Over a year?!?!?!

It's been over a year since I've last blogged...but I won't focus on the negatives. I'll focus on the positives. I'll try to sum up the past year real quick. It was FANTASTIC!!! Seriously, Jacey was here at NW for school and so we got to see him play football and basketball and more enjoyable just see him at the house interacting with the kids. We've done a lot of work to the house. The most exciting is putting a fence around the back yard and placing a playset back there for the kids. They love showing it off. Speaking of kids, we've enjoyed watching Brielle and Judson get bigger and play together...well Bri mostly bosses him around but they love each other. Early morning on February 5th we welcomed into our lives Cooper James Hoegh. We were able make it to Sioux Falls before he showed himself. Aubyn was amazing during labor and continues to be wonderful with the kids now. Managing a 3 year old, 2 year old and a newborn that doesn't sleep is no easy task. Cooper is such a blessing from God to us. What an amazing miracle he is. We really enjoy watching the three kids interact now as Cooper is sitting up watching the other two. We think one of these days he'll just take off and run with them. Judson is talking more and more. He's a little hard to understand so if we don't get what he's saying he gets frustrated. That's when Bri steps in and says "Judsy says I can have his toy". She's quite the older sister. Both Bri and Juds love to go to the farm and see the tractors and cows. Feeding the cattle with prapa is a must. Cooper just now has slept through the night 6 nights in a row! Even with less than adequate sleep for the last 6 months, we are filled with joy thinking about our lives with our kids.

Update

It's been a long time again...I'm getting worse at blogging. Nevertheless, here is an update, we've been all over in the past few months. Henry's graduation, the farm, I was in MN for tough mudder, sioux falls, Denison. Here are a bunch of random pictures. Oh and we moved across town. It's an adjustment but we're making it. Brielle is talking more and more. She calls herself Delle even though she can say Brielle pretty good. She's nearly house trained which is exciting. Judson is walking short distances and could walk more but crawling is faster.

Branson and Beyond

Well it once again has been a while since the last post. In that time we've done quite a bit. Unfortunately I can't remember much of it. I do remember driving several hours(lost track) down to Branson with Aubyn, Brielle and Judson. They were terrific travelers with the exception of Aubyn...j/k. We did make it and had a great time. My mom and dad and (newly engaged)Jerome and Ashley met us there. We all stayed in a condo near the lake and were able to watch Jacey and the NW guys play the national tournament. Unfortunately the Raider's season ended but we're still proud of them, especially Jacey. We enjoyed the rest of our stay including the highlight of the weekend, the Dixie Stampede. Everyone had a great time. Dolly Parton is a great hostess. We've got some pictures of the trip and others of times playing around the house.

Celebrations!

We are blessed to have had the opportunity to celebrate two occasions in one weekend. Judson's dedication was an incredibly meaningful time both at the church and after church with all the well wishes and congratulations from friends and family. We spent time at our place after church with family and also celebrated Brielle's 2nd birthday.

We enjoyed spending time with family as we always do. Here are some pictures of the occasion. Brielle is saying more and more phrases and Judson(7 1/2 mo.) is moving more and more on the floor. It won't be long before he is crawling. Now that Brielle is two she's decided to go #1 and #2 on the potty a few days ago! How exciting :) We're hoping potty training goes smoothly!

A Very long time

So it's been an extremely long time since I've written and alot has happened since then. Unfortunately I can't think of a single thing right now so I'll simply post the pictures and let you figure it out. Some of the pictures are from harvest. Brielle now enjoys sitting in the combine and tractor as long as she can hold my hand. Judson is moving so much now that he might take off and crawl or walk pretty soon. Aubyn is doing a great job taking care of both of them and I am loving taking it all in. I don't like going so long in between blogs but it does give us a chance to look back at the past few months and take in just how blessed we've been. We are so thankful for all of our family and friends and of course our little family here.

It's been a long time

Here are a bunch of photos from the past month or more. Daira's wedding was a good time, and Brielle refused to leave the dance floor. Even if that meant that she lay down and dance as she was so tired. Some other pics are from the trip to and from Des Moines as well as some from around the house. Judson is 75th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height. He's talking more and smiling and laughing alot. Brielle is getting cuter and cuter but with that she's getting more difficult. The joys of the terrible two's seem to be coming. She was a cute lil' monkey for Halloween.

More Photos by Leah

Here are a bunch of pics from a while back that Leah took. They are some great pictures. It really goes to show just how good of a photographer Leah is. Although most will argue its just a good looking family. I can't argue with either.

Where have we been? All over. Sioux Falls to visit Owen's, that's always a good time. Over the 4th of July we went to Sully to visit Nick and Amy Harthoorn and their 3 girls Kate, Brooke and Aubrey. While in Sully we spent some time at Susan's new house with Robby's and Reggie's. From Sully we went to Lake Panorama for a week of vacation with the Hoegh family. We spent alot of time boating, tubing, wakeboarding, biking, playing bags, and a bunch more. So that pretty much sums up our summer so far. Judson is getting bigger. Brielle is doing all sorts of goofy stuff. Shes walking backwards, walking on her tip toes, talking jibberish all the time and all in all just making us laugh.