nieces and nephews... or at least most of them...

The wedding wouldn't have been complete without all our wonderful, fun, crazy nieces and nephews! We love them all so much and had a wonderful time with them!

pool days...

We've been enjoying the pool lots this summer..... i look a little funny swimming in my hat, but oh well. Haha!

Hannah's Baptism

Last week our niece Hannah was baptized.... we are so proud of her! Henry cracks me up in this photo....
For the sake of my family, let me introduce everyone....
Back Row - Henry, Joe, Matthew, Cameron, Rich, Miles, Tanya and Daniel.
In front - Sarah, Hannah and Emma
check out two of my beautiful nieces. :)

WE'RE ENGAGED!!!

Now back to the Oregon updates.... haha!

P.S. Happy Birthday Tom! And Congrats to Cameron on going to the temple today! We are all so proud of you and were so thrilled to share it with you!! Thanks for sharing your day with our engagement too! :)

Happy Birthday Cameron!

A very full weekend....

We had a very fun, very full weekend... the Burgoynes were in town, which we always love. And of course that means the whole family was together hanging out for a large portion of it. :)

Cameron arrived a few days earlier so Troy and I did our best to help entertain him... first the ReAL Soccer Game (Futbol Match - for Troy's sake) and then we took him to his first ballet. We all had a great time at the game, and the ballet was excellent as well.

The soccer game was very fun.... but it was also VERY WET! It started raining pretty hard during the second half, and ended up pretty chilly, but we still had a great time! Not sure you can see the rain in the photos... but I tried. :)
First the ominous clouds...
The ballet was the "Treasures of the Ballet Russes" and was 3 different pieces from one of the original ballet companies in the world -- I think... Troy is that right?? Anyway... all three of us really liked "The Prodigal Son"... it was emotional and touching and performed very well. I think Cameron was pleasantly surprised by the ballet overall. At the first intermission he said, "it's not nearly as boring as I expected." Haha! Hopefully he will try attending at least a few more.

Anyway.... here are Avery and Emma.... such little angels when they are sleeping (or getting along.) And Troy and I were in charge of dessert for Sunday dinner... we bought pie for the adults and I made "yummy cookies" for the kids. Troy talked the cookies up a lot... I hope they didn't disappoint. :) And of course, we have one photo of chubby little Henry...

catching up...

A couple weeks ago we went to Pocatello because several of the Burgoynes were speaking in sacrament meeting. Cameron, Troy and I cruised up Sunday morning and arrived just in time for a short hail storm. Haha! Anyway.... Henry was a little grouchy that day so I missed most of the talks but I heard part of Rich's and all of Tanya's. They both did an excellent job! Daniel and Matthew both gave me their talks at the house after church.... excellent jobs by both of them! I still haven't heard Joe's talk, but I was told he did an excellent job.

We didn't take many pictures of course... I've been a slacker lately on the photos, but I got a couple cute ones of Henry... and one of Cameron playing the piano. :)

Zoo Lights - Hogle Zoo

A few days before Christmas Joe, Cameron, Troy and I snuck off to Hogle Zoo to see the Zoo Lights. It was so fun! And so cold! Haha!

Hickman Family Chirstmas Celebration

The whole clan - Jen and Emma -
Sarah and her pretty new dress -
Emma and her new coat - this funny little girl runs around in just a diaper most of the time, but once she got her new coat, hat and scarf she didn't take them off all evening... she just ran around in her coat and diaper. Haha! Sarah and her new coat - Avery coloring -
Madison - Colleen and Tommy watching the kids open presents... Miles - Joe and Rich - Avery in Henry's car seat...
Colleen playing 'Santa" and passing out the gifts - Avery and Emma found the best toy of the night -
Jen and Henry - Avery, Sherri, Emma, Sarah and Hannah -
Tina, Darren and Madison -

Lots of presents.....
LOTS of people....