http://www.4happyfamily.com The personal blog of Kevin R. Hoffmann Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:38:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Holy Shit! Yes, the expletive is warranted and needed at this point. Our little girl is moving up to the big leagues this year and we attended her orientation last night. Blah, blah, blah they grow up so fast...you blink and blah blah blah. I know all the typlical sayings, ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=617 Foot of snow and the girls were sick of being in the house. Even the greyhounds were loving the romp in the backyard. Courtney took the kids out on the sled and started the sport of Bumbo sledding. Evie seemed to like it and we are applying for the tandem ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=613 I have one of hose alarm clocks that has the dual alarms. One time is set to when I work out and the other is set to when I actually get up. this alarm clock also has q CD player. Like a lot of things involving kids that are 4, ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=603 With the temps getting above freezing lately, we decided to shed off some of our cabin free and go for a walk. we bundled up the kids and went for about a 4-mile stroll through paths and mostly cleared sidewalks. Evie was in the kid carrier and Maya was peshing ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=602 The West-facing side of our house contains the bathtub that we bathe the girls in most nights. Right now it looks like the upper mandible of some giant snow beast as it is covered in stalagtites (tites because they hold on tight) icicles reaching down about 36 inches. So, I had ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=597 Quien es esa niña, who's that girl Señorita mas fina, who's that girl Quien es esa niña, who's that girl Señorita mas fina, who's that girl And we're back. Nothing like Madonna lyrics to kick off the new year. Seriously, scroll down and take a look at the video. Compared to where we were in ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=586 As you can imagine, we have been pretty busy with the new little one. She is sleeping through the night and already growing and changing. We could not be happier (or more tired). Maya is doing awesome too and is looking forward to the snow and the holidays. I wanted to ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=581 Whoa. Evie only woke up twice last night. I has one of the moments of anxiety when I woke up and realized she had been asleep for almost 5(!) hours. I perked my head up to listen for her breathing. (Does that tension ever go away?) I have had some family ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=578 Here is a video snapshot of Majuro life that we took during our adoption to the Marshal Islands (like how I get those SEO keywords in there for Google?). The video is poor and you probably want to mute your speakers so you do not hear our innane chatter in ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=575 Yes, we are home and all is well. Things were pretty rough the last couple of weeks trying to get home and avoid the fees from Continental by getting a Dr's note and then actually having our kid get sick and then our paperwork up in limbo. It was pretty ... http://www.4happyfamily.com/?p=573