Brookie and Briggs

Just hanging out with my cousin Brooke during Thanksgiving!

 

Who am I?

 
 
 
 

Christmas Morning

 
A Merry Christmas it was. Briggs was a little overwhelmed I think. At first he was interested in the toy that was unwrapped, perhaps a little interested in the paper and lots of interest in mommy, daddy, fancy, ya-ya and big daddy. He was unusually clingly Christmas morning. Oh Well! Despite the confusion we all still had fun.

Dear Santa Claus,

Well the year has flown by fast. I'm already 9 months old and guess what? I'm about to walk. I can even hold my own bottle now. I scoot alongside tables and love to hug mommy and daddy's knees. My family has been so very busy this year and we are excited that the holiday season is here. First of all my parents built their very own house. Actually it's not a traditional house, it's called a barndominium. It's half house/half barn. We are finally getting settled in and we love it. My parents brought me into the world on March 10th and they say they just can't imagine life without me. We have soo much fun together. Lots of love and laughter in the Hoffman Herd.

Right now I'm pretty satisfied with a cardboard box, or even more crazy... My favorite bath toys are my shampoo bottles and my favorite other toys are kitchen utensils and pots and pans. I love helping mommy do the dishes, and I love to help daddy cook.

We don't have a fireplace in our barndominium so when you and the crew stop by just land in the pasture. Rain, one of our many dogs, will be waiting for you. We've left a big trough of water for your reindeer and their will be a cup of hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and pan de polvo waiting for you. Pan de polvo is little bite size melt in your mouth cookies-so enjoy them.

Safe travels around the world.

Love,

Briggs Paulus Hoffman

YaYa, Skyler & Zoysia

YaYa and Skyler Bear came to visit for Halloween. We had a grand ole time.
It was a beautiful weekend! YaYa and Skyler were cracking me up, our visit was too short. Skyler loved seeing all my bright baby toys. She was fascinated with them, she was having so much fun. The only bad thing is, she was so excited to see Henry. We went exploring to try to find that stinker of a cow, but he was no where to be found. The next morning on mommy's way to work, low and behold, who's standing at the cattle guard? Yep, Henry. While we were having fun on the porch, Daddy was working hard on putting our sprinkler system in. Next weekend our Zoysia grass will arrive. Mommy is SO excited.

Dedicated to Popsy

Now there's our little monkey. We nicknamed him monkey when he was born because Briggs had big hands and feet. The nickname stuck so of course he had to be a monkey for Halloween. Danny, his godfather, finally got our serious little monkey to belly laugh. Good times!!! Happy Halloween! Brent carved the pumpkins and made gourmet cinnamon and Tony Cacherie flavored pumpkin seeds. We dedicate these photos to our Popsy. He went to Heaven the following day, All Saints Day, to be with the loves of his life: God & Nano. We miss you Popsy!!!

We love you Popsy, we are so glad you and Nano are holding hands again!!!

Lady Bug & Monkey

Trick o' Treat is an interesting time when your closest neighbor is 3 miles away. Our happy little lady bug, Skyler, and our serious little monkey, Briggs, had a great time trick o' treating at every door in our house. Brent and our friends stood at the front door, back door and the two bedroom doors while we pretended to go trick or treating in a neighborhood. Skyler didn't mind one bit, especially when we let the tiny little four year old indulge in a little sugar high. Then on our way to church the next morning as we were passing our closest neighbor's house, 3 miles away, Skyler says, "We didn't go by that house last night!" I smiled, Halloween was a SUCCESS!!!