I love Presents! <3

Everyone is so excited to open their presents. There was all sorts of peace and joy as we were doing this.

That is so weird that Santa wrote this on my DVD. We each got a DVD in our stockings. Matt got SALT and I got Beauty and the Beast.

We also got a lot of candy which we all put in a bowl for everyone to share.

Matt opening some presents. This is oddly what Santa wrote on his DVD…

Everyone is so happy to get their presents.

Even Dad. Someone made him a Costco Collage so he was happy.

More presents. I hated that present of Seth’s because it would mysteriously bump into our door in the middle of the night and make a lot of noise. Not such a fan of that.

This was my gift from Mei Ling. Bling Bling…

 

 

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It actually turned out to be this

haha.

 

Kristin and Andrea had a little dance party to Aaron’s new Ipod.

The boys showed off their muscles and skills.

Jackson. I think he is so cute. And Matt carrying me up the stairs. It was scary.

Overall it was a very fun day filled with much joy. Thanks Hoffman Fam!

Christmas Eve…the clothes edition

So happy that Matt’s family does the pajamas tradition as well. I love getting new pajamas…well usually. Not a huge fan of the onesies from last year so I didn’t know what to expect this year.

So I was pleasantly surprised to get nice normal plaid. With a black shirt that stays Strong Families Take Effort. I told mom it sounded like such a mom quote. Hopefully I didn’t offend her since she came up with it. The other option they showed me was more entertaining but naturally somewhat naughty since the boys (Matt) came up with it.

Wow, that is a nice picture. Goodness gracious…you don’t know how hard it is to get everyone smiling in this family…This is usually what happens:

Boys and girls!

Don’t let Matt fool you with his innocent look…

And then the men folk.

So we all got the same shirt. I love that the girls got those jacket top things. I love wearing that so I can stay warm. Good pick Mom H.

Happy Birthday Mom!

 

Okay this is really Christmas Eve but mom loves it when we post. So this is for you.

This was fun that they put luminaries outside on their driveway. Aaron and Seth didn’t even burn the bags either when they lit them!

This was the table that I helped sit. Mom H. made those napkin holders so that is nice. We all voted for paper settings so that is nice.

I made all these cookies. Yum. There were a lot of happy people about it.

I made these flower arrangements too. So talented.

I like this combination a lot.

Of course Dad H. loves having tons of food. It’s the Jewish within him.

This is my wall of fame in the kitchen. Nice eh?

Aaron is building the fire…or maybe he was just posing. Here is my cameras fb pic.

This is Mei Ling’s sister and her family.

Andrea and Kristin’s talent was the Sisters Song from White Christmas.

The asian shepards.

Here are some randoms from the play. I was the sheep for the second year in a row. Or maybe I was the donkey last year. Either way I had the perfect costume pieces.

The three kings…they prepare for this all year round. I think that they picked these characters because there are about 7 verses to the song. So it goes on FOR-EV-ER.

I told Kristin and Andrea they were not allowed to babysit my children. Look at the poor kid.

Overall it was very fun to have so many people over. And so much food.