greetings from NC

Hey guys!

Bryant and I are doing fine down here in Wilmington. How'd we get here? After school we moved to the metro DC area because we both got jobs at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. I was a babysitter for the RXTE instruments for a couple of years, then moved into doing web programming for HEASARC (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/). Bryant was doing data analysis on Voyager cosmic ray data. Still is, in fact. We always knew we didn't want to live in MD forever, and I wanted to get back to where I grew up. So we bought some land here in Wilmington, Bryant designed the house, and we had it built. In 2003 I left my job and we moved down here. Luckily, Bryant is able to telecommute so he kept his job. I'm now the webmaster for Cape Fear Community College. Chester, Pablo, and Nala are still all here. Chester's given us a scare recently, but he seems to be ok for now. Our beautiful daughter Katelyn died before she was born earlier this year. I'm so glad that we were here in Wilmington when that happened, because we had all our family around to help get us through.

Our pictures: http://www.theheikkilas.com/gallery/ (nothing in the last year, sorry)

CWH