Happy 50th Anniversary, Mema and Pop!

My parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on December 28! Fifty years without killing each other! Wow, I hope that David and I can make it that far. We made them a slide show that has pictures of our family over the past 50 years. If I can ever figure how to upload it, I will. Anyhow, Happy Anniversary Mema and Pop! We love you!

The Hicks

Here are all of the hicks! If someone ever called me a 'hick', I could say that I represent that name! This is a picture of everyone from Christmas. We had another picture that was a little better, but Lina had an orb on her face. I told her that she had a spirit watching out for her. It's a cool picture. All 8 grandchildren are in this picture. Beth (18), Josh (16), Mason (13), Sam (10), Emily (10), Dawson (9), Tyler (7), and Jack (3).

My family

Here is a picture of the five of us. It's not the best picture there is, but it's one of the few that has me and David in it, with the boys. It was taken on the 4th of July.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It's 2009 and this year holds tons of possibilities for me! First of all, I am curious to see how long I'll keep up with this blog. Secondly, I'm turning 40 next month (*gasp*) and I'm strangely excited about it!

Just like everyone else, I have my list of New Year's Resolutions. Here they are:
1. to lose the weight that I've carried for 3+ years, since Jack's birth
2. to read daily, and not just when on vacation
3. to cook more (no laughing!)
4. to exercise daily
5. to start running (yet again) and complete a 5 K
6. to not stress out and worry so much


Last night, we had some friends over for New Year's Eve and ended staying up until 1:30. Needless to say, the kids stayed up until way past midnight. David and I cleaned up after they were asleep and then crashed! We all slept until 11:00 a.m. This afternoon, we'll take down the Christmas decorations, cook a pot of turnips, and go for a long walk to get some vitamin D.

Happy New Year everyone!