The kids at Zoo lights

Brent, Bryce, Savanah Cooper and Sarah ... you can tell we're all pretty wet!

The guys at Chinese New Year

Ben Weed, Steve Schaffer, John Weed, Alan Hoffer, Brent Hoffer, Alan Faulkner, Jeff Hickey and down in front....Drew Scaffer and Bryce Hoffer!

The guys!

Brent with his mom and brother

Waiting patiently :) for a group Hoffer family photo ....

Brent at Seaside, December 22, 2009

Visiting with the Hoffers

Brent is diligent about studying his Kumon homework. This night he was reading about Dante Alegeri and the Divine Comedy. Patti and I were both a little surprised at the subject matter but it's great that the reading assignments are not some simple, made up exercise but actually talk about cultural and literary subjects.

And Brent's love is the computer and computer games. And reading the Warrior books, a series of books about clans of cats.

Brent Fly-fishing at Trophy Lakes

Thanks to the generosity of his grandma and his aunts, Brent got to spend a glorious day fishing at a trout lake down by Port Orchard. Six hours of classes on how to choose a fly, how to cast, and how to catch and release. Here is his first and only catch...caught on the first cast! But what a great feeling!

I guess you wear the sunglasses to protect your eyes from a stray hook and to see the fish better.

I knew this day was coming.......

Well, I knew that this day was coming.......I just didn't think it would be this soon.

It seems like just yesterday that Brent was brought home from the hospital as a newborn, a little bit yellow, needing bili-lights. And now he is 12 years old.