When Heide and I first became engaged, choosing a last name was something we talked about. I am not your traditional male who needs to carry on my last name. I always told myself that I would change my last name if my partner wanted me to. Heide agreed that she was not to attached to her last name either. We tried to come up with ideas on mashing our last names together to just picking one of our last names. We then decided to choose her moms maiden name Mandt as a last name. Before we told people, Heide asked her grandfather if we can use the Mandt name and you'll have to ask her about the response. It's a pretty good one.