has been a blessing for me to be able to do this. As we all know- Life is too short and family is too important!
Love you all!

Thanks!!!

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who created the blog site! I am really excited to start using it and hope that everyone contributes! I think it is a great idea!!

Also thanks again Melissa for everything you did for the summer party. I had a great time! It was nice seeing everyone again!!

Celebrations!!

Cannot believe my little Coco will be 16 on Wednesday, Happy Birthday!! Also, wish Mom & Dad a Happy Anniversary on August 9th. You both are great role models, thank you:)

Heckber Pond Party A Success!!!!

Good to see everybody that made it to the Heckber pond party this year. Of course Grandma was missed and on all our minds. We all got to meet Amy's "friend" and enjoyed all the uncles doing their usual hazing. All the kids really had a great time swimming. Amber's looking so cute with her belly, can't wait to have another one in the family. Aunt Lori did a great job making Grandma's cookies. We all seemed to have a great time just kicking back and talking. Hope to see some new bloggers soon.