heironimus.com - Home of the Heironimus Family

Tomorrow is John's Birthday

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:06:52 -0500

Tomorrow, John will be six. He isn't a little guy anymore. I miss the little chubby guy, but am enjoying the tall, intelligent big boy he has become.
One of his new loves is chemistry. So, for his birthday, we have tried to come up with a little child-friendly-kitchen experiment chemistry kit. Should be loads of fun for him and lots of mess for me!!
Grandpa is right, John is a keeper!

Happy Birthday Adam!

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:43:38 -0500

Today, we celebrated Adam's 13th birthday with the last day of swimming lessons, lunch at the park with Daddy, movies and computer time at home, gourmet dinner,Bible time, game time, family walk, family reading and late-night time with his parents.

We gave him a birthday card with many verses for him (and us)to ponder for the coming year.

He is off tomorrow afternoon to St. Louis for two nights with his Daddy. They are going to have some special guy-time, looking over his verses, praying together and just enjoying each other.
We love you, Adam!!

13 years ago

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:44:01 -0500

Thirteen years ago, I was in a delivery room at Cox South, awaiting the birth of our first child.
We checked in around 6 p.m. and spent the evening watching the summer Olympics, held in Atlanta.
Little did I know then, how different my life would be in 13 short years.
On Sunday, I passed on some advice (to a very young mom with a three-week-old) that I have heard many, many times during these 13 years, from those ahead of me in the parenting journey:
"Enjoy them now, because before you know it, they will be grown."
She had just asked how old my Sweet P was, and I said 52 weeks. Hard to imagine.
And now, here I am, on the eve of the Big Guy's big day...676 weeks...and I can't believe it.
Some days seem to never end. Discipline issues, messes, etc. But the years have truly flown by. I wouldn't want to do any of those years over, except to fix my parenting mistakes. The Lord has been kind to me and has, just this year, made some changes in my heart, that I hope will bear fruit in the lives of my sweet children.

Thankful...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:21:52 -0600

Some leaves got into the mower that Adam was driving and caught fire. Adam jumped off and within seconds, the gas tank caught fire and engulfed the whole mower in flames. Thankfully, he escaped totally unharmed.

More pictures of baby-half-dozen

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:31:07 -0500

Click here

Paul Norman Heironimus

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:23:18 -0500

Today, July 25, at 12:21 PM CDT, Paul Norman Heironimus was born. He was 7 lbs 0.5 ounces and 20.5 inches long.

Mom and baby are doing well. Mom, Dad, brothers and sister are crazy about him.

About to have a baby

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:09 -0500

We're getting our stuff together to go to the hospital tomorrow to have baby-half-dozen. I just setup a twitter account (heironimus) so a few people can monitor progress. I'll try to post something here too.

Quote of the Day

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:32:48 -0500

If you were a dog, you would be dead now.

This was told to me a while ago by Luke, apparently after he was told that person/dog years is about 7 and he did a little math.

Another Bookworm in the Family

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:27:59 -0500

Lately, Isaac is never to be seen without a book in his hands, even though it will probably be a while before he can actually read it.

A simple summary of our lives

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:17:10 -0500

I just sent an update to my MIT alumni group and thought I would share it here. It basically summarizes our lives in a few words.

My wife Beth and I are happily living in Springfield, MO with our 5 children, Adam (10), Luke (8), Rachel (5), John (3) and Isaac(1).

I have been working at DMP, a security systems manufacturer, for over 13 years in various positions, designing software, designing electronics, and various types of management. My job title and responsibilities change almost monthly.

Beth keeps busy homeschooling our oldest 3 and they are thriving with it. I cannot imagine schooling any other way.

We bought a house "in the country" about 2 years ago with 2 acres, lots of open space, lots of trees, and a big patch of woods behind it that is owned by the state. Our children love playing on every square inch of the land.

We recently joined a reformed Baptist church and have been loving the fellowship we have with other like-minded, large, homeschooling families. Our main goal is to serve God and teach our children to do the same and its great to be with other families who think the same way.

Snakes and Toilets

Sun, 07 May 2006 21:27:26 -0500

Yesterday, I was replacing an old, leaky, 10 gallon (or so) per flush toilet in my house with a new, barely uses any water whatsoever model.

Rachel's Birthday

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:07:51 -0600

Here are some pictures from Rachel's birthday.

Fall pictures of the house and yard

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:37:54 -0600

Fall pictures of the house and yard, plus some bonus pictures.

Two visits to urgent care in one day!!!

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:43:00 -0600

Adam and Luke are making a wigwam in the woods behind our house, the same woods that I sprayed for poison ivy a few months ago. They covered the sides with leaves. Can you see where we are headed here?

A rash showed up on Adam's face a few days ago, but a little hydrocortisone seemed to keep it in check...until this morning when it was swollen and his eye was almost half shut. So, we started our morning with a visit to urgent care to take care of it.

Later this afternoon, Luke and Rachel were on the roof of the storage shed while Adam was handing and tossing stuff up to them. Apparently he tossed something to Luke a little too hard and hit him in the head. Adam came and got me and I found Luke on the roof, bleeding from his forehead and very unhappy. He was in good enough shape to climb down on his own, as he did not want me to help him down. We bandaged him up, but decided later to take him to urgent care too, since the bleeding hadn't completely stopped. After waiting for two hours, he got his wound "super glued" shut. To pass the time, we worked on his spelling and reading with my Palm Pilot.

The best half of my life...

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:27:17 -0500

As of today, October 11, 2005, I have spent half my life crazy about my wonderful wife. I was born January 11, 1969 and Beth and I started dating on May 28, 1987. (I calculated the days on the computer.)

Thanks for the best half of my life Beth!