Monday, July 28, 2008

Seattle family reunion



The whole Hofhiens gang (34 total) crammed into one small room for FHE. Jake got a great introduction to the art of guns (he's the one aiming the gun in the corner of the picture at an otherwise very spiritual FHE) and WWF trampoline (thank you older cousins!). The trampoline provided my sole-exercise. No, not from jumping, but from searching high and low for my kids' shoes on a several acre farm. Afton went almost everywhere barefoot. On one occasion her pink sparkle flip-flops were recovered mysteriously in the far right stall of the barn, mixed with chicken feed and chicken droppings.





The beautiful beach, icy cold but not cold enough to stop good sand sculptures and/or sand angels...























A horse-ride down to the waters edge, thanks to Wendy and Jane (the horses).

























A fun ride with crazy uncle Marc.





The beautiful Olympia harbor and marina where Jake demonstrates his acting skills and catches a fish...
















The Seattle Mariners/Boston Red Sox baseball game. Afton loved all the attention from Aunt Corree and Jake loved sitting with the older boys.
















*****DRUM ROLL, Please**** And, voted best family reunion picture: Mike and his younger brother Jared. So happy together...

5 comments:

shahna said...

Shari you are just such a cute mom. i miss you. how is the training (triathlon) going? hope all is well....

Rulon and Lori said...

Afton and her shoes made me laugh...as well as the last picture. I'll try to call you sometime today.

Lisa said...

Leave it to boys to ruin a spiritual moment with a gun!

Marc said...

That was such a fun week- it's hard going back to regular life. I have some really cute pics of your family that I need to email you. I just posted some more on our blog too, so check it out.- Chrissy

The Fowers said...

Oh, I didn't hear about the horses! It does sound like a fabulous vacation. No horror stories other than pink shoes and chicken droppings? Go Shari!


Quick thoughts

So I'm finally up with the times and have my own blog. You'd think if someone was a "webmaster" that they might be current with a full family history...

Now I'm frantically searching my mind for all those clever things my kids did and all those life changing thoughts that would really help all who read my little blog. Nothing.

Just two quick stories about both kids. Maybe then I can feel at ease knowing that my children's lives are adequately documented.

Jake has always been interested in numbers. He loves to ask random people (fellow shoppers at Wal-Mart, those who happen to stop next to us at a red light, etc) what their address is. Finally Jake discovered his life calling when we went through the Wal-Greens drive thru to pick up a prescription. Jake decided he would like to be the teller asking people for their address to verify their getting the correct prescription. We are in the process of getting him a store job application right now.

Afton has profound moments when I realize just how fast she is growing up. This week she saw a little girl walking with just her mom. She pointed at the little girl and said "Ohhh, that little girl doesn't have a brother." Let's just hope she always appreciates that she has a big brother!