With a large family you share almost everything. But that's when you find that joy multiplies in the sharing. When you finally just surrender what you think was yours, realizing it wasn't yours in the first place (just as I remind my kids I gave 'it' for them in the first place, I expect them to share 'it', I try to remember God gave 'it' to me in the first place, I need to share 'it ' - 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
Celebrate the Mess!
Well... at least be patient with it. Last night, well actually it was morning by then, at the 2 am feeding of Sarah, (Adelynn sleeps til 5 or 6 am most nights but Sarah still needs her 2 o'clock snack") I read a message from my friend Kim from New Hampshire. She said, "Just wanted to let you know I loved your video [Family of 12 in Twelve Minutes] and wanted to give you kudos for showing a Continue Reading
Mom Celebrates HELP!
So our family has seen many seasons! Some more challenging than others! Baby twins is a challenging part. The great thing is that I've found the very best parts of life are often the most challenging too -it comes with the territory! So it's ALL worth CELEBRATING!! But some days don't feel so celebratory... like yesterday. UGH. It was just a bad twin day - or a bad mom day... not sure 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 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... 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 time bonding with their chicks by name and cuddling Continue Reading