No more school!

This is it! Finishing strong and studying for the LAST final of Ashley's college experience!



So what do Hickson's do?
CELEBRATE of course!

Crazy to still have so much snow in April, but we sure enjoyed having the mountain to ourselves - the rest of Utah was tired of it!


Cash was not so sure about the heavy helmet and snow gear for a Texas boy, but loved the snack breaks!

A little glitch!

This is why we ALWAYS begin the day with prayer, as we were all grateful Andy walked away from this without any broken bones or scars! These rocketships sometimes had a mind of their own despite your intentions.


Cash and daddy happy to snuggle safely in the hotel!

Running wiggles out in the park!

Takin a break from graduation festivities and enjoy a fire-ant free park with a beautiful mountain backdrop!



Tanner's first time on a big boy swing! Just like a pro!

We always seem to find something to challenge each other on!



Gettin a little hungry!

Leave your mark!

Happy to add to the years events that Youth Conference 09 ~ Extreme Makeover for Haltom City Senior Park is now complete and was a great success! Woo hoo!
It's been months of planning, prayer and great faith the Lord would help us provide a tough opportunity for the youth to strengthen testimonies by losing their selves in service, experience team cooperation, leadership, skill building and also offer a rewarding humanity element.

Prayers were answered!
We framed up and poured a 1/4 mile 6' wide walking path for the Haltom City Senior Citizens Center, and subsequent landscaping embellishments like clearing fence lines, grooming the ballpark, assembling picnic tables and painting playground equipment.

As this project materialized, it was evident to me Andy and Todd had to be the General Contractors, as I knew they would share the same vision of hard hands-on work opportunities for the youth, high expectations and a finished task to feel the pride of start to finish accomplishment. That we did!

It was quite a feat to stage truckloads of lumber, rebar, sand, mulch and concrete to keep 240 youth busy to complete this task in two days.

The boys pulled strings to get 11 concrete trucks on Saturday over Easter weekend to allow us to literally leave our mark. Not only did the youth learn skills, but were able to strengthen their testimonies and draw a few seminary lessons from the process of framing a strong foundation, anchor, tie and cement with the gospel.
Heather was in town for Easter weekend. Traditional holiday it was not, but so grateful she was there to share in the project with us. She quickly got involved and served lunch to the masses! Not traditional, but fitting on Easter, to follow the Savior's example and render service to our fellowman.

The little ones enjoyed visiting the site and playing on the equipment. It was especially entertaining to watch the guys pull out the sunk concrete truck that held us up for an hour.

The hickson-hickson-hickson-hickson team!
I am filled with gratitude the project provided the youth with an experience they will never forget, but even moreso, grateful for the opportunity to work so closely with the boys and strengthen the bonds of our circle. They were absolute rock stars in making this happen - I choose them on my team EVERY time!


"The things you do for YOURSELF are gone when you are gone.
The things you do for others, REMAIN AS YOUR LEGACY."
~H. David Burton ~

FHE - walking the legacy! xo

the prince's new clothes.

once upon a time in a land far away a [beautiful] princess made baby shoes for the newest little prince.  she rummaged through her closet and scrapped together an old pair of pants, cardigan and turtleneck to make little lovelies to fill prince gavin's royal wardrobe.  after much trial and error, the princess had created the most adorable and tiniest baby shoes in all the land.  

worried that prince gavin would not have any coordinating tops the princess crafted a tiny train, plane and [rockstar] neck-tie. 

upon meeting the little prince [and his not-so-little toes] the princess learned that "0-3" patterns [and onesies] do not often fit all the name would imply.  luckily, little princes sleep a lot and are quite squishy to be squeezed into costumes to entertain all the kingdom.  

...and they all lived happily [and well-dressed] ever after.

a million years ago.

i found this little number while culling my hard drive and just love it.  i love her killer dance moves and that she is mouthing the words.

ps. this was november 2006... so *just* under a million years ago.

spring has sprung.

I love dc in the springtime.  judging from the crowds today--I am not the only one.

I also love love love my camera.

and lets be honest--the last picture is just to show how long my hair is. (shameless, I know.)

Who's who?

Since we thought new baby looked just like Cash at first site, thought it would be fun to play who's who with the baby pics?


























Answers: Baby Cash - New Baby Boy - Baby Haley




Here's what the twin boys look like together - 22 months apart! xo

Finally here ... it's a boy!

It's a great day to welcome a new little baby into the world! Mamma and baby are doing great! 9# 8 oz

Chris is still on a natural high from a "natural" delivery - doesn't even look tired!



We all can't believe how much he looks like Cash. But now that he's fluffing up a bit, I see Haley too! He's a good combo baby and so sweet!



He can spread his phalanges just like daddy! Looks like a little bear paw!
Haley brought her camera to take her own pics of new brother!

Good thing I made two hats, one already doesn't fit!


Here's a little snippit of the day! A lotta love in that room and more in phone calls and family far away! It'd be great if we all remembered our own moments of this time to remind we EACH truly are special and encircled in family arms to be loved and succeed! xo