Hoffman Happenings

This post won't have any kid talk. Shocking right? They are normally in the spotlight, as they should be. They are the light of our lives. But we have stuff going on as well! :) Stuart is always so dang busy... and I mean always. We are so lucky that he works SO hard for us. He works long hours at work and then comes home and spends more hours out back in the wretched heat (is it fall yet) fixing our backyard! A quick update on that -- the retaining wall is DONE! Yes, you read that right, it is done! WAHOO. One big project of the backyard is actually complete. Stuart has put so much work, sweat and blood into that dang wall- and it looks amazing! He spend Saturday working on the front yard and getting ready for grass. GRASS. We can not wait for the day we can go into our backyard bare foot and walk through some grass. We have some companies coming out this week to get estimates on Hydroseeding! The end is in site! Stuart works with the Young men in our ward so that kee...

I can not believe we have a 4 year old! Where does the time go?! I seriously can not believe he is four! Love him to death, but some days I swore he wouldn't make it to 4... let's see if he makes it to 5. Just kidding, but man 3 year olds are hard. Hoping 4 is not quite as hard- not as much sass and attitude. Carter is so loved by so many people, he is truly one lucky kiddo. When Grandpa Hoffman and Rebecca were here they gave Carter an awesome TMNT bike and it has already been used and abused, some days we go on 2 bike ride, he absolutely LOVES it. We only had the training wheels on it for like 2 days and then we decided they were doing more harm than good, so we took them off and he has been a CHAMP on that bike- better than me! :) The look on his face is truly priceless when he is riding it, he is so proud of himself, and I am too! Carter has been asking to go to Chuckecheese for a very long time, and I hadn't been able to bring myself to go. . . I have h...

I know I missed a week... but to be honest not much happened... :) Shocking, right? Well Carter did have his second week of "Adventures in Story land" and he loved it. He still cried every day at drop off - but ended up loving every minute. Our niece Ruby got baptized on July 1st- we were lucky enough to attend and it was a beautiful day. After we were blessed to be able to spend time with family and it was great to just spend the day having fun with family (and no yard work...). I will have to admit that the little dirt bike is pretty cool and super fun to watch all the kiddies (and adults) enjoy it. We are so busy these days and don't spend as much time family- and it was days like these that make me realize we need to just slow down and truly enjoy life. I get frustrated at the yard and bathroom taking forever- but in reality its not that big of a deal... and I have an amazing husband who is working his butt off for us. ...