Waiting game no more!

We have found a place to live! We are so excited. Hans' mom called and said that one of her friends told her of a place that we might be interested in. When I was talking to her about it I got really excited and wanted to see it. I made an appointment for the next day. Hans and I went over there and we fell in love with the house. We have three bedrooms and two bathrooms. There is a huge yard and a volleyball net that we can use in the summer with our BBQ that we love to have. The lease will be until December of 2010. We will finally be ready to buy a house by then. The people that live there are on a mission in Chile so all their stuff is there, but it is going to be great!
With this house we have to keep up the yard, garden and the house. On some occasions I will have to answer the phones for the travel business that is run out of the basement when the people who work there are out of town on a tour. Our rent is only $90 a month. Of course, while we are living there we will have to do the other things, but we are doing that here where we are living now. They have a riding lawn mower so I am not to sad about that.
Right now there is a lady and her two kids living there and they are buying a house in Idaho. They will be closing on it the end of November- first part of December; so we will move in after they are out. I know, I know what a great time to move. I am sure that everything will work out somehow. This will be our third move in the winter and it will be four when we move again. I will keep you updated, until next time... have a great Halloween.

Chels

Waiting game....

Arlee is taking a nap so I thought I would blog a little bit. Since my grandpa passed away we havn't been sure if we are going to be able to keep renting his house. My aunt is going to buy it and they still want to rent it to us, but we aren't sure if we can afford to stay if they make the rent too high.

.....Arlee woke up, but she is letting me type still. Anyway, now Hans is home... It has been a crazy day. SOoooo like I was saying; it has been a huge waiting game and it is getting old. Right now my aunt is still working on the house closing process. I just had the fourth appraiser come to the house today. This time it was the bank's appraiser. I really hope that we can stay here and not have to move before we buy a house when Hans is out of school in about two years. So hopefully we will know by the middle of November. I would really like to know before Thanksgiving, so I can start looking for a place and then I won't decorate for Christmas if we are not going to be here. If any of you know of any good deals in the Salt Lake area, let me know. I better talk to Hans before he is off to work.

Chels

Arlee's Sixth Month/ Family Photos

So last time that we got pictures done, Arlee was about three weeks old. It was the worst time ever. She was still in the stage that she ate every two hours or two and a half if we were lucky. So by the time that we got there for our scheduled time she was hungry again. They tried to take pictures anyway and we only got about 13 taken and most of them I didn't like. Mind you that to get those 13 pictures we had to come back twice and once again... Arlee was hungry! : ( So you would have to expect that Hans and I thought it was going to be more of a chore than anything. It went great! Arlee was fed, full and as cute as can be. I have include some of my favs.



Arlee crying right at the end of the pictures... You know I had to put this one on here. ; )

I love this picture. She is so adorable!

Arlee on her tippie toes, just like a ballerinia

She looks to me like she is up to something

I love this picture.

Anyway, I hope you love them as much as we do : )

The Hoges

1st Family Vacation together!!!

As mentioned in the blog before this one. We went on our first family vacation. It was so much fun. Our friends, the Bohmans took us along with them to St. George from the 13th to the 17th. It was great fun. We went swimming, played raquetball, went on walks, went out to dinner, had a BBQ, played card games and yard games. The Bohmans have a little girl named Aliya. Arlee is 15 days older than her and we think that they will grow to be pretty good friends. Tanya Bohman and I have been friends since I can remember. We played soccer together, got married around the same time and now are raising our daughters together. It has been so nice to be around them. Not only are we in the same stage of our lives, but we all get along with each other. I know that sounds surprising, but it happens often when people get together and they don't
really care for one of the people or whatever the case maybe, but they are a lot of fun.












Here is a picture of us. Don't you just love the tan lines? That was Arlee's first time swimming and she loved it. We were shocked. I thought for sure that it was going to be the worst idea ever, but she really enjoyed it.




















Here is our little beach bum... She is so cute! I had to get a picture of her with the sun screen on her nose.

Anyway... until next time.

Chels

Four Months

Arlee is now four months old. She is getting so big and we can't believe how the time has just flown by. When I took her into the doctor's for her check up she was 25 inches, 14lbs 15 oz and 79% for her weight and height. Her head is in the 90th percentile. So from her 2nd month to her fourth she has gained over two pounds and only grown an inch. Arlee did really good with her shots again. She only cried for a few minutes and wasn't too fussy either. Well I got to run... we are in St. George with some friends. I will have to post some pictures when I get back of our trip. Good bye for now. :P

Chels

It has been a while

It has been a while since we have posted anything on our blog so I thought I would just take a minute an fill you in. Arlee is now eleven weeks old today. She is getting so big. She is over 85% in everything regarding the head, weight and height. I took her to the doctor for her two month check up and she weighed 12 lbs 1 oz. She is two feet tall and I can't remember her head size, but it was up there. She is our healthy little girl who loves to eat. She has been laughing lately and smiling a lot.

When I took her to the doctor's she got three shots and had to drink some other stuff. She did really well. They hurt her of course, but she didn't cry for too long... only about five minutes. It wasn't until later when she got a little fever and her legs started to get really sore that she started crying. Our poor little one. Anytime that you would move when you were holding her on her right side would she scream. Okay this is pretty hard when you are nursing her. Only during the nursing period was she really fussy. I just loved to hold her and let her know that I was there. It was so sad, but cute at the same time. I will have to repeat this process in the July when I take her for her four month check up. I am sure that she will pass with flying colors, but be fussy afterwards for a couple of days. Hans wasn't able to go with me to her check up, because he started his internship that he works 40 hours a week for free at Smiths and 20 hours where he gets paid at Harmons. Her appointment was on a day that he wasn't doing his internship, but he was working one of the two ten hour days to keep our insurance. So instead of having Hans there I took my mom. It was very helpful to have someone else there to help carry the diaper bag and help me with Arlee. I am so glad that my mom is so willing to help me and I don't know what I would do without her. She is always so helpful.

As I mentioned above, Hans has started his internship where he works 40 hours for free and 20 hours when he goes to work and gets paid. So all together he has been working 60 hours a week for a total of 6 weeks. He has been really tired most days, but he does it with a smile and then comes home and helps me with Arlee. It has truly been a blessing for us that I have been able to stay home; but in turn can put some stress on Hans as he works these long weeks.

Some of you may have heard that my grandpa passed away on June 6, 2009. I was able to spend a lot of time with him while I was growing up. We would go out to lunch together and some times out for ice cream. He has taken me and a few of the guys that I was dating at different times and made sure they were okay for me to date. He would tell them all about the bus that he drove when he was retired and being in the army. My grandpa always checked up on me and made sure that I was doing okay. He made sure to ask me about my cars and how they were doing, but only he would ask... "How is OUR car doing?" I really miss my grandpa and the times that we had together. He was a great man and an easy role model for me. He as well as my parents taught me the value of a dollar and to save my money and not to blow it on something that isn't important. I am so lucky to have known him and been able to admire him. I was able to get a generation picture with him, my dad, me and Arlee. It was taken a week before he passed away and the last day that I really saw him with it. My dad and I were able to share a little joke with him that I will never forget. It was the last time that I saw him laugh...It was great! After my grandpa passed away funeral arragments were made and his services were held on June 10, 2009. Hans, Arlee and I as well as other family members drove down to Castledale, Utah where he is now barried next to my grandma. I am so happy that they can be together now. It has been 13 and a half years. I am also so thankful for the gospel and the outlook that I have. I am so glad that I will be able to see them again and be able to laugh about the times that we have had together.

Chels

Arlee is 7 weeks and a day old!!!

I can't believe that my little girl is already 7 weeks old. It has gone by so fast; much like when I was pregnant. I just love to have her here with us though. We really like to go on walks to the park and be outside. This summer is going to be really nice when we will be able to be outside more and more. It is great that she is a good baby on the walks... so I can be working off the pregnancy weight. I don't have much left so that is great! I have been cleared to play soccer now and do everything that I was doing before I was pregnant. I am so excited. Arlee is now wearing 0-3 month clothing. I can't believe how long she was able to wear newborn clothing and newborn diapers. People kept telling me that it would only be for a few weeks, but she was able to wear them for four weeks. The 0-3 month clothing is still a little too big, but what do you do when the newborn clothing is too tight? I am glad that she is able to wear 0-3 though, because they don't really have newborn clothing in the stores, unless it comes in a set. I got a lot of onesies, but they didn't have any pants to go with them and it was still pretty cold outside. Anyway, Arlee is is growing fast and getting pretty big. We just love our little girl.

Chelsey