This December 15th marked our 20th wedding anniversary. Thanks to the kindness of George & Elizabeth Faile, Heidi and I were able to get away for the night at a nice hotel in Bolgatanga. It was our first “date night” in a long time!
A film photo from Dec. 15, 2001 
A film photo from Dec. 15, 2021 (taken with a camera from 1920s)
We spent a good portion of the evening re-watching our 20-year-old wedding videos that William had digitized last year in the U.S. during our pandemic lockdown.
Heidi surprised William with an incredible gift. Over the past few months, she had been making small, postcard-sized watercolor paintings of memorable moments from each of the last 20 years. Here is the collection below:
2001 – December 15, 2001 – Best Wedding Ever! 
2002 – 903 N. College St. – Home is wherever I’m with you. 
2003 – 10818 104th Ave N – New job, house, dog, school – a new start 
2004 – Hauns Go West (Part One) – Seminole to San Francisco 
2005 – Seminole First Baptist – our church home 
2006 – August 14, 2006 – Roger William Haun III 
2007 – “If God wants you to be a surgeon, be a surgeon” – RWHII 
2008 – 117 Greentree Parkway 
2009 – 63 Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites in one year 
2010 – Hauns Go West (Part Two) – “I think God is a genius” 
2011 – The Blue Indian, photos, concerts, poster designs 
2012 – Zion National Park – Celebrating 10 years Together 
2013 – 5 years – you traveled the world while supporting my passion too. 
2014 – Baptist Medical Centre – House 5 
2015 – June 18, 2015 – Karen Jane Haun – Wumpiinikasi 
2016 – Zigi Ŋmeebu – learning language and culture 
2017 – The Escarpment – favorite family hiking spot 
2018 – Sulimiisina’akyinaaba – “Buu dum saana, Baa vi” 
2019 – Christmas Tree TImelapse Tradition (first real tree) 
2020 – Quarantine in Colorado – Pandemic – Unicycling 
2021 – Building family traditions and learning to rest.
Finally, here’s a simple video of William flipping through the booklet of paintings that Heidi hand-stitched together.