Tonight we had Sarah's 13th birthday party. She invited 4 friends to go swimming and then come back here for pizza and a movie. Grandma Jo brought a candle from China that's pretty amazing. It's a flower that is supposed to open as soon as it's lit and start playing the "happy birthday" song. Sometimes it doesn't work out exactly as planned...
Monday, August 3, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Where's Jenna?
We went to 4-H camp this past week up at Jordan Pines. We had a great time camping up there for two nights. On the second night, we had a nice dinner and a magic show. The magician called Jenna up out of the audience for his last trick - his "time out" box where he sends naughty children. Addison and Anna were pretty upset when he started sticking knives and metal sheets into the box and I must admit I was a little nervous myself.
Brandon Hicken on the right side. He was hollering, "No" and "I can't watch!"
Brandon Hicken on the right side. He was hollering, "No" and "I can't watch!"
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Participating in the Pandemic
Yep - I got it. You may hear oinking if you come to our home this week! So far I'm the only one sick, but I imagine it's only a matter of time until the kids get H1N1 influenza. Now doesn't that sound better than Swine Flu? The doctor told me it's everywhere now. Since I don't know anyone else that has had it, I'm blaming it on work. My guess is I got it from a customer at the pharmacy. In case you are wondering about the symptoms - for me it started out with difficulty breathing. I had about 3 days of feeling like there was a stitch in my lungs and I just couldn't get a good breath. Yesterday I started getting achy and a mild cough. By this morning I had a high fever, achy muscles, very tired and still having a hard time breathing. The doctor put me on the same breathing treatments we do for Andrew when he gets wheezy - Albuterol. It really helped. I guess I just get to lie around the house for a while and try not to infect everyone else around me.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Jenna's Gymnastics
I'm embarrassed to admit how long it's taken me to finally sit down and figure out how to upload a video clip to my blog. I decided that tonight I would figure it out no matter how long it took. It took literally less than 30 seconds to figure out. I can't believe it! It's been on my to do list for months now. Anyway, now that I have finally figured it out, I'll probably be posting a bunch of videos I've been saving up to put on this blog.
The first ones will be from Jenna's gymnastic routine tonight. She started practicing gymnastics on her own in second grade. We had her in a community rec class for a few months, but I didn't like how the teachers failed to teach the kids how to fall or be safe. It seemed like she was falling and getting hurt at every practice. I pulled her out after one session. But even after a year or two without classes, she was still interested in gymnastics so we decided to try The Little Gym in January. She'd gone there when she was 4 and I remembered that they focused on safety. She's had a great time and her two friends from our neighborhood signed up with her. Here are her routines:
(Please ignore the screaming 6 year old in the back ground. She was a little nervous about doing her beam routine.)
It may have only taken a few seconds for me to figure out how to post these, but it's taking nearly an hour to upload them to blogger. Any suggestions from those of you out there who have more experience in the blogging world? I just transferred them from my camera to my computer and then clicked the little video link button and selected the video from the "my pictures" folder. Thanks!
The first ones will be from Jenna's gymnastic routine tonight. She started practicing gymnastics on her own in second grade. We had her in a community rec class for a few months, but I didn't like how the teachers failed to teach the kids how to fall or be safe. It seemed like she was falling and getting hurt at every practice. I pulled her out after one session. But even after a year or two without classes, she was still interested in gymnastics so we decided to try The Little Gym in January. She'd gone there when she was 4 and I remembered that they focused on safety. She's had a great time and her two friends from our neighborhood signed up with her. Here are her routines:
(Please ignore the screaming 6 year old in the back ground. She was a little nervous about doing her beam routine.)
It may have only taken a few seconds for me to figure out how to post these, but it's taking nearly an hour to upload them to blogger. Any suggestions from those of you out there who have more experience in the blogging world? I just transferred them from my camera to my computer and then clicked the little video link button and selected the video from the "my pictures" folder. Thanks!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Baptism
I know it's been forever since I wrote. I've been struggling with trying to decide whether to make my blog private or not. I decided not to add anything new to my blog until I knew what I wanted to do. I am going to make my blog private, so just send me an e-mail if you want me to add you to the list. I'll be keying in all the addresses from our lists, so if you've emailed me recently, you'll be on the "approved" list. I'm just a little uncomfortable with how much information is so readily available to anyone in the world.
On to happier topics. We have another 8 year old at the Hicken house! Addison turned 8 last month, but with conference, his baptism was scheduled for the second Saturday in April. We had planned a vacation to Durango for spring break, but Bret injured his ankle pretty severely and we decided hiking at Mesa Verde wasn't a great idea when he was having a hard time walking. Once we canceled the trip, we decided to go ahead with the stake baptism day. The stake primary presidency planned and did the entire first half of the baptism and then let us go by wards to the font. There was one other girl from a different ward getting baptized, and then Addison and his friend Sammie from our ward. Here are a few pictures from the baptism and Easter. We had a great weekend.
Addison with our Bishop and his first counselor.
My sister-in-law, Melissa, took some great pictures of Addison. She put a few on her blog if you want to check them out.
I think I'll do Easter pictures in a separate post. It's time to go and get the kids from school.
On to happier topics. We have another 8 year old at the Hicken house! Addison turned 8 last month, but with conference, his baptism was scheduled for the second Saturday in April. We had planned a vacation to Durango for spring break, but Bret injured his ankle pretty severely and we decided hiking at Mesa Verde wasn't a great idea when he was having a hard time walking. Once we canceled the trip, we decided to go ahead with the stake baptism day. The stake primary presidency planned and did the entire first half of the baptism and then let us go by wards to the font. There was one other girl from a different ward getting baptized, and then Addison and his friend Sammie from our ward. Here are a few pictures from the baptism and Easter. We had a great weekend.
Addison with our Bishop and his first counselor.My sister-in-law, Melissa, took some great pictures of Addison. She put a few on her blog if you want to check them out.
I think I'll do Easter pictures in a separate post. It's time to go and get the kids from school.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Canvas Photos
I found out about a great canvas company from a friend. They can do any size you want and the quality seems really good. I've been wanting to get our family photos enlarged and up on the wall, so I decided to try them in canvas. The company I used is Art-tec Prints. Their prices are the best I've found. It did take awhile - I think it was 3 weeks before they shipped my order, but that also could have been because of the large sizes I was ordering. I ordered the two side pictures 20x16 and the middle family picture 20x24. I like how they turned out. (For some reason, my camera isn't taking great pictures right now. They pictures on my wall look much better than this picture makes them look.)
Jury Duty Update
It's been awhile since I posted anything. I ended up not having to go in for jury duty, which is a good thing since I forgot to call in two of the nights. I did call in the next morning, but by that time I would have been really late if I'd had to go.
Bret also got selected for jury duty. It was rather funny that his letter came the day I was complaining about being selected a second time. The strange thing is that his was for Salt Lake City courts. We don't live in the city boundaries so we're not sure how he qualified for that. Regardless, they sent him the letter and then the postcard. On Sunday I was looking for a paper and found his postcard on my desk. His week was to start the next day. Since he was at a meeting I called for him. He was lucky enough to be selected to show up at court the next day. I'm sooo glad I found that postcard - I would hate to find out if they really fine you or put you in jail if you don't show up.
He arrived at 8:30 a.m. and they didn't let him leave until 6:15 p.m. He was one of four selected to stay and be on the jury. The other three were women and decided that he had to be the jury foreman. He hasn't told me much about the case - I don't know if they aren't supposed to or if just doesn't go into the details. It was a drunk driving case and they did find the defendant guilty. He doesn't know what the sentencing will be. I was getting a little nervous since we had tickets to The Forgotten Carols that night and I didn't know when they would let him leave.
Now he's off the hook for 2 years - at least from SL city. I guess the county court can still call him if they want to.
I really didn't sit down to write about jury duty. Oh well, I'll post this one and then do another later with the pictures I wanted to put up on the blog.
Bret also got selected for jury duty. It was rather funny that his letter came the day I was complaining about being selected a second time. The strange thing is that his was for Salt Lake City courts. We don't live in the city boundaries so we're not sure how he qualified for that. Regardless, they sent him the letter and then the postcard. On Sunday I was looking for a paper and found his postcard on my desk. His week was to start the next day. Since he was at a meeting I called for him. He was lucky enough to be selected to show up at court the next day. I'm sooo glad I found that postcard - I would hate to find out if they really fine you or put you in jail if you don't show up.
He arrived at 8:30 a.m. and they didn't let him leave until 6:15 p.m. He was one of four selected to stay and be on the jury. The other three were women and decided that he had to be the jury foreman. He hasn't told me much about the case - I don't know if they aren't supposed to or if just doesn't go into the details. It was a drunk driving case and they did find the defendant guilty. He doesn't know what the sentencing will be. I was getting a little nervous since we had tickets to The Forgotten Carols that night and I didn't know when they would let him leave.
Now he's off the hook for 2 years - at least from SL city. I guess the county court can still call him if they want to.
I really didn't sit down to write about jury duty. Oh well, I'll post this one and then do another later with the pictures I wanted to put up on the blog.
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