STILLWATER — When Hauss Hejny transferred from TCU to Oklahoma State in January, everyone in the family faced an adjustment.
For Jesse and JimAnne, their first-born son was suddenly living in a different state, roughly four hours away, for the first time in his life.
For Hauss, there were no more 30-minute drives back home from Fort Worth, Texas, to Aledo for a home-cooked meal.
Yet, no one in the Hejny family was impacted as much as 9-year-old Jhett.
His big brother was gone, and so was his big bedroom.
“Jhett’s pretty much slept in bed with Hauss since he’s been out of his crib,” Jesse told The Oklahoman. “So they shared a bedroom and they’re pretty tight.”
With Hauss no longer nearby, the Hejnys’ middle son, Beau, got to move into the big bedroom that had belonged to Hauss for so many years. And with that, Jhett got relocated to one of the smaller bedrooms.
“Beau has adjusted well to the bigger room — the master suite, we call it,” Jesse said. “But Jhett’s had the bigger adjustment, like, ‘What, the master suite is no longer mine?’”
Young Jhett’s misfortunes aside, the Hejnys have enjoyed the changes life brought when Hauss transferred to OSU, where he is set to compete with Zane Flores for the starting quarterback job next fall.
“We love Stillwater,” Jesse said. “It’s a really neat town. It reminds both of us a lot of what we grew up around. We both grew up in small towns and even though Stillwater has 40,000 people living there, it feels really small, which is nice, but yet, you have all the amenities you could want.”
Beyond that, Jesse and JimAnne had a level of comfort with the move because of their relationship with two of OSU’s new coaches, offensive coordinator Doug…
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