Brothers

Eli and Mark are my cousins. 

You've lost that loving feeling....

Matthew does not seem to feel the love from his Aunt Dawn and Aunt Rachel!

Silly Rebekah!

Our youngest niece (Dee and Shan's youngest) makes a funny face!

Pictionary

Males vs. females games are big in the Hofstra family. Although we never made it to Anagrams, we did play Pictionary and many rounds of Round Robin. I don't remember who won this game of Pictionary??? 

Coming "home"

My aunt, uncle and cousins came "home" to the States after 16 years on the mission field in Papua New Guinea. The oldest daughter Hannah was relieved that our family did not bring noisemakers to the airport to greet them =). After spending 48 hours or so at their house in State College, they drove to my parents' house to gather with the majority of my mom's side of the family. With 24 people in the house, it was loud, hectic and merry. 

Have you ever taken a ferret to the police station?

If not you should try it sometime! One night at my parents' house, Doug slammed the door upon his return from dog walking. He mentioned that there was a ferret on my parents' front porch trying to get in the door. This is not a normal occurence for us. We took it in and sheltered it overnight and called the Humane Society in the AM. They were closed for the holiday of course, so we took the matter to the police. They were not thrilled. Long story short, we ended up taking the ferret to a pet shop which had a 6-7 foot alligator in the front window. We are not sure what happened next, but we don't know if we want to know!

An unusual group....

Our Christmas break was full of fun and travel. We started in WV for a quick visit with my dad's mom who is living with Alzheimer's and then headed to the Pittsburgh area to my parent's house for a little over a week. We decided to go to Pittsburgh for a day and after researchign our options, we opted for the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. We visited Mr. Roger's Neighborhood, the gravity room (which makes you nauseous and dizzy as an adult!), and played with water and pulleys, etc. When we took a break for lunch, a museum employee sidled up to my mom and commented that we looked like an unusual group to be spending the day at the Children's Museum. Apparently, though I pass for a middle school student regularly, I looked too old for the Children's Museum that day. My sister was the youngest one in our group at the ripe old age of 23! We had a great time, and I highly recommend the museum- even to adults! The summer is even better with the mud exhibit....