Luke

Sixteen-year-old Luke is 5’11 1/2” tall, 153 pounds. He has grown 3 1/4 inches in the last year!

Makenzie’s All Finished

Makenzie’s first and last days of school. This girl has never been afraid of leaving us. She always faces challenges and succeeds with a pleasant attitude. After graduation, Makenzie will be going to work for a security company for the summer cruise ships, and then will be headed to Barnabas Prep in Branson, Missouri to work with people with special needs. Jason and I are so proud of our beautiful, spunky princess!

Mothers Day

My mom flew up for Makenzie’s graduation. We were going to get Moose’s Tooth pizza, but decided that making pizza would be better.

When I opened the bathroom door Sunday morning after getting partway ready for church, Joel and Makenzie were standing right outside the bathroom waiting to give me a Mothers Day breakfast. Joel had gotten up extra early to cook me a delicious omelette.

Luke went shopping for shirts that would be cool and comfy when we go to Hawaii in December. He did a great job!

This is only the third Mothers Day I’ve spent with my mom in the last 29 years. We enjoyed going to church twice, eating lunch from Red Robin, and playing board games and card games together.  We had a enjoyed our Happy Mothers Day!

serving

Seth decided to help with a little service project at church.  Usually Seth's version of helping causes more work for me, but this time, he really did help.  We had a million (haha . . . there were only about 1,500, but it really seemed like they kept multiplying) ribbons to untie the week after Preacher's retirement party at church.  Seth pulled the ends of the ribbon and then handed it to me to fold.  He even came up with his own system to prevent the ribbon getting in a knot.  He stuck his arm through the ribbon and pulled (very carefully . . . I was SHOCKED!) one end of the ribbon until it was all untied.  I was so amazed at my sweet little son!

awards

Both Luke and Makenzie got awards at the end-of-the-year recognition assembly on May 2.  Makenzie is so glad to be finished with high school!!

Spring Concert

Joel has been home for a whole year and is almost finished with his first year of teaching at ACS. The end-of-the-year secondary concert showed that he is doing an excellent job. Both the junior high and high school bands sounded amazing! It was also Makenzie’s final high school performance.

Luke’s 16th Birthday

Luke Anthony Hofacker turned 16 on April 30!  This child who spent the first six months of his life with casts on his feet and legs is now about six feet tall and able to run in high school cross country and track.  He recently took his driver's education class, so he'll soon be getting his driver's license.  Time definitely flies!