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After high school I went to Northwestern and finished my first Degree in Elementary Education. I taught in the class room for three years and then went back to school for my Master in Education/School Counseling. I worked as a counselor for three or four years -- I can't remember. I was a late bloomer and didn't meet and marry Ladd until I was 24. Our first blessing, Lincoln, was born in 99. Levi came along in 01 and then Legend in 05. I have been home with the children now for 9 years. It was a huge adjustment in many ways, but I see the benefits and blessings daily. I teach the boys at home. We enjoy the flexibility of homeschooling. Ladd is a general surgery resident here in San Antonio. He works at least 80 hours a week -- usually more, so we work around his schedule with our school work. The older boys are also doing great in piano. You should here them play! Mrs. Glenda, my piano teacher, was impressed with them.
Ladd and I have been able to travel some since we married. We have a heart for international people. We have friends in Australia, Lebanon, Russia, Mexico, Moldova and China. We have been to Russia and Mexico and are planning a trip to China in 09. We hosted two college students, from Moldova, for two years as they were here studying. We learned alot about parenting for that age! It seems that there is a disconnect from their ears to their brains. We had a full house and I stayed super busy with schooling the younger ones and trying to keep everyone fed. The population in the Hoffman household is back down to 5 -- much more manageable.
Ladd finishes residency in June and we will move to Big Spring, TX (4 hours west of Dallas on I20). He will have his first "real" job as a surgeon. We are all so ready for residency to be over! I'm not sure what God has in store for us there. The house we were in the process of buying burned to the ground the day after we signed papers to get the process started. We took that as a definate "no" from God and are praying about the next steps.
