{Happy End of the Year to You}

Time just keeps flying by for the Heitmann Family and it seems to go by faster each year.  This year was filled with many milestones and achievements.  We are happy to be a family and to share each of these accomplishments with each other.  We made the cross country move in June.  We have loved being on the East Coast and in the Nation’s Capital.  There is so much to see and do out here, we’re not sure 3 years will be even close to enough time.  Anyways, without further ado, here is a quick year in review. 

Wyatt (3) –“ Wy-man” is enjoying being the “only child” at home.  He is really a mommy’s boy.  No one can help like mama can!  He may be 3 by the calendar but acts and lives like a 5 or 6 year old.  There isn’t anything he isn’t  big enough to do.  His favorite mode of transportation is the “metro train”.  He would ride it just to ride it.  He is excited to be a big kid and go to sunbeams this next year at Church.   He also can’t wait to start pre-school  in 8 months. 

Lauryn (5) – I think she has found her calling in life.  She will be a designer or artist or some kind.  She loves to draw and dress up dolls and herself.  She recently informed us she wants to make paintings that hang in a museum.  We need to take her to the Smithsonian Art Museum for her inspiration.  She loves being able to ride the bus with Meysa to school.  She has had no problem adjusting to all day school and kindergarten. 

Meysa (8) – Meysa would still love to live on a horse ranch and do nothing but care for and ride horse every minute of every hour of every day.  She is starting to take an interest in cooking and sewing.  She will make a good wife and mother some day.  She made the decision and was baptized this year.  She loved the experience and is really such a good kid.  She is surpassing all her teachers expectations this year in school (2^nd grade). 

Ayden (10) – Legos and sports have dominated everything he does and talks about.  We are lucky that there are 2 boys very close by that also love sports and Legos.  If he doesn’t end up playing football he needs to be a coach.  He is always drawing up plays and analyzing the games on TV.  Ayden did branch out some and is learning to play the trumpet at school and is teaching himself (by ear) to play the piano.  He is enjoying the last year of being the big kid at school (5^th grade) before moving up to middle school. 

Ryan (30 something) – Finally finished residency but isn’t done being a “trainee” by starting his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD.  His “vacation” away from church callings ended a few months ago with a calling as the young men’s president.  It will be challenging but rewarding to be able to work with the young men in the ward. 

Aimee (slightly older 30 something) – Continues to roll with the punches, challenges and moves.  With ¾ of the kids in school she is able to spend more time with Wyatt and on her personal aspirations.  She has taken a keen interest in family history and with her side of the family being extensively done by others in her family has focused on finding out about the family that she married into.  Her passion for photography continues to blossom and come to fruition.  There is definitely a hidden talent there.  Enjoys her calling as a Sunday school teacher for the 12-14 year olds.


We wish everyone a very Happy New Year!!


Love, 
The Heitmann Family