2014...in 30 seconds

Yep! I did it again. I went a year without posting anything. Wow how times have changed from when we started this blog. I would post a couple times a week! Now the busyness of life with 3 kids gets the best of me. We are enjoying life as much or more now...just not documenting it nearly as often obviously. Life is awesome! God has been VERY good to us! We have loved nearly every minute of it. I say nearly every minute because at times the frustration of 3 little ones not exactly listening can make one cranky! And that one is obviously Aubyn! Ha! Our theme prayer should be "Lord, please grant me the patience to deal with my blessings!" A quick run down of our 2014. January we celebrated Brielle's 4th Birthday! Exciting and yet she's 4 going on 13 I think! We love her charm and sweetness as well as her "in charge" personality. Judson doesn't always though. February brought Cooper's 1st Birthday. He's a personality we're constantly unwrapping! At some point he'll really start talking and then watch out! March and April we were ready for as the weather changed and we were outside instantly. Judson was so excited to "work" in the dirt or sand or rock or whatever he could find with his trucks and tractors. May was both Tivoli and Tulip Fest. We enjoy taking in both of those weekends and the kids get a kick out of the parades and activities. Wooden shoes and tractors as well as us riding in the Tivoli parade in our Hoegh float! Great times! June-Judson turned 3. He's a soft hearted joy who then can get away with quite a bit. Later that month we shingled the house with the help of many friends and family! Thank you all who pitched in! What a fun event! Bri and Juds both were in swim lessons and loved it! July we had a Hoegh vacation on the farm. Who needs to travel to exotic destinations when you can feed cattle on vacation?! We celebrated the 4th in Sully with friends Nick and Amy Harthoorn and their beautiful family. Thanks for having us Harthoorns! We found out we were pregnant. Serious?! August we put on new siding. September-Brielle started preschool! She loves it and it gives Aubyn a good change of schedule with the kids. October we took a trip to Minneapolis and Byron to visit family. Good times! November and December the weather changed and here we are preparing to celebrate Jesus' birth! Wow what a time to recap on all we've been given including the promise, the declaration that the work has been done. We are freed from sin because of what Christ did for us! We pray that each one of you will feel and give the warmth of Christ's love this Christmas season and always remember that the main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing. God bless! The Hoeghs

Summer Vacation on the farm!

What a great time! We don't need to travel to have a great time. We just need family and we've got enough!

Cooper's Dedication, Brielle's Birthday

Year in review

Wow! What a year!!! Recap: January-Brielle's 3rd birthday! She's growing up so fast and is a wonderful blessing to us! February-Welcome Cooper James Hoegh...Another miracle blessing! March-Bri and I make the trip to Branson to watch Jacey at nationals. Lynnae comes to visit us all in Orange City. Fun times! April/May-who doesn't love April and May every year?! Plus we have now finished up all kitchen remodeling and home improvements. We're happy with how everything turned out. June-Judson turns 2! No doubt a peach and a blessing to all of us! July-Aubyn gets a much needed girls' weekend in Des Moines with her college friends. What a neat group of lifelong friends she has! Jerod got to go with Jerome to Missouri for the show-me-state games. We took home 2nd. The next week Jerome, Jacey and I took home 1st place in the Aspen League in Des Moines while the Hoegh family vacationed in Pella. Good times, biking, boating, and spending time relaxing with family. August-8th wedding anniversary! It feels like just yesterday we celebrated that special day. Every year we wonder if how it just keeps getting better and better! September-Henry and Karissa's wedding. It was great to celebrate that special day with them. Welcome to the family Karissa! October-Brielle is in gymnastics. She really enjoyed bossing around...I mean playing with new friends. She also is now in Sunday School and Kids Club every Sunday and attends Mopettes every tuesday while Aubyn is at MOPS. November-Bri and I made the trip to Missouri with Jerome/Ashley and Mom and Dad to watch Jacey play his football playoff game. Andrew, Janna, Kavan and Riley made the trip from Phoenix as well. The team came up short but we're proud of Jacey and the team. December-it's cold outside but warm inside with these three crazy kids running all over the place. We hope each and every one of you had a special 2013 just as we did and we pray that each of you feels and shares Christ's love this Christmas season. Love Jerod, Aubyn, Brielle, Judson and Cooper.

Wow! I've really let myself go!

Seriously, I have blogged something like twice a year lately. That's not nearly enough. The only reason I can give for not blogging more is that we've been busy having fun with no time to stop and write about it. We're enjoying the moment...every moment that God has given us. So a quick recap since my last post. September Henry got married to Karissa. Personally, I don't see it. I think they both could have done better:). Just kidding. It was a great day and we're so happy for them. Other notable news: Brielle is good at gymnastics. She had class throughout the fall once a week. She really had a lot of fun with it. We spent a lot of time traveling to Jacey's football games. Brielle and I made the trip to Missouri to watch an unfortunate ending to a great season for the Red Raiders. Jacey did great! We'll miss watching him play. Cooper is doing a one legged crawl all over the place. He's close to walking but must be afraid of heights. Judson is talking all the time. We're still unsure of what language it is, but he sure has a lot to say. Bri is still giving us moments that make us stop in our tracks. "Dad, will you be my prince?". God is good, very good!

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.