Life on Cottage Hill: PAGES

Saturday, June 6, 2015

the peanut lately.


This girl. 
She has our whole heart and then some. 
She and Jackson are the best of friends but opposite in every way that two people can be. That keeps things both entertaining and challenging. 
Audrey is everything creative, imaginative and independent. She seems to live in her own peanut world most of the time- the land where princesses rule, everyone dances instead of walks and clothes are more like costumes that change dozens of times throughout each day.  
She's the perfect balance of sweet and sassy although in those sassy moments I'd be open to a little less drama. 
She is never far away from her notebooks where she draws her "hundreds of stories" as she says. Every page is full of thought, exploding with colors and if asked she will tell you what each and every thing is... "this is a falling star and this here is a beautiful tree with leaves and flowers..."
We'll let our peanut go wherever her heart takes her but if I had to place bets I would have a lot of confidence in saying her soul would never be content bottled up in a box, but will need outlets for creativity for all of her days, whether in dancing, singing, drawing and always putting on a little bit of a show wherever she goes. 

Monday, June 1, 2015

3 babies + a mommy.

Dan has been working around the clock for a few days now, leaving the babies and I solo for the weekend. One of the things I really love about our new house is that we have so many options for adventures without having to leave our community which makes outings with 3 little monsters a whole lot easier (and more enjoyable)... 

Jackson is taking this whole "sleeping-in thing" for summer vacation pretty seriously. I could get fully on board with this if only Audrey and Jonah joined him in this new hobby. 

After church the babies and I went out to lunch. Jackson even sweet-talked his way into some major dessert action.


Saturday afternoon meant pool-time with friends- so fun even with a grumpy, teething Jonah bear.

More treats. The theme of our weekend pretty much went play then treats then play then treats.


Friday, May 29, 2015

catching up: saying goodbye to our first home.

In March we moved out of our old house.
The house that was our first home together.
The home we brought Jackson, Audrey & Jonah all home to.
And the home that we made a home with a lot of hard work and renovations and most importantly memories- lots of memories. 

I'm so thankful for that place. It was the right place for us at the right time but it was also most definitely time to move on and I'm so thankful the new owners love it as much as we did. 

A few photos I snapped right before locking up for the last time. 





The day we closed on our new house with our fabulous (check out her April Fool's Day outfit) neighbor who happened to be the realtor for the previous owners. I'm so thankful to have her next door!

And a few more shots from when we were still living there- I want my babies to remember someday when it's all so foggy in their memory. 






















(hollllly moly, I'm behind) catching up: EASTER

Well, it's pretty clear that things have been a little crazy around here seeing as I'm just now getting to our Easter update. I will say that this year Easter was somewhat of a blur since Grandma Nanny passed away that week making celebrations bittersweet to say the least. Thankfully it did mean that the Hoffman family was able to 100% be together since everyone was in town for the funeral which was a blessing for all of us and I'm certain had her smiling too.  





All of Grandma Nanny's great grandbabies with the Easter baskets she had packed and ready to go for them. She made up these exact baskets for all of us from the time we were born so to pass these out for the very last time was surreal. 


Audrey & Wyatt were over the pictures. 

These two- two peas in a (very dramatic) pod. Grandma Nanny knew them well, leaving Elsa & Anna outfits. 


All of Grandma Nanny's favorite people on the family farm. 

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