Playing "Catch-Up" Part Four

The FIRST Snow of the Winter at the Hicks Household!



Red putting his mark on the fresh snow...

Red was so cold in the snow he ran all the way back to the house after his morning walk with Greg...

Playing "Catch-Up" Part Three

Apple Cup 2007

So the outcome of the game as we all know was not so great, but I feel like we need report all the "ups" and the "downs" of being devoted Husky fans. We will get them next year for sure!

Playing "Catch-Up" Part Two

Thanksgiving with Greg's Family

Being married now, Greg and I do the famous "Holiday Swap". You know, Thanksgiving with your fam, Christmas with mine and then flip flop next year. The wonderful thing is that I love Greg's family to death...so much that I feel funny saying "Greg's Family" I truly feel that they are my family too. At Thanksgiving one of Greg's cousins, Jackie asked me if it was hard not being with my family for Thanksgiving. My first honest gut reaction was "I AM with my family!" - wow, do I feel blessed or what!?!?

Day After Thanksgiving Sale Shopping with the Girls...


This year was my very first EVER early morning "Day After Thanksgiving Sale" shopping experience. (Here is a shot of the group at our first destination of the morning) Yes, it IS an experience. After the shock of getting up so early (4:30am!) we really did have a blast together. We waited in line at Joe's Sporting Goods to try and score a gift card that was given to the first 200 customers. I scored big time when I opened my envelope to find a $25 Gift Card! That made the 4:30 am wake up totally worth it! After that it was on to half price socks at Freddy's. Memories!

Freddy's...


Greg's cousin's wife Pam recently had knee surgery yet still decided to take on the super shopper task of crazy Day After Thanksgiving Shopping for her three wonderful boys! Here is a picture of Lori Girl in the Freddy's scooter that Pam used...here is a funny one for you...have you ever thought of what it would be like to get your scooter stuck in the lady's room stall with no help in sight?? Well, if you ever get the chance, ask Pam what that would be like. :) You will be rolling with laughter if you ever have the privilage of hearing the story from her point of view.

One more hilarious quote from the shopping experience...
"I sure hope they are giving out strips of bacon at Michaels!"
See if you can guess what protein-deprived shopper that quote came from.

Thanks Hicks Family for a wonderful Thanksgiving and a blast at Day After Thanksgiving Shopping Craziness!

Playing "Catch Up" Part One

Okay, okay. I am sorry...so sorry! I have been avoiding updating the blog for some time now. It started off that I just thought no one was looking at our blog, so I felt no need to update. I am now aware that there are aparently blog lookers out there that just don't write comments. So, here is "Part One" of our updating...

In November Alicia, Vance and Karis came to stay with us while Vance attended the Worship Leaders Conference at our church, Overlake Christian. Although Vance was pretty tied up with the conference most of the weekend, I had a blast hangin' out with my sister and my wonderful little Karis! I can never have too much Karis time!

Where is Karis?!?!?!?


There she is!!!

Uncle Gregor was letting her play with his phone for a morning activity...so much fun!


Greg's mom, Jan decided she should purchase a highchair to have on hand...just in case it was ever needed and it really came in handy when we decided to watch the Husky vs. Beavers Football game at Mark and Jan's house. Thanks G'ma Jan (is there such thing as a G'ma-in-law???) :)

Huskies vs. Ducks Football Game

A few weeks ago Greg and I had the privilege of hosting a pre-game get together with a group of my families biggest football fans. Unfortunately, some of them happen to be Duck fans. (I know, Greg loves me SO much that he married me despite this drastic flaw) We had everyone over for pre-game chili and corn bread...you know...food, fun and fellowship. You will see in the picture from left to right: Vance (my brother-in-law), Alicia (my sister), Karis (our niece), Uncle Kenny and Aunt Nancy (Kara's favorite Aunt and Uncle), Dave (Kara's confused football fan Dad), Me (Kara) and the love of my life, Greg!

Greg and I's great friend Sadie brought her sweet little munchkins, Levi and Greyson over to hang out a bit before the game. Here you see one proud "Uncle Gregor" with Greyson showing his true colors! Go Huskies!

This is a pre-game picture of Greg and Aunt Nancy. We were so excited to have Aunt Nancy and Uncle Kenny over for the weekend despite a bit of a rough week after finding out that Grandpa Kellmer has cancer. We love you guys so much! The game would not have been the same without you two!
Despite the Husky loss, we really had a great time with the whole family! Thanks everyone for a great weekend!
We will get'um next year baby! Meeting on Duck turf anyone??

The Night Before My First Class...

Tomorrow night is my first class towards the many that I will be taking over the next year to finish my Business degree. I have been doing really well over the last few weeks preparing for this frist class by compleating all my reading assignments. I had one last thing to do tonight to be completly prepared for class tomorrow, but I found something a lot more fun to do before starting my last assignment...three words...fun photo booth!






P.S. The Assignment is done...First class, here I come!!!

Life as a DINK?

Recently Greg and I have been given a bit of a hard time about the content of our blog. I think it is pretty funny.
Yesterday, I was talking with one of my best friends, Paula that lives in Coeur d'Alene Idaho whom I miss dearly and LOVE laughing with! I shared with her that she needed to check out our new blog site! Shorly there after I got a big laugh from her. Why, you may ask? I quote her (or something like this), "You guys are hilarious! Most people post pictures of their kids, and you guys have posts about other peoples kids, and your new computer...you guys must be having the time of your lives!"
The truth is....YES! We are having the time of our lives! We are looking forward to the day that we have little Gregors and little Karas running around, but until then...we are loving every moment together as DINK's. What is that? This last Sunday at church we learned that we are considered DINK's, Dual Income No Kids. :) Let's hear it for all the DINK's out there! :)

Our "Nephews"

Levi and Greyson on one of our first Fall days here in Seattle - Photo taken by their Aunt Carlee (Sadie's sister) of Angel Face Photography
Greyson kickin' back (also taken by Aunt Carlee) Find more of her pictures at angelfacephotography.blogspot.com

So Greg and I really only have one niece, but in our hearts we also have 2 nephews. Our great friends, Josh and Sadie have 2 wonderfully adorable and loving little boys. We love spending time with the whole fam, including Tia, our dog's best buddy!

We were recently introduced to Levi's new baseball card collection which he is VERY proud of as well as a very entertaining "spiderman dance". It is so much fun seeing Levi as such a loving and proud Big Brother. He just loves his new little brother! We are looking forward to future baseball games, birthday parties and some day... graduations! We love you guys!

One Proud Auntie and Uncle!

SO CUTE!
Karis at Riverfest in Salem
One Proud Grandma!
Karis eating her first Rice Cereal!

Greg and I became an Auntie and Uncle for the first time just one month after our Wedding. My favorite sister and Matron of Honor, Alicia and husband Vance blessed us with Karis Faith on March 24th. It is super crazy to see her growing so fast, especially being so far away and having to keep up with the changes via their blog and visits here and there. Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Our New Laptop Computer

So some of you know that I (Kara) am going to be starting classes on Oct. 18th. I am very excited! I have always known that I would finish my degree, but thought it would be a lot further in my future. Now that I work for a University, it has opened the "Degree Finishing Door" much sooner than I anticipated. YEAH!!! So, since I am starting classes soon, my wonderful husband decided to get me a top of the line Laptop (the MacBook Pro!) so that I can knock all of my classes out of the park! :) The funny thing is that I have no idea how to use my new 'Top of the line" computer. :) So, I have to go to the Apple store this weekend and have them teach me all about my wonderful MacBook! One cool feature that Greg and I did discover is this fun "Photo Booth". At anytime we can click on our very own photo booth and snap some fun pictures. Here are a few of our first pictures taken on my MacBook Photo Booth!