WOW! There really isn't a way to cram into this one post all we've done in the past 4 weeks but I will try to catch the highlights and share them with you in hopes they will 'light' up ideas for your family and crew! (Perhaps 4 or more posts will come out of this past 4 weeks!) First, upon coming home from the Dominican Republic, Emily and Anna had a couple days to finish preparations to leave Continue Reading
Tender Mercies in Trouble
We took another summer road trip last week! This time we were headed to D.C.. We were excited to meet my cousin and my sister and her children there for a 'kid swap'. (Summer tradition where you trade children for a few days :-). Our cousin would be taking my 3 older girls and my sister's oldest daughter for a fun time in D.C. where she lives and is currently completing a secondary degree at Continue Reading
Celebrate Amazing Time With Family Today!!
I hope all of you have taken some enriching time out with your families this summer. Ours has been amazing! To top off the busy, great summer so far we took 3 days out last week to visit the significant, historic sights in beautiful upstate New York. Its always a joy to drive on scenic roads with red barns, grapevines, and gorgeous lakes as company. Something settles the heart here in these miles Continue Reading
Big Family of 12 Meets the Big Apple!!!
NYC : you've heard the lyrics, BIG and BROAD, "If I can MAKE it THERE, I'll make it ANYWHERE ! It's up to YOU, NEW YORK, NEW YORK!!!!" I remember it from middle school when my dear friend and locker partner, Brenda, sang it out everyday as she arrived to drop off and gather books between classes!! It must have been part of the school play that year or something! ;-) The song has all new meaning as Continue Reading
Hoffman Family Reunion
Wow! Isaac graduated then we were all off on an airplane to the Hoffman family reunion! It was WONDERFUL!! A breath of fresh, Rocky Mountain air!! With 8 children of their own, Grandpa and Grandma Hoffman now have 45 grand kids as their own! (Well, one of those 45 is on the way! 3 of the 45 just arrived this year!) How do they handle family reunions?? Following birth order each child (& Continue Reading
Wow! If you wondered…
So if you wondered what happened to the Hoffmans the past couple weeks it is a WONDER! ;-) My brother, the one responsible for producing the AllBoysBut9 blog and vlog - working behind the scenes, with his amazing wife, Becky, have been MOVING! They are moving HERE!! To our town! Even our home, til they find a place of their own. Wonder of wonder, miracles of miracles! They've acted on Continue Reading