Christmas joys...

Here are my beauties! Leslie MADE these dress up outfits and accessories (earrings, hair clip, and necklace). . . isn't she amazing - they are even cooler in real life! Rae didn't know what to think at first! :) The other pictures are on our Christmas while watching a Christmas movie. Oh, the simple joys of life!!

Hoffmann Christmas

Hello all! Thought you'd enjoy the Christmas picture! Wasn't the evening great? Hope you all are continuing to enjoy the Christmas season. Our home will be celebrating Christmas on the 23rd. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the kids and grandkids. We love you guys and wish you a blessed Christmas! Aunt Bonnie

And a few more...

Best Buds :)














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It worked this time!

Great to be with everyone again!

Well, it was so great to be with everyone again this weekend! We didn't get to say good-bye to the Gerber's, so 'Bye', and Seth...good to see you again!! Take care and we will continue praying for you & the work God is doing through you in the lives of those boys! Well, here's a couple fun pictures from Saturday! I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!! Love you all! Kristy

OK...the pictures will come another day...for some reason it won't let me download any pictures?!? Gotta love these computer's! =)

Meet Crazy Maisie!

Hey gals-
Thought I would give you an update on our cat situation. I did end up going to Ohio last Monday and picked up another Selkirk Rex. She is so cute and hilarious. We just love her! However, our POOR Christmas tree does not have the same feelings towards her. She can climb to the 3rd layer of the tree, chews on the lights, tears the ribbon off, and can jump atleast a couple of feet to knock the bulbs off. Needless to say, our tree looks hideous. I actually thought about taking it down, but thought that would not be spreading Chirstmas cheer! Maisie has brought me so much joy, she is the perfect Christmas present. Leah said she looks like an owl. Its kind of true, but I told her she better not say stuff like that when we have kids(o: Pictures our compliments of our friend Jenna Stoller who has a good camera and came over to do a photo shoot of Maisie. (We left our camera in Illinois at Thanksgiving!) Looking forward to seeing all of you this weekend. Love ya Sarah

Cute Pic's!

Rebekah, those pictures are too cute. Looks like they wore their daddy out. :) Can you guys believe in just 1 week we'll all be together for Christmas?!? It's so exciting, but hard to believe! Not too much excitment around here lately...just the same old routine. Hope everyone's doing well & healthy! Well, I thought I'd post a picture from our "Christmas picture takings'. Josiah found something pretty funny... I don't remember what it was. Kelsey looks like she has chicken pox in our picture. They're actually scabs...from mosquito bites she scratched over & over. Well, see you all on Saturday!!! Love you, Kristy

Fun in the Snow!!!

Hi Girls! I haven't posted in awhile. I thought you might enjoy some new pictures. On Friday I.S.U. cancelled classes for the day because of the snow. So, Matt and I took the kids outside and we pulled them around in a sled. They LOVED it! It was so fun! Afterwards, Josh's cheeks were so red I was afraid maybe he had gotten frostbitten. Darci and Matt enjoyed cuddling on the couch together.

Things have been pretty good here. Matt is finishing up classes...which is stressing him about a bit. He's got a very tough class that's been a headache this semester.

The kids both threwup this week and we don't know if each time they were choking on something or if it was a mild case of the flu. Who knows...I'm just glad it's over. WEll, It was so fun to be with you guys over Thanksgiving. WE are looking forward to Christmas!
Love, Rebekah


 

Davis...

Hi all-
At Thanksgiving, I am sure most of you heard me boasting about our new 10month cat, Davis. Anyway, this past Wednesday, we took him to the vet b/c we noticed he was breathing hard. We thought he had a cold or something. The vet ran tests and told me he'd call me back later with an update. Well, after a loooonnnngggg afternoon, Dr. Honegger called me back and said he wasn't doing well and would have to keep Davis for 1 or 2 nights to get tests back from the lab. 6pm Wednesday Doc called back again to tell us he had really gotten bad and suggests we put him "down". We really didn't have a choice b/c we knew it wouldn't be a smart finiancial move to keep him alive- and -it wasn't fair to Davis. We were really sad! Doc told us later that Davis had a heart condition. Totally a freak thing! He said Davis would have died any time at our house. We are so thankful he was at the vet. I had a REALLY rough Wed. and Thurs., but I am doing better. We really fell in love with the Selkirk Rex Breed, so I am driving to Ohio tomorrow to look for a new Selkirk cat or kitten. We'll see! Sorry to bore you all, but I know the animal lovers can relate! Hope you all have a great week! Loveya, Sarah

Newest Picture of Hudson

Here he is 1 month old! The others he was 5 days old! I love him so much!

guest entry!

Whoops! I think I just published a blank blog. It has been a long time since I've joined in on the fun so I decided I'm more of a guest than a part. Hopefully that will change! :) Things are going good here. We just got our updated photo of Hudson yesterday, which definately brightened up my day!! Right now we are discussing changing his name to Hudson Fernando as opposed to Hudson David. Fernando is his given name (by his birth mother). But David is after Clint. I like both but don't know which Hudson would appreciate more. I'm not big on naming him 2 middle names either. I need to talk more with Clint. We still have time - hopefully not to much time though! :) Any thoughts from the peanut gallery?? Right now my biggest prayer request is that the DNA testing will go good. This week they are scheduling it. We just want the DNA to match the birthmother otherwise all will be up in the air. This is unlikely that the DNA would not match - we just heard of a situation a couple months back where this happened and found out the baby was a stolen baby! They lost the referral and the attorneys started looking for the real birthmother. They are actually now going to get her again because the birth mother was either never found or relinquished her rights - regardless it is a messy situation. Again, I don't expect this yet it could happen. ALL this to say - please pray that all goes smoothly, that the Margarita (his birth mother) will feel God's peace and comfort, and that she will do all she can to keep the process moving swiftly. She will sign off several times during this process. I feel very vulnerable during this process yet feel so blessed that God has called us to this and has given us our most precious Hudson! God is SO GOOD! I love you all.

Jami

guest entry! :)

To Denver and Back

Thanks for putting all those pics on ladies...they're so fun to see...and I feel like our blog is back to the good old days....of something atleast every couple days.
Aaron and I made is safely back home after many adventures on the road...yes my picture here is not in Colorado (can you tell?) It's actually at the old Kaufmann farmstead in Cissna.
Aaron and I had a wonderful time spending time with his family in Kansas and visiting his alma mater K-State. Denver was beautiful, sunny, and in the 50-60s. The hospital is very impressive and we had a fun time with the residents when we went out to eat....but as we so thoroughly realized in our drive...it's a LOOOOOONG way from home. We then visited Cissna Park with the Detroit choir and I showed Aaron all my old haunts, drove him by the Hoffmann place and around good ol' CP. We're heading to interview this weekend in Chicago (one on Friday and one on Monday). We keep praying that one school will stand above the rest. Thanks for all your prayers.
Booxy
ps check out Aarons blog for some entertaining stories about our trip.

Little Chasers....

Hey all,
Last weekend we had the pleasure of having the Jeff Sauder's in Bluffton! Jeff came out to attend Finding Freedom w/ Klint & Dad and Chelby and little Chase came along and hung out with Leah, Mom & me. We had alot of fun! Chase is getting soo big and loved playing "chef" with mom's kitchen toys. Don't you think that he looks so cute in that apron? Can you believe I used to wear that? Anyway, thanks Sauder's for coming out! Hope you all have a great weekend!
Love, Sarah

More pics...

Costume Party 2

Hey all!
As promised, here is our Halloween Party pictures. Once again, Michael & Jane (aka Amos & Emma Schwartz) put their creative minds together and had a great party!
Here are the pics:
Michael & Jane: Amish, Klint & Sarah: Dorothy & the Scarecrow (I was wearing Mom's "going away" dress---isn't that great?), Clint & Amy (Napoleon Dynamite & Deb), Mark & Angie: Lot and his wife, Jeremy & Kristi (Schliff) Reinhard: "Peace & Quiet", Nick & Jessica: Danny & Sandy from Grease. It was alot of fun!!! I will try to post more pics....
Loveya all! Sarah

My Lion

Hey everyone! This is my first time posting anything on the blog, since I don't have internet access at home. Mom was wanting me to show Chase's costume......because we all think he's so cute. He never learned to "roar" like a lion, so he's a pretty passive cat. :)

Jeff couldn't justisify me buying a costume for Chase, so we comprimised by me making it for less than $6!! I had a blast doing it, though if I hadn't enjoyed doing it, it wouldn't have be worth it. Jeff and I loved the results and our neighbors and family have gotten a kick out of the little guy.
Just thought some of you might want to see.

Chelby

3 more halloweening grandchildren!!

Hi everybody. As you can see we had some precious little visitors for Halloween. I'm anxious to see some other little gobblins. Chelby, I would like to see that darling little lion. Hope you have some pictures of Chase. Kristy, did your kids dress up. Pictures please. And Sarah, we can't wait to see what you guys dressed as this year. I don't think you will be able to top last years costume. You make such a great Lucy. If I can figure out how to post some pictures I will show 3 other trick or treaters who came to our door--A Cub baseball player, a blonde Mexican dancer and a very adorable cowboy. Here goes...

My Trick-Or-Treaters!

Well, the chicken suit came out again! Except Darci preferred showing her own legs rather than wearing the orange bird legs that come with the suit. I think it was a little easier for her to manuever without the chicken legs slowing her down. All day I was trying to figure out what to have Josh dress up as. He loves this whistle he wears around his neck so I thought about dressing him up as a train conductor. But when I put on his "church" hat, he reminded me of Dad. So, we decided that Josh would be "Grandpa going to church". So we dressed him in a little suit, tie, hat, and glasses. He loved wearing the glasses. He got a little shy when wbe got to Grandpa and Grandma's house but when we got Grandpa's hat out he decided he'd get his picture taken with him. It was fun. Nothing like a free costume that gets a good laugh!