It's been too long!

We have a serious monkey on our hands


two peas in pods

What one might find in the boys room during nap-time:

Just to clarify, that is Jed enclosed in his dirty laundry hamper... pretending to be a dog, I think!

Wrestling in skibbies...


...and posing in skibbies.... yes, we call them skibbies...

Hot Cocoa time with Mom


and cocoa talk with Micah

Loving on Ziggers

Random pre-Christmas pictures

FINALLY! Eating the Gingerbread House!




Jed with his very well-trained dog.


Get this thing out of my face!


Does the nickname "Monkey Hicks" make a little more sense now?

Christmas Pictures

Sorry for the delay - our home computer's been on the fritz!Here are some Christmas pictures that a friend of ours, Alisha, took a few weeks ago with our little digital camera. She took some with her fancy camera that we framed and sent to family for Christmas. Here are a few of the shots from our camera.

must blog before I forget this conversation!

I just put the boys to bed, and in my prayer I mentioned the baby in my belly. After I finished praying and was heading out of the room to fetch them some water,
Jed said to me, "Momma, I have a sisster."

Me: "Well, actually we don't know if this baby is a brother or a sister yet. You might be getting another little brother like Micah and baby Seth!"

Jed: "Well, no. Because kids and animals and cousins have sissters, and... I need to get one of those. yeah."

Me: "Well I'm working on that, Jed. I want you to have a sister too, but we're not in control of that, God decides whether this baby is a boy or a girl."

Jed: "Ya, but I need a sisster."

Okay, well shoot. He needs a sister. This conversation is coming just after Larson and I discussed how certain we are it's another little dude...
I guess we'll (hopefully) find out in another 2-3 weeks! :)

Here's newborn Jed...

Jedidiah in all his 3 year old glory!

So here are the Jed pictures to date. Woo-hoo! Jedidiah is a very helpful big brother and likes to keep tabs on everyone in the house (where they are, what they're doing, etc.) He likes to sing along to songs, both church and pop, and he is a movie and popcorn junkie. Where did he get that from?! When he draws/paints he always draws a dinosaur or a castle, or a dinosaur-castle. Oh, and he drew a whale on the wall next to his bed. :) (no worries though, we're painting right on over it!) Enjoy the new picts!




Jed at Manito Park in Spokane


Pre-haircut:

Post-haircut Trail90 ride:

Painting the boys room



Painting picture frames from Grambo


At the county fair, scoping out the cows and proud sheep owners.

I am way behind on pictures!

So here is a little catch-up to now.


The rifle Jed picked out for his birthday with the money from Gramps and Nana Jo.





At a company BBQ









Canon Beach Oregon