We invite you to join 'kid world' as our Zoie Grace, just turned seven, realizes she's just at the beginning of her road to 'real'with one of those life-growing experiences, her tooth falling out! My brother happened to catch this big childhood event on film! As you witness her 'woose toof', you may ask yourself, "Is that blood?" Or cry out "This is weally scary!" Proceed with caution as some Continue Reading
Happy Memorial Day
One of our favorite family traditions is our annual blue and white memorial day family picture. It started 21 years ago- I showed up to take CaMarie on a date for a hike up Logan canyon. When she opened the door I was shocked to see that we both had identical blue and white striped shirts- big surprise for both of us! We had a great hike up what we named "Voss trail", talked about some great Continue Reading
Singing for Others – Celebrating Service
For family night this week we headed to the nearby assisted-living center to sing. SO MUCH FUN!!! The kind smiles and welcoming arms of our friends there filled our hearts with joy. Amazing how going to serve someone else always lifts your life the most. The children loved it! - even the babies! We've tried to remind the children often "it's more blessed to give than to receive". Celebrate Continue Reading
Twin Talk
Anna and Emily are pretty good at sharing the conversation... most of the time. The key to successful communication? Listen with love. Let us know how you celebrate talk time in your family today! Love, the Hoffman Crew [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPCslT_ptI] Continue Reading
Meet Escaper Black Crowe Hoffman, Introduced by Clara
More on travel and babies soon but just had to share our Clara sharing about her chickens... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWVVT5LpDoE] Who Knew? Chickens are the BEST! When Mike suggested we have chickens at our small barn a few years ago I thought, "gross". Then he bought 6 little chicks. Awwww, they were SO CUTE! The kids and their friends had the greatest Continue Reading
Travelling with Children
I told you the story of our trip to and through the airport... Once we arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, we had a 12 hour drive ahead of us. (And in 2 more days a 12 hour drive back again, a one day break in Utah, then on to the airports and airplanes again). The first challenge: find a rental vehicle big enough that was legally allowed to cross the border! After much searching we found that Continue Reading