Thursday, January 29, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
DC
One of my best friends, Melissa, called me Monday night and was like "YOU'RE GOING TO DC??? WHEN??? I might be going to Washington too soon!" I quickly calmed her down to explain that DC in the Hicks family actually means Denver City. It was quite funny though, cause I was like "Mel, why would we be going to Washington D.C. for the weekend? She cracks me up.
So yes, we are going to head to Denver City this weekend to visit Tyler's mom and dad who have just re-done almost their entire house since it got practically blown away by a tornado this past June, and we're going to check out the newly remade home they now live in. We are also going to get see some good friends of ours, the Morales family, who by the way just had a sweet baby boy themselves, Elijah Luke. I am so excited to get to see this baby! He is such a cute one. We are def eager to see Tyler's best friend Jerod and his wife April who we haven't seen since their wedding a year 1/2 ago. (well, Tyler saw Jerod in June at wedding).
Anyways, we are looking forward to this weekend with family and friends in DC (Denver City) :) But Washington would have been cool too.....
So yes, we are going to head to Denver City this weekend to visit Tyler's mom and dad who have just re-done almost their entire house since it got practically blown away by a tornado this past June, and we're going to check out the newly remade home they now live in. We are also going to get see some good friends of ours, the Morales family, who by the way just had a sweet baby boy themselves, Elijah Luke. I am so excited to get to see this baby! He is such a cute one. We are def eager to see Tyler's best friend Jerod and his wife April who we haven't seen since their wedding a year 1/2 ago. (well, Tyler saw Jerod in June at wedding).
Anyways, we are looking forward to this weekend with family and friends in DC (Denver City) :) But Washington would have been cool too.....
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Finally..
Finally I had the time to take some shots of being 6 months pregnant. This is how big this little guy has gotten. It's pretty remarkable and how been such a joy to watch him grow and cause my belly to grow. We thank the Lord for getting us this far. (opps, sorry I accidently put two of the same one on there...oh well...)
Thursday, January 22, 2009
January
This month has flown past us like the wind out here in the west. I haven't been able to post because our internet at out house hasn't been working and at school it blogger doesn't work most the time.
I went to the doc last week and everything looked and sounded great. The doc said his little heartbeat sounded good and that I am growing at normal speed. I have gained 11 lbs. So figuring it up, I have about 3 months go and around 14 lbs. to gain, so that would mean I have to gain 4-5 lbs. every month. I want to post some pictures of this growing belly soon, but internet and time have come in the way of it.
This month has been steadily busy for Tyler. He took the youth on a ski trip last weekend to Angelfire, NM. He has a great time, but it's always hard for the both of us to be away from one another.
I went to visit a friend from back home that is going to Texas Tech in Lubbock. I stayed with her on campus in her dorm. It was very fun, but I sure am glad I am through with the dorm days of college. It was nice to visit with a familar face from home. I also had three other girl friends come over on Fri night and we played Sorry, watched a movie and talked alot. I haven't had that much girl time in a long time. It was awesome! I was exhausted by the end of the weekend though, and realized I talk way more when I'm around a bunch of girls.
Well, got to get back to 3rd graders!
I went to the doc last week and everything looked and sounded great. The doc said his little heartbeat sounded good and that I am growing at normal speed. I have gained 11 lbs. So figuring it up, I have about 3 months go and around 14 lbs. to gain, so that would mean I have to gain 4-5 lbs. every month. I want to post some pictures of this growing belly soon, but internet and time have come in the way of it.
This month has been steadily busy for Tyler. He took the youth on a ski trip last weekend to Angelfire, NM. He has a great time, but it's always hard for the both of us to be away from one another.
I went to visit a friend from back home that is going to Texas Tech in Lubbock. I stayed with her on campus in her dorm. It was very fun, but I sure am glad I am through with the dorm days of college. It was nice to visit with a familar face from home. I also had three other girl friends come over on Fri night and we played Sorry, watched a movie and talked alot. I haven't had that much girl time in a long time. It was awesome! I was exhausted by the end of the weekend though, and realized I talk way more when I'm around a bunch of girls.
Well, got to get back to 3rd graders!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Christmas pics
These are some pics of when my mom and dad were in Clovis. We went to Santa Fe and Glorieta where there was 18 inches of snow. It was beautiful! And it was such a treat getting to spend time with my parents.
Can you forget things in two weeks?
Well, I am back to work this week after having 2 weeks off. I was looking forward to coming back though, realizing over the break that I only have around 4 1/2 months left with my students! I only have 4 1/2 months left of teaching until I have a baby and get to stay home with him. So, that means I won't teach again for a good long while. I think I will miss the kids and teaching, but other things I will not miss. So, I have decided to do my best "to live with all my might, while I do live" (Jonathan Edwards Resolutions) and do my best to enjoy my students this year while I still get to.
On a somewhat different note, my students this week seemed to have forgotten alot of what they learned first semester. They did just have 2 weeks of probably not alot of brain strengthening activity, but still. I have had to be real patient this week, and reteach many concepts, but I suppose that's what we do, reteach, review, reteach, review, teach new things, reteach, review...and so on... 3rd graders need repetition, although their teacher doesn't always enjoy it and thinks we need to move on.
I know I have to learn things over and over....and I remember in college and even high school that I would study for a test, take the test, and then probably could not tell you the information the next week. Everyone needs repeated teaching and review I suppose.
My students are doing very well, though, and I am so proud of them. I have such a wonderful class this year and thank the Lord every day for blessing me with these sweet kids. I will def miss them next year. It's neat how you bond with 21 kids over time, and then bang the year is over and you may never know whatever happens to them. I pray each of them come to know Christ and live lives that will glorify Him.
On a somewhat different note, my students this week seemed to have forgotten alot of what they learned first semester. They did just have 2 weeks of probably not alot of brain strengthening activity, but still. I have had to be real patient this week, and reteach many concepts, but I suppose that's what we do, reteach, review, reteach, review, teach new things, reteach, review...and so on... 3rd graders need repetition, although their teacher doesn't always enjoy it and thinks we need to move on.
I know I have to learn things over and over....and I remember in college and even high school that I would study for a test, take the test, and then probably could not tell you the information the next week. Everyone needs repeated teaching and review I suppose.
My students are doing very well, though, and I am so proud of them. I have such a wonderful class this year and thank the Lord every day for blessing me with these sweet kids. I will def miss them next year. It's neat how you bond with 21 kids over time, and then bang the year is over and you may never know whatever happens to them. I pray each of them come to know Christ and live lives that will glorify Him.
Christmas Caroling
We went Christmas caroling the Friday evening before Christmas with some of the students in the youth group. It was alot fun. I had to ask several of the people we sang to if I could use their bathroom though, since I have to go every 10 minutes that night. We mainly went to shut-ins or elderly people and one kind woman even wrote Tyler a thank you note saying how much it meant to her that we came and sang. It was sweet. We were happy people enjoyed it and appreciated it.
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