Christmas at the Hoffman's

As is our tradition we had our

Gingerbread Man Decorating Party

It was CRAZY and loads o' fun!

Christmas Eve Day we went sledding!

Christmas Eve Dinner!

YUM!!

Our Wise Men!

Our Angel!

(I had a picture of our wonderful Miss J. but I realized that it had our names on our stockings so for safety reasons it had to go.  Just know she was a great angel.)

Waiting for Mom and Dad to wake up so we can

get to the

STOCKINGS & TREE

Finally!



Opening "the goods"!

Of course this in no way really captures the joy and love

We are so grateful for and to know our Savior!

It is truly the best gift of all!

J. becomes a Deacon!

Ok this happend in November of last year but better to record it late than never right?

J. it is great that you have prepared yourself to become a Deacon.

I am excited to see how you will grow because you have received the Priesthood!



A Very Merry Wii Christmas!

While there is much to blog that has happened before today and much to say about our wonderful Christmas this year, I will quickly add this cute video of our kids finding out that Grammie and Grandpa gave them a

wii!!!

They have been wanting, wishing, dreaming of getting a wii (or a different game set) for

MANY

MANY

years now.

This year they kept dreaming/guessing that they are getting a wii and we have had to carefully dispell the dream yet... they were right!

THANKS Grammie and Grandpa!

Aunts and Uncles gave us great games and we are really excited play!

Santa brought games, remotes and batteries!

How did he know? 

Thank you all! 



I will publish more about Christmas soon!

Muffins with Mom!

I got to go with my younger 3 kids to "Muffins with Mom" at J. and B.'s school.

Thanks for having breakfast with me!

I love you all!



Happy Anniversary!

Marty and I were able to go away for 5 days to Vail and enjoy the mountains for our 13th anniversary. Then enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with family.

(A big THANK YOU to Andrew and Megelyn for watching our kiddo's and hosting Thanksgiving)

It was so nice to get away and get to just focus on each other instead of being pulled away by all of our other responsibilities.

The plan was to spend a day or two trying our hands (or feet) at snowshoeing and sledding.  The problem was that there was almost no snow.

...sigh...

but we didn't have to tell the reason why we couldn't go over and over to disappointed kids so we were alright with it.

Instead we did a lot of walking around the town of Vail and enjoyed people watching and the interesting scenery.

Thank you for 13 wonderful years and for the beautiful roses Honey!

J. becomes a Deacon!

Before the ordination the member of the Bishopric who was conducting was asking questions as a means of teaching and reviewing the doctrines of the Priesthood.

He asked "why is it that your father can give you the Aaronic Priesthood"?

W. (who is 4) says in his little voice

"because he has the Melkevadent Priesthood (Melchizedek Priesthood)"

We didn't see that coming.  It is always satisfying to see that the understanding of our children is greater than believed.

J. we are happy to see you start on this journey of growth and service.  May holding the Priesthood be a great blessing in your life!

J. turns 12!

Any of you who know me are not sirprised to hear that we forgot to take any pictures of the Birthday Breakfast with friends until just after it was over :-(

Here are a few from our family time.

Younger siblings give such wonderful gifts!

What could it be?

Finally my own scripture set!