Forgive our silence this past few weeks! We've been off playing with our families!! One of our ALL-TIME FAVORITE parts of the year!! We've been uplifted, strengthened, unified and refreshed by both Mike's family and mine as we've gathered together. This year both reunions were more relaxed and simple, reminding us that really it's just time together that we love so much! But I believe for Continue Reading
Traveling with a Family!
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
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
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
Goodbye Dear Grandma
The highway that stretches on for miles and miles and miles under 'big sky country' gives one precious time to think. My thoughts this journey: Grandma We travel to be at her funeral. I would never miss it. I would never want my children to miss it. She changed my life. I know hearing of her life, remembering and celebrating Grandma, will change my children's lives... Forever. Grandma Continue Reading