What’s Up? March 2025
Hein-Baker Trio
Garth and Bethany spent time this past month helping Chance get ready to go to Japan for the next four months. They have helped him with medical appointments, his visa application procedures, and making sure he has what he needs for travel. Bethany and Garth celebrated Bethany’s birthday with a day trip to the Botanic Gardens.
Chance is leaving for Tokyo on March 19th. He’s had a busy month getting ready for his trip, including spending eight days with friends in Salem, OR. He finished up his job as a ski lift operator in Winter Park, but not before pulling his rotator cuff, skiing with Max. While in Tokyo, Chance will live with a host family, which includes a young couple and their three boys, ages 2, 7, and 10. Vaya con Dios, Chance. Please stay in touch.
Jason and Erika
Jason and Polaris have been going on long walks, and practicing walking uphill. In their spare time, they visit the Ronald McDonald House and an assisted living center.
Devon just resturned from another beautiful tropic wedding, this time in Hawaii with many good friends from Skadden Law. And, in two weeks, she’ll be at her unit’s conference in New Orleans, where she’ll also get to catch up with her forever best friends, Wolf and Kerry. In these unprecedented times, Devon is grateful for unwavering good character and love of her friends old and new..
Tyler is halfway through her second semester in the MBA program at Cornell University. She is applying for a summer internship and hopes to hear good news soon. Tyler loves all of her classes, especially her marketing immersion class, where she gets to partner with a real-life company. Currently, she’s working on a project for DiGiorno pizza. Tyler recently was certified in scuba diving, preparing for a spring break trip to the Bahamas with her classmates at the end of March. They will live on a boat for a week and spend a lot of time in the water.
Connor has a new job! He’s working at Boxcar Coffee Roasters on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. He’s excited to be in training for his new job and looks forward to when he’s actually certified as a barrista and can work more hours at the coffee bar (with tips!) In the meantime, Connor continues to work at Target to fill in hours on his schedule.
Max was recently accepted at University of Colorado – Boulder, as well as Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. He’s still waiting to hear on two additional applications. Max decided not to try out for his high school baseball team this year, for a variety of very good reasons. He is eager to finish high school and wishes all of his classes were as interesting and as much fun as auto mechanics.
Grandma and Grandpa
Grandpa Jim had a great birthday party at Grandma’s house at the end of February. The weather was beautiful and about twenty people came to the party, including our family, his extended family (brother Bill and family, and Bill and Phyllis Esser), and friends from St. Francis School (Jimmy Coogan and Jim Nemmers.)
Grandma Lynda is already excited about her garden this year. Nearly 200 small bulbs are starting to poke their heads up through the dirt. Plants from last fall look great and promise to thrive this summer. This week Grandma Lynda added a new crabapple tree and eighteen baby hostas in the backyard. Next up, she’s adding a new section to the Garden of Magic and Miracles ~ a Buddhist garden with a Buddha planter, surrounded by all white flowers. Think daisies, lilies and white petunias. Next year she will add some beautiful white tulips and white phlox.