Technical Difficulties!!

Ok I'm posting a picture from a few weeks ago because well we just plain forgot the camera last night for Halloween. I'm just not as good as Kim Lawson. Kim is always "have camera will travel." We went to the new house to trick-or-treat so we could get more acquainted with the neighborhood and meet new neighbors. Well we still have lots of painting and work going on there so it was very chaotic. Mom did her best getting the girls to the house with all their costume garb and the candy to hand out. When I got there from work, we realized that we didn't have the face paint and you just can't have 3 little kittens w/out whiskers. Well ok they were a Tiger, a Black Cat and a Leopard. But they are still my little litter of kittens in my opinion. Anyway I had to run back out to the drug store to hunt down some face paint. So in the midst of all that the camera did not make it. However I did get a few pics of the tired and worn out kitties. I'll post those soon.

The girls had a blast and we did too. Clara Paige called all the trick-or-treaters that came to the door our Customers. It was so cute. The doorbell would ring and she would run and announce, "We Have Customers!!!"

Hope everyone else's Halloween was Fun and Safe!!

It's Official!!

Well, it is finally official. The Hicks family Circus has a new home. We couldn't be more excited and relieved that it's all finally over. Well the closing is anyway. Now Alex has the grand task of painting most of the rooms. We plan to move into it the weekend of Nov 3-4 or so. It will be so nice to have so much room. The girls love their playroom and have already started to tell us where they want their toys placed in it. I guess I have 3 little interior designers on my hands. Mom and Dad have been so overwhelmingly good to us while we have occupied almost every square inch of their home. Thanks Mom, Dad and Jonathan.
I am very happy b/c we found a house in an absolutely FANTASTIC neighborhood for our girls. It has a playground and pool and lots of kids. We will actually get to go there and trick-or-treat next week!!
Well everyone have a great rest of the week and thanks for all the prayers!!

Thoughts and Ponderings

Words of Wisdom By Maggie: "Happiness is Alive." --I really needed to hear this today.

Ponderings by Clara Paige: I was singing a church hymn the other day and the lyrics "washed in the blood of the Lamb" came up. Clara tells me, "I don't like that part." I explained to her that it was a good thing and of coarse she asks why. So I tell her that it means that we get baptized with Jesus and that is a very good thing. She then asks, "Are you?" and I say yes. Then she sincerely with her big puppy dog brown eyes asks me, "Have I been Advertised with Jesus?" It was just too cute and sweet. I explained to her that one day she would be. Ahh the minds of children never cease to amaze me and put my heart at peace.

Love to all!!

Punkin' Pickin'

We went Punkin Pickin last weekend with The Dodson's, The Halls and Nana/Pappy and Meme/Papaw. It was a big occasion. We celebrated Papaw's birthday and had lots of fun. Just thought I'd post a few pictures for everyone.

The Princesses of the House

Well this is part of our attempt at taking pictures for Mags and Gracie's Birthday party invitations. Just thought I would share a few of these pics with ya. After the photo session I was assigned the job of pretending to be the Mean Step-mother or as Gracie says "steffmotha." I didn't take it too personally though. Have a great week and hopefully I will be posting more soon. Gotta get those Auburn game pics downloaded first.

just an update

This is just an update for everyone. I hope to be publishing some pictures soon so I'll get more detailed then. We took Rachel and Emily Dodson with us to the Auburn Game last weekend and had a blast. I can't wait to share the pictures with you.
The twins birthday is coming up soon and I just can't get over the fact that they will be 3 years old next month.
Halloween is fast approaching and we are in need of a costume for Clara Paige. Can you believe it's already that time of year?
Oh and we are in the process of getting a new house. Just everyone please keep their fingers crossed and keep us in your prayers that it continues to go smoothly for us.
Love to all!

The Hicks Family Dictionary:

Mazageen - something you read-you know like Southern Living or Sports Illustrated

Fingertails - those things on the end of your fingers- according to Gracie

Nonails - same as fingertails but on your toes

Nanny Nanny - what you say when you are really mad at Nana

Shurch - Where you go to worship God - according to CP - pronounced with same beginning sound as Shruck (truck) and Shicken (chicken)

TO BE CONTINUED...........

Latest update

My beautiful girls!

Not too much to update everyone on right now. I have started my new job. This will be my 3rd week. It's going well. I only work about 20 hours a week so I can't complain about that at all. I'm pretty much going to be doing similar work to what I was doing in Ttown. So at least its familiar territory for me. Although I was only home with them a month before I went back to the land of the working, I was really sad and weepy that first day. But we're all getting into the swing of things. We have not officially started to look for a house yet but we are getting closer. I'll be sure to let everyone know when we do.

We actually went down to Tuscaloosa today for a few hours. Mom had to pick up a new rear view mirror for her van and we dropped off some clothes to sell in the Children's' Closet consignment sale. We dropped by Kim Lawson's work for a few minutes too. It was great to see her.

And by the way, Maggie does not have two boo boos on her legs. She's just addicted to band aids at the moment. :)

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Gotta show our spirit!

WAAAAAAAR EAGLE!!!!!!

We love each other so much. And we love our AUburn shirts.

2 Bits, 4 Bits, 6 Bits a dollar! All for Auburn stand up and hollar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! War Eagle
Maybe we can play a better game this weekend! Go Tigers!

Hicks day Spa!

Welcome to the HICKS Wellness & Day Spa. We specialize in Manicures and Pedicures as you can see.

We especially like to pick really bright polish colors designed especially for you so you can Stand Out in a Crowd.

Meet our newest and most prized specialist Mr. Hicks himself. He's specialized in small children for about 4 1/2 years now. Stop by anytime to receive his expert service. He really likes to work in the dark in the living room with a lot of chaos around. Come by and see for yourself just call first for an appointment. ;)

Emily's Wedding

Here are the pictures that I promised from Emily Jones Files' wedding a few weekends ago. This obviously is me and my adorable little angel Clara Paige. The twins didn't make it that night. We thought it would be way too much to deal with. Thanks again to MeMe for keeping them for us. And to Mom, Dad and Alex for coming to the wedding and bringing CP for me.

This is Bethany, me and Katy. They are 3 of the 4 musketeers from my school years. The fourth being the bride of coarse. There are just way tooooo many memories that bring smiles to my face for all of these beautiful ladies. Love you all.

And here is Mrs. Files who completes our group. She looked so beautiful. I am so happy for her.

And here is a pic of all the bridesmaids. We were a pretty good lookin group I think. I just got the call last week also that my other special Emily will be getting married next year. I will be donning yet another lovely bridesmaids dress next May for Emily Clemens. Funny how I haven't been in a wedding in years and now all the sudden they just start popping up. I am more than honored to be a part of their days though.
Have a great week everyone. Oh yeah, I start my new job tomorrow so say a prayer for me. I think its gonna be a little bit hard since I've been spending so much time with my girls lately. I am excited just a little sad. And War Eagle. We barely squeaked by this week but good teams find a way to win.

MY BABIES

Here are some recent pics of my cuties patooties! They were pretending to go swimming and dancing. Can you guess which twin is which in this picture? They are getting harder to tell apart sometimes. Boy am I in trouble!?

This is Maggie doing her "Funny Dance."

This is my three amigos dressed up like "princesses" complete with the makeup and hairstyles. We played Beauty Salon and fixed them all up. They had so much fun. This is one of the many things that I love about being a Mommy!