Baby Adelaide

Crazy week as we welcomed our 11th grandchild into the family.  Kelli was 36 weeks along and had been having some "labor pains" for a couple of days.  She called her doctor and the doctor indicated that it was okay to be starting labor at 36 weeks and they wouldn't do anything to stop the labor.  The pains seemed to be pretty regular on February 6th, 7th and 8th, but no showing or water breakage so Kelli decided it was just some pre-labor; especially when it slowed down on February 9th. 

Because this was going on Kelli wanted to make sure that the kids had their Valentine's ready and that MaKayla had her treat for her class party on the 12th.  OnTuesday, February 10th she made a stop at Dunford Bakery to pick up their heart shaped sugar cookies.  Because the Bakery is just a few miles from our house she stopped to visit.  Patti and her boys were at our house and I reminded both Patti and Kelli that my Relief Society was making Valentines that night and that they were invited to come with me.  We decided to take the kids to get some dinner and then head to the ward for the activity. 

Ray and I took our car and Patti and Eric were I theirs with most of the kids.  We arrived at the restaurant and waited for about 10 minutes before Kelli arrived.  She walked in and we could tell something wasn't right.  She told us that she had to stop the car and get out to throw up and she wasn't feeling well at all.  We had already ordered the food for the kids so we had them start to eat.  As they were eating Kelli once again had to run to the restroom and throw up.  We were getting concerned and started to talk about what might be wrong.  Patti remembered that she had had pre-eclampsia with 2 of her babies and she was concerned that Kelli's blood pressure might be high.  Gratefully Patti had a blood pressure cuff in her car and she was able to take Kelli's blood pressure.  The result 235 over 160 - this is a blood pressure that could be a precursor to a stroke.  YIKES!!!!

We loaded Kelli into her car and Ray drove her to the hospital.  Eric took the kids home and Patti and I drove up to the hospital.  On the way we called Marc who was travelling home from Springville and asked him to drive safely but get to the hospital as quickly as he could.  We also called Pam but she wasn't home from Young Women's yet.

The hospital was chaotic as we walked in and found Kelli already in labor and delivery - they were trying to get her blood pressure down and she was in a lot of pain.  The doctor was concerned that she would have a stroke and told us that they needed to take the baby by emergency C-section.  Just as they were wheeling her into the operating room Marc arrived and quickly got into the scrubs so he could accompany Kelli into the operating room.  About 20 minutes later we were introduce to our beautiful new granddaughter who weighed in at 4 lbs 12oz and 17 inches long.  She didn't even cry - she was perfect!

Kelli was wheeled back into labor and delivery and her blood pressure had not gone down.  The doctor was very worried and so were we.  Kelli was in so much pain she had a hard time holding the baby so we took turns holding her near Kelli's bed so she could touch her and talk to her.  Soon after we took a few pictures and then they took her to the nursery to be fed.  We were feeling pretty good about the fact that although she was very little she was doing so well on her own.  Marc went with the baby and was able to feed her. 

Kelli continued to have high blood pressure and her body wasn't sluffing off the toxins.  Dr. Stevenson said that things were very serious and that she would make sure a nurse was with Kelli at all times.  She also indicated that she would stay at the hospital with Kelli until things turned around.  Cru and MaKayla needed to be picked up and put to bed so Ray and I decided to leave and take care of the kids.  That seemed to be the best thing we could do at that time.  Pam had arrived at the hospital and she agreed to stay with Kelli and send us updates; it was about 10:00 pm when we left the hospital.

About 12:30 I got a text from Pam that said that Kelli's Kidneys had shut down and the doctor was really concerned.  If her kidneys didn't start working they would have to move her to ICU.  The doctor didn't want to do that because they couldn't bring the baby into ICU.  It was really scary.  At about 2:00 am the kidneys slowly started to work and the doctor and nurses were thrilled.  By the next morning things seemed much better.  Kelli still had a raging headache, he vision was blurred, and her blood pressure was still high - but her kidneys were working and the toxins were starting to leave her body.  Whew!!!!

A few hours later we found out that Adelaide was not maintaining her body temperature so they decided to put her in the NICU.  Previous experience told us that once she was in the NICU it would be a while before she got out.  We were right.  Not long after they had to give her a feeding tube because she wasn't eating enough and the marathon began to have someone in the NICU to feed  and hold her.  It was extremely frustrating for Kelli because she couldn't get out of bed and go to the NICU for a few days.  The nurses in the NICU were amazing and took some cute pictures of Addie and made sure that Kelli had them right by her bedside. 

Fast forward to Saturday and Kelli was finally well enough to go home - but sadly little Addie was not.  Kelli was tired and sore and needed to rest - driving back and forth to the hospital was taxing on her and so we took turns making sure that when she could be held and fed; little Addie had loving arms to hold her.  She started making great progress and it looked like she might be released then they found out she had jaundice.

Lots of prayers, support and love and we had the miracle we were waiting for.  The whole family back together.  Little Addie finally came home yesterday (2/19/2015), she was already 9 days old!  We are so grateful for family and friends who remembered all of us in their prayers.  We are grateful for modern medicine and that both Kelli and Addie are fine!  We are so grateful for good neighbors who have brought in amazing meals, watched the kids, picked up and dropped off to pre-school and school, and who have shown their love and concern in so many ways. 

So blessed!

Welcome little Adelaide we are so glad you are here!

No pictures just some quick updates on the Hoesch Family.

Ray is working long hard hours and taking a trip every Thursday to Sun Valley to be in on the new remodel of the Lodge.  The tower at Little America is almost complete they are on the 4th floor (having started on the 17th this is pretty amazing).  They also remodeled the Coffee Shop and the Dining Room - which is now the new Lucky H Bar and Grill - we ate there a few months ago and it was yummy!  The new décor is amazing - you should try it if you get the opportunity. 

Besides work Ray is always looking for outdoor adventure.  This is why we ended up at Randolph, UT at the Little Creek Reservoir last Saturday with Patti, Eric, Bridger and Bracken.  We were all ready for a wonderful day of ice fishing until we tried to walk out on the ice - not  good plan the ice was barely a 1/2 to an inch thick - not safe for anyone.  Luckily Ray ended up being the only one to get his foot and leg wet.  A scary little moment to say the least.  We jumped back in the truck and van and decided to drive the 20 miles to Bear Lake and then take the Logan Canyon road to Logan and drive down the canyon from Logan to Mantua to see if the ice was thicker there.  Bear Lake had no ice either but we were treated to a wonderful display by 5 Golden Eagles as they flew, dipped and grabbed some unsuspecting rodents for a February meal.  It was amazing.

We continued our journey and headed up the canyon outside of Bear Lake and found....wait for it.... SNOW!  I know - we had almost forgotten what it looked like!  We stopped at a big area that was covered in snow got out the kid's sleds and let them have some fun in the snow.  There were snowmobiles, skiers, and tubers all on the same hills.  I don't think I can remember the ski looking so blue.  It was wonderful.

After about an hour of fun we got back in the vehicles and headed down the canyon, just a few miles down the snow was gone - I looked at the thermometer in the truck and it read 48 degrees.  This may not sound warm but for a February day in the mountains of Utah it is very warm!

We arrived at Mantua and saw people out on the ice fishing.  Hooray - maybe we would actually have the opportunity to ice fish.  We packed up the sled and headed out onto the ice.  It was a little weird - normally as you ice fish you hear the ice booming and cracking but it was eerily silent.  Ray started drilling some holes and the ice was about 5 inches thick.  As we sat and fished the water on the top if the ice started to pool and soon the sled was almost floating.  This is not a good sign when you are ice fishing.  YIKES!  We soon decided that the ice wasn't safe and that we were starving so we pulled up our lines and headed to the pavilion next to the lake.  We had some yummy sandwiches, chips, cookies, oranges, and bottled water. 

We decided our ice fishing adventure had ended with a long drive, some sledding, laughter and fun and everyone safe.  The weather here in Utah is crazy -  today the temperature is supposed to reach 64 degrees.  I don't think we will have another opportunity to go ice fishing this season unless we get a really sudden and long lasting cold snap.  The silly groundhog saw his shadow this year - I think he was wrong and spring is already here.  I have tulips and daffodils poking their heads out of the soil in my garden already. 

I will have to try and write more later and do a little more catching up on the adventures of the Hoesch family!

New Adventure for the Hoesch Family

I am finding that time is moving faster and faster and it seems like I have very little time to think about blogging and sharing the details of life...which sometimes is very sad!


A few weeks ago I was called to be the Relief Society President in my ward.  I have been very overwhelmed as I move into this calling.  But I have also been blessed to see how  my wonderful family has stepped up to help me. 


I can't say enough about Ray and his support.  He has always been there for me whenever I have been involved in anything, and again he has truly stepped up and helped me in so many ways.  I can't say enough about his willingness to do anything that is needed.  He drives me to appointments in the dark, he helps me lock up the church when I have been there late, he helps with crafts and handouts, he fixes dinner when I only have a few minutes to eat and make it to a meeting, he listens when I am frustrated or excited about something, and he hugs me when I am discouraged or worried.  I couldn't ask for a better support; he is truly my best friend!


I have three amazing daughters who have been willing to help me with projects, who give me great ideas, and who are willing to lend me crockpots, utensils, or anything that I might need at the moment.  They have given of their time and talents and I can't thank them enough!


This has been an experience in uncharted waters and I feel so blessed to know that my family is there no matter what.


Another great blessing has been the experience of having wonderful Counselors and an amazing Secretary.  These women are talented, have great ideas, and are willing to do whatever is needed.  I know that this job would be impossible without them.


I look forward to this wonderful adventure and I hope that I will be up to the task.  I know with the help of the Lord and so many wonderful people I can do anything.


I will post some pictures of the events that we are involved in right now as soon as I get a spare minute.

July Adventures 2013

Bees Baseball - An amazing view from a baseball field.  A fun night with the Hansen Kids!

Fun times for Grandma and Grandpa



Cute Kids!

Randi Roo with her do-rag!  She wanted a hat!

A fun train ride!

Ray enjoying dinner!

Melody loving the great food.



Miranda and Tommy with their Sodas

The end of a really fun time with Grandma and Grandpa

Our Beautiful Campsite on the 4th of July 

The truck at Moon Lake

 

Ray enjoying the beautiful day at Moon Lake.  We caught a bunch of fish but lost the stringer as one of Ray's fish swam away with it.  We had the other fisherman enjoying the show as we tried to retrieve it.  We learned a good lesson about anchoring the stringer.  Glad that Ray received a new stringer for his birthday! LOL!

This store has been a staple in Mountain Home for a very long time.  This was the area that Ray's family spent a lot of their vacations.  It was fun to relive some of those memories with Ray.  This was an amazing trip.  A nice quiet way to spend the 4th of July!

This was the view from our fifth wheel campsite!

Ray decided that our Jeep needed a new coat of paint and a new personality.  He did an amazing job!  Looking forward to driving the roads by Puffer Lake at the Archery hunt in a few weeks.

Here's to some new and exciting adventures for the month of August!

May Adventure

 We have taken a fun idea from Jen and Angie and decided to try and do an adventure close to home each month.  The month of May was a trip to Promentory Point in Box Elder County here in Utah.  They do a reenactment of the driving of the Golden Spike and then there is this great hike that you can take called the "Big Fill" it was great!

 Here is the front of one of the steam engines

 

 Sadly Pam and her family were not able to join us - except for our little Tommy he loves hanging out with the boys.  From Left to Right - Bracken, Brenden, Cru, Bridger, Tommy and MaKayla.  What a great looking bunch of grandkids!

 

 This is the view of the other train.  You can see a platform on the left hand side that you can climb up and look inside the train.  They also have an engineer on board to explain how the train runs.  Very interesting!

 

Here is the whole group in front of the Jupiter!  An extremely beautiful day!

We'll see what kind of adventure we can find in June!

A few weeks ago I was fortunate to have the opportunity to go turkey hunting.  Months ago we put in for the drawing to get a turkey in the Southern Region of Utah.  What usually happens is that someone else in the family gets a tag at the same time that I do.  This year I was the only one who drew out for a turkey tag.  The pressure was on...
Ray and I loaded up the trailer and headed to Beaver, UT for our hunt.  We spent days getting everything ready, I was excited to get away and have a really fun adventure in the outdoors.  We were almost to Fillmore and I suddenly remembered that I hadn't brought my turkey tag.  This is a HUGE problem - you need a license to hunt these amazing birds and that was the whole reason for the trip.

Ray said to call Kelli and see if she could go to our house and get us the number off of the license.  Lucky for us she was getting her hair done just down the street.  We were hopeful we could get a duplicate the next day.

To make a very long story short we ended up having to drive to the main office of the DWR in Cedar City (about 60 miles away) to get the duplicate.  Needless to say the first day of hunting was spent replacing the forgotten license.  So grateful that Ray was patient.

That evening we decided to sit in a river bottom and try to call some turkey's in.  About 7:30 pm we heard the distinct gobble of a big Tom.  Ray called him in to about 100 yards away and then he changed course and headed back up to a ridgeline above us.  We heard him gobbling for about 30 minutes and started following him.  It was getting dark and we lost him.

The excitement of seeing one and getting the opportunity to call him in got us excited to try again the next day which was Saturday.  We took a long walk in the morning and didn't see a single bird.  We went back that evening to our spot from the night before and sure enough he came right back over the same ridge.  He was gobbling like crazy and once again Ray got him to answer and start to come down to where we were sitting.  Then we heard "someone" calling him down the canyon and he turned and headed in that direction.  A hen flew down in the trees right next to us and we were hoping that she would call him in.  We decided to follow him again and as we snuck down the road the hen in the tree started clucking and getting very agitated.  Before long she flew down right over our heads like she wanted to scare us off.  We kept going and before long we saw the Tom on the ridge with about 10 hens that he had gathered up.  The "someone" who had been calling him had been this whole flock of hens.  LOL!  Again it started getting dark and just as the sun had set and dusk became dark the whole flock of turkeys flew over our heads and into the trees on the other side of the river to roost for the night.

Sunday we decided that we would have a rest day and not go hunting.  I took Oliver for a walk around the little lake by our campsite and as we were heading back to the trailer I heard that wiley old Tom gobbling in the river bottom below us.  Ray and I decided to walk down.  As we came to the stream I saw movement in the brush and cocked my gun.  I started to walk into the brush and the turkey flew out  and across the road.  I didn't get a chance to shoot him. 

Ray decided that we would go for a ride and maybe do a little gold panning up the canyon so we headed back to camp.  As we were driving down into the river bottom again that turkey once again flew across the road.  There was steep rocky embankment that he scurried up and Ray told me to try and follow him.  I got about halfway up and started to slide back down.  There was no brush or anything to hang on to.  I turned around and started sliding back down to the road and that turkey flew right over my head and deep into the rive bottom again.  So frustrating!

We decided that we would stake out our spot on top of the ridge later that night and maybe out fox this wiley bird.  So we got back in the truck and headed up the canyon.

About 5 miles up the canyon Ray spotted 2 Jakes (young males) strutting along a little stream.  He slowed down and I got out of the truck and pumped a shell into the chamber.  I aimed at the bigger of the 2 birds held my breath and pulled the trigger...all I heard was a big click!  I hadn't locked the pump into place.  I hurried and pumped another shell into the chamber and aimed at the turkey as he was diving over the bank.  Boom!  I got him! 

It turned out that he weighed about 13 pounds and we are excited to eat him!  I hit him in the backside so the only meat that was compromised was one of his legs.  It was a wonderful experience and I was amazed that I could actually "bring home the bacon". 

I learned alot about turkeys from this experience and I also learned alot about myself.  I loved interacting with that wiley old Tom, I loved seeing and enjoying the habitat that tukeys love so much, I found out that turkey's are pretty smart creatures and that they are blind at night and have to be roosted in a tree before dark to protect themselves from preditors.  I had the opportunity to walk through the river bottom on a cool crisp spring morning and watch the world wake up.  I was able to breathe in fresh air, and smell the glory of rain washed trees and meadows.  What an amazing experience.

I truly loved the time I was able to spend with Ray in the calm, peaceful surroundings that truly heal your soul. 

November and December

 Go Utes!  Kelli made this amazing U for my desk to celebrate our Utes.  Not the best season in football but still lots of fun!  Have to cheer for our team no matter what!

 Cru and Kelli at the Aggie's game in Logan.  His face says it all!!  LOL!

 Just a picture of me before a game.

 Swoop cheering on the crowd.

Ray and I went Burbot fishing at Flaming Gorge in December - caught a couple of Burbot but Ray was really excited about this lake trout.  It was cold but fun!

 A side trip to Scheels.  A fun adventure this store is crazy!

 Brenden and the moose in the entrance of Scheels.

 Bridger was the student of the month for the 3rd grade.  The value of the month was integrity.  I think his mom is very pleased with this award.

 After the killings at Sandy Hook Kelli's Friend Dustin put together a book of children and messages of love and peace.  Cru had the perfect expression.

 MaKayla held up her message.  She did a great job!

A sweet reminder to hold your kids closer.