Scuba Diving Trip to Bonaire - September 2007

Well, I guess “better late than never” is appropriate here. I finally got around to uploading some pictures from my scuba diving trip to Bonaire in September, 2007.

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Log Cabin Village Harvest Festival

I have uploaded pictures of Caleb and Elijah at the Log Cabin Village Harvest Festival in Fort Worth, TX.

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Easter 2008

I have uploaded pictures of some of the Heflin bunch hunting Easter eggs and riding horses.

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My New Jeep

Hello everyone, I thought you might like to see pictures of my new Jeep now that it has a lift kit and tires on it.

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Video of Memorial Dedication

Shane Sullivan writes:

Dear Heflins & friends,

Click on the link below to watch a short video of the memorial dedication where Paul Heflin was honored here in Escondido, California.

If you know just where to look, you can see Uncle Ron, the back of Grandma’s head, and the picture of Grandpa that Heather painted.  You can also see the brick with Paul Heflin’s name engraved on it in the “Wall of Courage.”

Sunday was a great day, and I could not have been happier to have these Heflins here with me.

Love you all,

Shane

http://www.fox6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=380572

Also, here are some pictures from the dedication.

New Addition to the Heflin Family

Haven Mae Heflin was born Thursday, October 25th, 2007. She weighed 10 pounds 2 ounces and was 20 1/4 inches long.

Haven Mae HeflinHouston, Karen, Matalee, Emery & Haven HeflinMatalee, Emery & Haven HeflinMatalee, Emery & Haven Heflin





Please Pray For Us, Fires Everywhere

Shane Sullivan writes:

God rescued our family twice last night. Once I walked outside our home and saw fires burning across the street, around midnight. Heidi and I woke the kids and drove away in the van without shoes or shirts on, wallets or purse. We went to a relatives house, got the kids settled, and then as soon as they fell asleep, Heidi’s uncle saw huge flames just over the hill, 100 yards away. We screamed to wake up the kids, threw them in the van, and sped away for our lives for the second time in two hours. We got to the hotel where we’re at now at 4:30 a.m. this morning.
Pray for all our church members who live near the fires. Pray for all of S. California.

Shane

Memorial Plaque for Paul Heflin’s Military Service

Shane Sullivan writes:

Our “grandpa” Paul served his country during WWII.  More specifically, he served us.  He was injured and received the purple heart, and he showed bravery and was awarded the bronze star.  I’d like to remember his sacrifice for us by putting his name on a bronze plaque as part of a new veterans memorial wall in our town.  I’d like to be able to take my children to this place, point to the name on the wall, and say, “That’s my grandfather.  This is what he did for you, and for us all.”

Would any of you like to stake a claim with me in this venture?  The price is not too much, $250, but the main thing is that each of you get a chance to honor and remember grandpa this way, if you want to.  Even if you want to pitch in five or ten bucks, that’s fine; if not, that’s fine, too.  I at least wanted you to know about this idea, because it’s something meaningful to me, and I thought it would be to you, too.

I know it will be far from many of you, and you may never get a chance to see it in person.  I’ll do my best to send pictures and/or video of it to Heath, so he can put it on the Heflin web site, whenever its construction is finished.  And, if you ever come visit us in California, we’d be proud to take you to the city park and see the memorial.My love to all of you,

Shane

P.S.  The public dedication of the memorial will be this Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2007.

Here is an article with more information.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/19/news/inland/21_05_388_18_07.txt

Grandpa’s Visit to the World War II Memorial

I have just finished loading the first set of pictures from the old website onto the new one.  I loaded the pictures from the trip to Washington D.C. where we took Grandpa to see the World War II Memorial.

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Welcome!

Grandpa, Houston & ShaneYou have found your way to the new and improved Heflin Family website.  We’ve made some changes, and hopefully you will like the new site as much as the old one.  This new site is being implemented in a “blog” format which should hopefully allow it to be updated more frequently than the old one.





If you are looking for the pictures that were on the old site, please be patient.  I am migrating them over as fast as I can, but it may take a little time.  Meanwhile, look around and enjoy!