hickson family

Who looks alike?

2011-08-31T19:23:00.000-07:00

Gav about 4 mths.

Cash about 4 mths.

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Haley about 4 mths

Tucker and his helpers

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Tucker almost 4 mths

Preschool!

2011-08-31T18:41:00.000-07:00

After a debating for months, I put Cash in preschool and he loves, loves it!

Gideon and Cash are buddies in Ms. Melani and Ms. Kim's Zoo Pals room!

Gav thought he was going to school with Cash. He walked right into the classroom and he dug his heels in when it was time to leave. Cash gave him a hug and...

this is the super sad face that he left with. Oh well, he'll adjust.

No more nerves!

2011-08-31T18:36:00.000-07:00

The first day jitters are gone now and Haley is just excited every morning to go back to school. She lays her clothes out every night so she is ready when it's time to leave in the morning. She loves Junie B. Jones books (we've read almost every one at the school library!) and is excited to learn to read and write better. Art and recess are her fav things about school. This girl has her own sense of style and lets me do cute things to her hair lately.

First day of 1st Grade!

2011-08-31T18:31:00.000-07:00

Haley was a teensy bit nervous for the first day but was a champion! Mrs. Broussard is her teacher this year and so far Haley likes her.

Making memories

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Success & Determination = Haley slaloming!

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Haley was so determined to get up on one ski and after falling and falling she did it! She didn't get discouraged or frustrated and never ran out of energy. After trying again and again this beaming smile tells how sweet it feels to reach a goal! Thanks daddy for being a great teacher!

Lake Ouachita 2011

2011-08-30T19:35:00.000-07:00

This pic is priceless! The kids really wanted a tube ride but we had a prop problem and so they loaded on the jet ski to go out. Only to come back in just as quick as they had gone out because they were nervous about a storm coming!

Cash started holding his hand out and when we asked him why he didn't know. But it makes a great pic!

Everybody skied, tubed, knee boarded and had a great time at our favorite Lake!

Oh dear!

2011-08-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

These 3 little buddies were so excited to see the fire truck parked right in front of our house. Our neighbors had called for an ambulance because Mr. Bill needed to go for a ride. The kids found the only shade around and sat down for their own viewing entertainment while eating their oreo ice cream.

Happy faces!

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We laughed and cried and had a great time doing it all! Hugs and loves til next time!

Tin foil dinners were a hit!

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Roasting dogs up East Fork!

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We tried to keep the kids out of the water and Papa Dan walked right in it! What a guy!

What a fun group!

Oh, Lanae,

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don't get your panties in a wad (or your bra!)

Picnic in the field!

2011-08-30T18:35:00.000-07:00

All the kids got to ride with Uncle Jake on the rake. Papa Dan and Rick in the bailers decided to come and take a break for lunch. Picnic party in the field under the shade of the bailer wagon:)

Pretty girls!

2011-08-29T20:45:00.000-07:00

Haley and Sami had such a fun time together! They danced, painted nails, did hair and were cute girls together!

Slip n slide!

2011-08-29T20:37:00.000-07:00

Kim's brain child was this slip n slide! The black plastic from Cal Ranch, water and you've got a whole bunch of fun for adults oh, and kids too! This was such a kick! Thanks Uncle Dal and Aunt Brenda for letting us play!

Elder McHargue's mission report & Tucker's blessing day!

2011-08-29T20:27:00.000-07:00

Andy gave Tucker a beautiful blessing and Elder McHargue gave great talk!

Pioneer day celebration 2011!

2011-08-29T20:15:00.000-07:00

Parade, races and great weather:) Kinsey was the winner! Gavin and Cash fell down but they picked themselves up and finished the race! Haley and Sami were chatting about how they were going to win!

Welcome home Elder McHargue!

2011-08-29T20:09:00.001-07:00

Wow! We were so excited for Elder McHargue to come home from his 2 year mission to South Africa! After traveling for 2 days straight (sitting in airports, on a plane for 19 hours, driving for 3 hours) he made it home! The kids painted a banner for Jacob and they sat on the couch nicely and waited for him to come home...not really. It was tough to get the picture of the couch because they were crazy excited!

Big boys!

2011-08-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

Super fun to drive the lawn mower and pull a wagon behind it! And we loved the mad scientist silly glasses that came in our Arctic Circle kids meal:)

Wagon rides and popsicles!

2011-08-29T19:51:00.000-07:00

We love when Luke gives wagon rides! Thanks for sharing popsicles too:)

Like brother, like brother!

2011-08-29T19:44:00.000-07:00

Brittany got bikes for the kids to ride and Lucas jumped on it for a test ride. A few days later I caught Jake riding it too! Like brother, like brother!

Chuck Rock, chuck rock, chuck rock, right!

2011-08-29T19:35:00.000-07:00

First, we gather the rocks and put them in the box.
Next, we chuck them in the East Fork creek.
We love Papa Dan for thinking up a fun activity for us!

Idaho Trip July 2011

2011-08-29T19:31:00.000-07:00

Checking the pivot, gettin drinks and haulin hay!

Ranger Rides!

2011-08-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Leland took all the kids for Ranger rides around American Falls! Haley and Kinsey loved it the most because he went fast! Cash told Grandpa to slow down and Gav wouldn't get in unless I went with him! Thanks Grandpa:)

Lovin life!

2011-08-29T19:24:00.000-07:00

I love after naptime when we just get to snuggle in bed for a minute and watch Team Umizoomi!

Rangers Game!

2011-08-29T19:22:00.000-07:00

Andy took Haley on a date to the Rangers Game!

Cash is 4!

2011-07-02T06:22:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday buddy! Cash is a creative boy who has a super LONG attention span. He can stick to a project for hours! He likes Legos, tying knots, creating things, helping people and being goofy! He's a keeper:)

Tucker is the reason...

2011-07-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

mom came to town! Thank goodness she was here too. It was so great to have help with laundry, dishes, food, changing diapers and playing with kids. Thanks mom for coming to help out!

Haley graduated from Kindergarten!

2011-07-02T06:07:00.000-07:00

What a precious little/big girl! Haley is strong willed and knows what she wants and has a great way of getting people to do what it is that she wants! Good thing Mrs. Miles was her kindergarten teacher because she was fabulous! Haley blossomed! Haley was definitely the winner for the most family support! We are so lucky to have so much family living close! Hooray for kindergarten and yip, yip, yippeee we are on to 1st grade!

Hooray...

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for toothless grins:)

Missing...

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teeth! Haley pulls her own teeth out! She pulled her bottom teeth out a few months ago. When she was at school she pulled her top tooth out. The very next day was Saturday and she almost pulled the other top tooth but daddy ended up popping it out:)

Happy 32 (what!) bday, baby!

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Tug of war champions!

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Hooray, field day!

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He is loved!

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Tucker Leland Hickson

2011-06-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

Wahooo! He's here! Tucker was born on May 17 at 11:41pm! Contractions started at 8 pm and I started walking around the block. I only made it a 2 blocks and decided I needed to go home and shower to get ready. After showering I told Andy we needed to leave soon. Connie was on her way and we left (kids were home sleeping and Connie arrived minutes after we left!) When we got to the hospital the doors were locked and we were told to go to the ER. I was not going to make it so there was a security guard who let us in and we got into the room at 11:19 and was dilated at and 8. My water broke within minutes and that baby was coming! My doctor walked in at 11:39 just in enough time to catch the baby at 11:41! It was fast! We are so happy he's here and healthy!

39 weeks!

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I'm uncomfortable but baby is happy as can be inside:)

Oh the joy...

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of celebrating a birthday! I didn't even need to worry about blowing out the candles because Gavin had it all covered before the birthday song ended:)

38 weeks:)

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Happy Easter

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We are so blessed.

School egg hunt!

2011-04-27T11:00:00.000-07:00

Haley had such a fun time at her school egg hunt! Cash and Gavin had an even better time hiding the eggs for the kindergarten kids. I should've gotten a pic of them crawling up the fence and putting the eggs really high and laughing because, "how were the kids going to reach them?" What fun!

Farm work

2011-04-27T10:52:00.000-07:00

My mom used to give me and my siblings wheat to play farm with and it was so much fun! We use flour here. Thanks for the farm machinery, mom and dad:)

36 weeks and growing

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34 weeks!

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I do have other clothes but this shirt shows the growth better than any other. Everywhere I go people ask what the baby is and now I'm starting to really wonder what is in my belly! Last night I thought it felt like a boy but up until then I have thought girl (wishful thinking:) Who knows! But again, all is well!

Veggie visitor!

2011-04-08T12:56:00.000-07:00

Haley got to bring a veggie visitor that she created to school! This is Ms. Pepper!

just goofy!

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These boys can be so goofy!

Gavin's train table!

2011-04-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

I feel so lucky to have such a handy husband who is willing to teach our kids to be handy too! Andy made a train table for all of Gavin's bday. It was a project for everyone to enjoy. Gavin and Cash needed some grapes near the end to keep them going but they were super excited once the table was finished and we built a big track for the trains to chug down!

School day

2011-04-04T13:59:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Emma for helping Haley to look so adorable for school today!

Roller coaster

2011-04-04T13:55:00.000-07:00

Cash and Gavin call this the "roller coaster swing" that is at a park where Haley has soccer practice. They love this park too because it has tiny rocks instead of wood chips all around it and the rocks are great for their loader and dump truck:)

He's 2!

2011-04-04T13:47:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to our big buddy! Gavin is our little chatty boy and loves to copy what anyone says. He loves trains, his red motorcycle and riding his big wheel. We just moved him out of his crib and up to share a room with Cash. They have bunk beds and Gav has claimed ownership of his bottom bunk. Heavenly Father blessed us with this little man we love so much!

Soccer game

2011-04-04T13:38:00.000-07:00

So today was a "mulch the yard day" and Haley had a soccer game smack in the middle of mulching one of the 3 yards Gma and Andy helped with. So glad they took time to come and watch the game because Haley kicked a goal again! She is so good:) Please note that Cash dresses himself and is completely comfortable in his choice of mismatched socks and green crocs with the ensemble on top. Gavin likes to wander off so good thing gma came to bring him back!

Blastball!

2011-04-04T13:34:00.001-07:00

Cash and Tanner play on the Volcanoes blastball team! What a hoot! Andy moved Cash away from Tanner 3 or 4 times while they were in the outfield but they kept inching back together and digging in the rocks and solving the world problems, I guess!

32 weeks and all's well:)

2011-03-23T12:16:00.000-07:00

I am enjoying this pregnancy! Connie and all the kids came with me to the ultrasound today and we saw what looked to be a healthy him/her floating inside my belly. Due date is still May 20th and I'm sure that's coming way too fast. Sometimes I want to slow the clock down, but it keeps ticking and that ticking reminds me to enjoy every second!

Forklift day!

2011-03-23T12:10:00.000-07:00

Nothing's more fun than riding the forklift with dad and driving the monster truck through the leaves.

She's 6!

2011-03-23T12:02:00.000-07:00

Haley is so big! All she wanted for her birthday was for Andy and I to take her on a special date to get her ears pierced and go to dinner without the boys. So one day during spring break she got her hair cut the way she wanted it and that night we took her to Sweet and Sassy for the ear piercing (she was so brave) and then to dinner at Outback. Haley couldn't stop beaming! It was like the excitement of Christmas to her! I asked if she wanted a party with friends from school and she just wanted family to come over and have cake and ice cream, easy:) We are so blessed with this little girl in our lives! She is a little bottle of energy and happiness:)

Raspberry Jam!

2011-03-23T12:00:00.000-07:00

Our freezer is finally stocked with some homemade raspberry jam! Wish the berries were from Gma Ila's patch, but alas, they wouldn't make the long trip from Idaho to Texas:)

Gavin loves daddy!

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Whenever Andy is around, Gavin is never far from him. He loves his daddy and when Gav gets hurt he always wants daddy!

Boxes are fun!

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Sometimes more fun than the toys:)

Ladybugs 1st soccer game!

2011-03-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

Brrrrrr! It was freezing cold!

Morning buddies

2011-03-01T19:34:00.000-08:00

These two love Team Umizoomi!

Cowtown 5K

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We did it!

Soccer starts

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She loves playing!

Princess

2011-03-01T19:22:00.000-08:00

Haley sang "I love to see the temple" at the Young Women's New Beginnings night. She practiced and practiced for two weeks to learn both verses and sang it all by herself as the closing song. She was so excited and really did a great job. I love this little girl!

Trash guys!

2011-03-01T19:17:00.000-08:00

I have the best trash helpers!

Happy Valentine's

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Snow days, hooray!

2011-02-28T19:31:00.000-08:00

So fun to have snow here!

Little reader!

2011-02-28T19:27:00.000-08:00

Haley is getting to be such a good reader and lucky for the boys because she loves and audience!

Love him!

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Backyard dutch oven cooking!

2011-02-28T19:14:00.000-08:00

We are a funny group! Andy wanted to get better at dutch oven cooking. Come and try his blueberry peach cobbler, YUMMY! You can chat with his protected helpers while it's cooking!

Lego Airplane

2011-02-28T19:09:00.000-08:00

Andy and Cash love airplanes!

Christmas 2010

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We are so blessed!

OOPS!

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Oops, mom's makeup is not for you and it looks like you know you shouldn't be using it!!

Merry Christmas 2010!

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We are a happy family! Love to all of you!

Andy * Chris * Haley * Cash * Gavin & baby #4 in May!

Mrs. Miles

2010-12-15T12:49:00.000-08:00

Haley is so lucky that she got such a great teacher this year for Kindergarten! Mrs. Miles uses songs to teach so many things and Haley comes home singing and teaches them to Cash and Gavin. It's so fun!

Santa USA

2010-12-15T12:33:00.000-08:00

Haley's school was on the route for Santa USA and we joined in the fun! The cutest bunch of elderly people donate their time through the month of December to make 200 stops, arriving in helicopters, at schools and different locations to bring smiles to the faces of lots of little people. Santa and Mrs. Claus come in one helicopter and Frosty and Rudolph come in the next one. A van arrives with 5 or 6 elves that can barely walk but are sooo adorable! My little people loved this super fun event and Gavin couldn't stop talking about "Anta!"

Gingerbread Houses!

2010-12-15T12:20:00.000-08:00

We had a great time decorating our graham cracker houses. Before decorating began we had dinner and the kids finished quickly and left the table to play. Crazy Cash had taken his pads off the armrests to his carseat and was using them as elf shoes. They were awfully slick on the wood floor so he fell and split his chin. So we thought it needed stitches but luckily Dr. Rousseau, our friend, just super glued it together and we are good to go! Grandma kept Cash busy decorating his house so he only cried for a minute. Fun night!

Everyone's growing

2010-12-15T12:17:00.000-08:00

Only a few more times of riding 3 long and we're going to have to go for individual rides with daddy. The kids are getting too big!

Books, books, books!

2010-12-15T12:15:00.000-08:00

Gavin has always been a book lover. He will pick out a book and look at it and get another and another. Lately he wants someone to read to him. Andy was cute to take time and read to him!

Bruising!

2010-12-15T12:12:00.000-08:00

Gavin always has a bruise or scratch somewhere on his head. He did a great Tom and Jerry move where he fell back into an upside down chair which launched him forward into the table. This bruise came immediately. He has since fallen on it twice more to make it a lasting bruise. Poor little toddler!

Haley is so big!

2010-12-13T04:55:00.000-08:00

Haley lost two teeth this summer! She pulled the first tooth out all by herself! Good thing the tooth fairy is still around.

She also learned how to hula hoop and is really good. She was the kindergartener who could hula hoop the longest in her P.E. class at school and was soooo happy to come home and share that fun fact with everyone.

Boys

2010-12-13T04:43:00.000-08:00

Since Haley started school these two boys have become good friend. Gavin follows Cash everywhere and wants to do everything he's doing. Cash doesn't mind at all and always waits for the little legs to catch up. Problems arise when they want the same toy and there have been quite a few biting and hitting incidents where I step in to break it up. I'm sure this will always be the case but it's nice when they are happy with each other.

Elf on the Shelf

2010-12-13T04:35:00.000-08:00

My kids love Elf on the Shelf and look for him every morning! Sometimes he's easily spotted and sometimes they have to search and search. Haley has really tried to be a better helper so I'm thinking I want the elf around all year, ha, ha!!

ps this is not my tree or what our elf looks like.

Special Visitors!

2010-12-12T15:05:00.000-08:00

Grandma, Grandpa Clinger and mom drove to San Antonio for wedding and then traveled up to our house for a stay! Grandpa brought two Adirondack chairs that he had assembled and disassembled in Idaho and packed in the back of his car. When he got here he put them together and I feel so happy to have them to sit in! All of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren are the recipients of these awesome chairs!

November!

2010-12-12T14:49:00.001-08:00

This was a fun month as Haley had a Thanksgiving feast at school and dressed as an indian named Dancing Ladybug! We took a trip to San Antonio to visit Shamu at Sea World. It was so fun for all of us! Grandma Connie cooked a very yummy Thanksgiving feast and we had a party at her house! I have no pics of the yummy food but it was YUMPTIOUS (Cash made up that word yumptious and we love it!)

October!

2010-12-12T14:38:00.000-08:00

Love this month of harvest! It brought a trip to the pumpkin patch with Grandma and Tanner and trunk or treating at the ward party. Since Halloween was on Sunday we decided to stay at home and pass out candy instead of go house to house in our neighborhood trick or treating. Haley and Cash kept tally marks of how many treaters we had...95! It was more fun to watch them get excited about passing out candy than going from house to house!

September!

2010-12-12T14:32:00.001-08:00

Haley is our schoolgirl now! Mrs. Miles is a great teacher for her at Liberty Elementary and sings songs all the time which Haley loves!

August!

2010-12-12T14:21:00.001-08:00

August brought the last hooray of play on the water! We got home from our waterskiing vacation the night before Haley had to go to school. Both Andy and I were in denial and just didn't think it would ever start! But we sucked the joy and fun out of summer!

July!

2010-12-12T13:56:00.000-08:00

July was a fun trip to Idaho to visit family, ride horsy, play in the mud and relax!!

I love summer!

2010-06-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

I love summer, ice cream, and this chubby, little boy!

Imagination Station!

2010-06-13T14:52:00.000-07:00

Haley and Cash play this game of skating. Even though it's 90+ degrees outside they put on their winter hats and mittens and my snuggly socks and slide around the house until someone is crying. Usually Gav is right behind them!

Gav lovin Ash!

2010-06-13T14:43:00.000-07:00

Gavin loves when Ashley comes around, so much that he'll jump out of my arms to hers! He especially liked her today because of the tiny moose on her shirt.

7 years strong!

2010-06-13T14:26:00.000-07:00

Still in love after 7 years & looking forward to many more together!

2010-06-08T19:42:00.000-07:00

We are so lucky to have such a handy daddy who takes time to teach us how to do hard, rewarding projects! Cash loved working on this paver project with Andy, or maybe he loved using his wheelbarrow!

Lovely

2010-06-08T19:38:00.000-07:00

I have to photograph her hair when she lets me do it because it's a very rare thing.

Such a lovely little lady!

So sleepy:)

2010-06-08T19:35:00.000-07:00

Wake us up when we get to the lake.

Gavin

2010-06-08T19:27:00.000-07:00

Really I am such an innocent little man! I don't really sneak into my mom's room and slobber on the phone chargers until they don't work. And I'm not the one who takes the remotes and hides them. I am the sweet little boy who loves to throw balls and make tractor noises and chase after my big brother and sister!

Dear Lowe's

2010-06-08T19:20:00.000-07:00

Dear Lowe's,

We are the 3 kids who love to come to the Saturday projects. Our parents never remember to sign up online so please don't blame it on them and let us participate. We have learned how to wait patiently and will help our parents remember to sign up so we don't have to sit on these buckets anymore.

Your loyal participants,

Tanner, Cash, Haley

Two little boys...

2010-06-08T19:17:00.000-07:00

2 little boys

2 huge smiles

4 hands full of rocks

4 cute legs

20 little toes