Hoffman Family

End of Dance Year - Pool Party

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Astros Game

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Friday Night Astros Game - Evan's Rally Cap helped the Astros Score...but they still lost

Another Standard Saturday

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other stuff we did

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Houston Rodeo and Aggie Baseball game

Busy Saturday

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we had a T-Ball game and a "Mighty King" performance

Miki's Birthday Party

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Easter 2011

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SONrise Breakfast at Church

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March 5, 2011

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The Day started with a Parade and Opening Ceremony for the Pearland Little League

Evan at Bat for the Astros

Evan Fielded a ball in the 1st Inning

Working so hard, his hat fell off. Evan LOVES baseball. If he could do baseball 24/7, he would and then ask for more time to do baseball.

You can see his hat under his helmet. These guys are so cute!!!!!!!!!!

Static Electricity on the Trampoline

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miki's Dance Contest

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They danced to a Lion King song.

each member of miki's group received a "Gold Recognition" ribbon and they shared a plaque that they presented to their Teacher

Evans Birthday was a blast!

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Evan's 4th Birthday (Jan 30)

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Celebrating Evan's Birthday in Jan. meants lots of friends from School could play with him at Chuck E Cheese

Evan Likes the Look of this Cake too!

Evan's 4th Birthday (Dec)

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Do you think he liked this present?

Evan liked the looks of his ice cream cake

Grandma and Grandpa went to JSC with the Hoffman

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Miki's Kindergarten Christmas Party

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Miki's class had a christmas party, dad wasn't working that day so I went. They made (and filled) goodie bags

Each of the kids got to decorate and eat a christmas cookie

Miki made a smiley face, Blake decorated his with 'Green Worms'

Yumm!!

We sent to sea world one more time

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The kids love riding the "Shamu Express"

At Seaworld in December they have special holiday displays like "Snowmen" and Holiday themed shows

Christmas Season

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Miki put on a program at school during a Breakfast with Santa. She and her classmates sang christmas songs

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Dorothy and Toto ready to head down the road

To Infinity and Beyond....In Seach of CANDY!

Here in Texas the weather during halloween is so nice most of the houses have people sitting outside in yard chairs to hand out the candy.

Miki and Evan really enjoyed trick or treating.

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Miki and Evan working on the Jack O' Lantern

Posing with the Final Product

Miki the Junior Cheerleader

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Miki attended a one day cheer clinic hosted by the Pearland Cheerleading squad. Then they got to perform on the field at the beginning of an Oiler Game.

Boo at the Zoo

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Buzz Lightyear and Dorothy (with Toto) went to the Houston Zoo today

Miki Dancing with Great GrandPa

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Evan Going down the Aisle

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WHEN (not if) I go to A&M I might...

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Study to be a vet.

Gig 'em

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Sunday Afternoon we Went to the Astros Game

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Striking a pose on the way into the park

Miki says: "This is me at the Astros Game, I had a good time."

Saturday Sept 19th I went to the Aggie Football Game

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The Aggies Scored!!!!!!!

Miki, Evan and Avery Smiling Big for the Camera

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Miki and Evan helped out with Uncle Dan's Wedding Sept. 10

Aug 23rd 2010 Miki's 1st day of Kindergarten

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We went to Sea World 3 times this Summer (once in May, 2 days in June, and once in August). Is that too much? Maybe...but, we always have such a great time. The kids have really started to enjoy the water park area at Sea World, which is great, because it is a great opportunity to cool off.

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Evan enjoyed "reading" the map of Sea World.

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This is the kids' first roller coaster, "Shamu Express." Steve enjoyed the coaster too.

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Our Sunday School had their annual crawfish boil. Here is Steve enjoying crawfish.

Evan just looks like he is really enjoying the crawfish boil.

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Miki had her 5th Birthday in March. We all had a great time. My big girl will be starting kindergarten in a couple of weeks!! I can't believe it!! It seems like yesterday I was bringing Mikayla Kathleen home from the hospital in College Station. Now she is such a big girl. She is no longer a baby--and she is the first to tell you that. Miki is so outgoing. She loves to meet new people-however she may not remember their names-she still loves to meet them. Miki LOVES all kids, especially younger kids. She loves to act like a mother. Miki is a HUGE fan of the arts. This includes Miki's love for drawing, coloring, dance, gymnastics, singing, and of course acting. Miki just got chosen for her dance studio's Junior Dance Company. We could not be more proud of her.

When school starts, Miki will ride to the high school with Mommy (Mommy teaches at the local high school). Then she will catch the bus from the high school to her elementary school. Miki can not wait to ride the bus. When she sees a school bus, she tries to guess and see if she will be riding that particular bus. My baby girl is turning into a big girl in front of my eyes, and it is still hard to believe.

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We had a "Backyardigans" themed party in our backyard. "Backyardigans" is a children's television show.

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We played "pin the tail on the donkey."

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It is Daddy's turn to "pin the tail on the donkey."

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Daddy did really good! Yea Dad!

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Present time!

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Our blonde angel turned 3 on December 29. However, his Texas Birthday party was on January 23 at Chick-fil-a. We had a great time!!! We had chicken nuggets, Spiderman birthday cake, and icedream icecream. Yum!!!! Evan is a big boy now....He is 3 1/2 years old. He recognizes his name, knows letters and numbers, and most of all he poops and pees in the potty!!! He is our big boy!! We could not be happier. No more babies at our house!! Evan truly is a big boy. He absolutely loves sports!! He plays soccer, swims, and does gymnastics...Go Evan!!!

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Evan had a "party hat" that had balloons attached to it. He was having a great time. Evan's shirt says "Dino-Mite."

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Evan had a great time at his birthday.

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Evan cracks me up with his hat...it looks like he could be a fry cook. Evan insisted on eating Spiderman's head from his birthday cake.

Notice how Evan is not using a fork...

Evan thinks he is funny when he plays with the laundry baskets.

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Miki had fun posing for pictures in our backyard-in January. (yes I know these pictures are "old!")

Evan joined in on the fun.

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You might be wondering why we have so many pictures of Miki. It is because Miki LOVES taking pictures. Evan is occasionally, ok most of the time, not a fan of picture taking.

Evan's TX Birthday

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Houston - Downtown Aquarium

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Moody Gardens Galveston - Trail of Lights

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The kids like ice skating

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Ok...So, 4 months later, we have pictures of kids from Christmas. Sorry they are so late...The kids loved ice skating at the mall in Decmeber.

Miki and Evan love the horses at Aunt Karen's in Michigan. (You didn't think that this picture was taken in Texas did you?!)

Aunt Karen let us go to her farm

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Evan loves tractors!

Grandma and Grandpa threw a party for Evan's 3rd Birthday while we were in Michigan. It was an indoor swim party. Evan had a blast!

Evan's MI birthday

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crossroads village, MI

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Evan enjoys any clothing with super heros on it.

We went to Cross Roads Village while we were in Michigan. In this picture we are waiting to see the "big guy in the red suit."

crossroads village, MI

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Our trip to Cross Roads Village is not complete without a ride on the train.

Xmas in Michigan

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This is a real reindeer. Pretty cool!

Pics from Dec. / Jan

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We visited Aunt Vicky at her work, the Frankenmuth Inn. We had chicken dinners (yum!)

We enjoyed visiting the Hoffman farm while we were in Michigan

Daddy got to try on Miki's Christmas present...I think it suits him.

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Here is us, all "dolled up" for our formal night on the cruise. We had such a blast on the cruise. we went 9 days without having to take care of our children. Thanks Mimi for watching the kids!! Below, are more pictures of the cruise.

Steve and I want to move here. Could you blame us?

We took some pictures on our way to an Aggie Baseball Game in a field of Texas State Flowers, bluebonnets. We used my new tripod...it worked great!!

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Mimi and Papa came for Easter....We had so much fun!!!!!

The kids posed in front of the alter at church on Easter Sunday.

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The Easter Bunny was good to the Hoffman Kids!

The Boat and Us

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2010 Cruise

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Easter Gift

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Easter 2010

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Here are more pictures from the last part of 2009. The above picture was taken on a hayride. I just love how both of my kids look like they are really enjoying themselves.

I got to go to Vegas for a week with one of my friends. We had a blast. I can't wait to go back. The next time I go, I will let Steve go too. Ha ha! Love ya Steve. Thanks for being a single Dad while I went to Vegas!

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The kids dressed up like Native Americans for Thanksgiving.

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It snowed TWICE in SE Texas! It is really hard to believe! The kids were so excited! They even got sent home from school early on one of the snow days!

My little future baseball player. He will make a great pitcher!

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We went to the Christmas Celebration at church. The kids got to meet the big guy. Evan kept a safe distance.

Yea for candy canes!!!!!!!

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We went to a Christmas parade. We got to see the floats at night all lit up. You can see in the picture who has Christmas Cheer and who does not.

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Did I mention that we love Sea World?!

Sea World now has Seasame Street shows at their park.

Did you know that Santa is scuba certified? Sea World had a guy dressed up in a Santa Suit in one of their tanks. He got to wave and smile for the cameras from insided the tank. At least this way the kids were not crushing his lap and telling him what they want for Christmas.

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We went ice skating with people from church in December. It was really neat!

Miki's preschool class did a Christmas production. They sang several Christmas carols and dressed up in different hats. Check out their noses. They all have Rudolf noses. Miki is in the red dress.

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Well...Long time and no posting. SORRY!!!!!! I have been very busy, but I plan to carve out an hour or so every week to update the blog. We have been very busy since our last post. I have only posted some of our Fall activities. I will post the Winter activities soon.

I went to a murder mystery dinner through chuch. By the way, I could totally be a detective. I solved the mystery!!!!!

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The kids and Steve went with Papa on a train ride. Evan LOVES trains!!

I turned 30 in October. Here are the people who were at my party.

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Miki went to a cheer clinic at the high school. The girls got to perform at the football game. It was really cute! Miki is the shorter brunette to the right of the short blone girl.

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Miki is the shorter brunette looking the other way. It was so neat to see Miki perform on the field. Who knows, maybe one day she will perform on that same field again when she attends Pearland High School.

We make "O"s for Pearland Oilers. The kids really enjoy going to Friday Night Football games at Pearland High School (where I teach and where my kids are zoned to go when they are in high school). It is really neat to think that they are cheering for their future high school.

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Miki went to a dance clinic at the high school. Miki is in the green dance clinic shirt and pink crown. She is posing next to a high school girl from the drill team. She LOVES dance!!! In fact she loves anything where she is performing.

We went on the search for the best pumpkin.

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The kids had fun scooping out the seeds of our pumpkin.

We went to Sea World 3 times this year. Once in the summer, once on Halloween (the kids are wearing their costumes in this picture), and once at the beginning of December.

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Evan went fishing and caught 2 really big fish, while Miki was at her dance clinic.

Miki got a new Bike and her old bike got a new look for Evan

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Miki and Evan Playing on Swingset

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SeaWorld on Oct. 31st

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We went on a "Backstage with Shamu" tour

We stayed all day, and got to see the special Halloween Shamu show at Night

Pumpking Carving

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Cheerleader and Spiderman at the Zoo Boo event at Houston Zoo

Our Diva looking for the perfect pumpkin

This pumpkin was so tough Dad had to break out the power tools to carve it.

Miki is a cheerleader

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Miki learned the "Diva Pose" from her Jazz class

Miki got to go on field at a football game and cheer

Lindsey had a Birhtday Party

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October Photos

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The kids like to dress up and put on "Shows" typically the pirate chases the princess, catches her, she falls into a deep deep sleep, then the handsome prince (take off pirate hat) shows up, gives her a kiss and she wakes up.

Long Awaited Update

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We have been busy :

We went to an Astros game with our sunday school class

We rode a train in Cedar Park with PaPa

We camped in our backyard to test our new tent..complete with toasting marshmallows for Smores

Evan enjoyed the toasted Marshmallows

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The kids love the Slip N Slide.

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I think that Steve enjoys the slip N slide more that the kids.

One weekend we went to the beach at Corpus Christi. It was so much fun!

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The kids absolutely love to fish with their Dad.

Miki caught a whiting. She was so proud of herself. This was the first fish that she caught without any help.

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We went to the USS Lexington Museum while we were in Corpus Christi.

If you look carefully you can see the kids heads poking out of the sub.

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My angels....

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We also went to the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi.

Evan was still really excited about his fish that he caught the day before. Any time he saw a fish he would say, "Evan caught a hard head!!! Evan caught a hard head!!!"

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Here are the kids enjoying the summer in the backyard. They asked me to take their picture. I could not resist.

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Miki had her dance recital a few weeks ago. She did great!

This is Hannah, one of Miki's friends from dance class.

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