Happy 21st Birthday LeAnna!

Happy 21st Birthday to LeAnna! What a fun night :)

Encouraging Word Wednesday

"He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along."

Psalm 40:2

My Birthday Weekend

I went home for Thanksgiving this year (Ryan had to stay in Florida because he had finals), and I really enjoyed the family time! Wednesday was my dad's birthday, so we celebrated by going to the Flying Saucer for drinks. Thursday, Lindsay and I woke up early to do a 5 mile Turkey Trot, which was a lot of fun :) and then spent the rest of the day spending time with family and resting for Black Friday shopping. Friday, Lindsay and I went shopping! We hit Wal-Mart at 10pm and Kohl's/Target at midnight, but instead of shopping the entire night we decided to go home to sleep and wake up to go to the mall to shop more. Our intention was to buy our Christmas presents for everyone, instead we bought everything for ourselves :) Saturday was my 25th birthday and the Carolina vs. Clemson game, so we spent the day tailgating (Ryan was able to come up for the game and my birthday). So here are some pictures:

Fall = Football and Weddings

Last weekend, we went back to South Carolina for our friend, John David's, wedding reception. He got married over the summer in Minnesota and this was his South Carolina reception. It was so great to catch up with old friends from the church youth group. And of course, Saturday we spent the day at the football game! We will be heading back to South Carolina for Thanksgiving, my dad's birthday, my birthday, and the Carolina vs. Clemson game :) Here are some pictures from last weekend:

Weddings, weddings, and more weddings

Last weekend, Ryan and I went home for not one, but TWO weddings in the same day! We enjoyed spending time with great friends at each wedding too! We will be heading back to SC this weekend for another wedding reception and the Carolina vs. Florida football game! Here are a few pictures from the weddings and having some fun afterwards:

Recent Pictures

Not much has been going on in our lives lately, other than driving back and forth to the football games :) So here are a few pictures from the past few weekends:

Carolina Football

Ryan and I have season tickets to the Carolina football games, so we have been traveling to all of the home games (plus Charlotte for the ECU game). It's nice to be able to spend this time with family and friends. Here are some pictures from the last 2 games:

Our New Addition :)

We are proud to announce that we have a new addition to our family! Meet Wylie....

Our new (adopted) pet fish!

My friend from school went to Arizona for internship, so I offered to adopt the fish :) He's such a pleasure!

Adam's Return Home

Last weekend, we went back to Columbia to visit with our friend, Adam, who is in the Marines and just returned from Afghanistan. We also were able to celebrate my sister's 22nd birthday while we were there as well. Friday night, we got into Columbia around 10:30pm, dropped the dogs off at my parent's house and headed downtown to meet up with Adam and some of our other friends. It was so nice to see everyone! Saturday, we surprised my sister at Groucho's for lunch. YUM! Then we had a fish fry Saturday night for her birthday celebration with the family. Sunday, we went to Adam's parent's house for a little get together his parent's threw for him. It was such a fun weekend, and great to be able to hang out with our friends we haven't seen in a while!

The End of 5th Term...FINALLY!

Well, I can't believe it! I have made it to the end of my 5th semester of physical therapy school! 5th semester was quite the semester and extremely time-consuming/busy! But now that the semester is over, it means only 2 more semesters to go or 239 days until graduation, but who's counting? Unfortunately, I only get less than a week break before beginning internship. 6th semester of PT school consists only of 2 internships (meaning NO NECCESSARY STUDYING!). Hallelujah! I can't believe how fast school is going and that this time next year I'll be working as Shannon Hicks, PT, DPT :) Has a nice ring to it, don't you think? Here's an end of the term pic, with some of the girls!

And another later that night :)

July

The month of July has been super busy in the Hicks' household! The week of the 4th my family was here (a total of 12 people including me and Ryan), so we were set to entertain for the week! Here are a few pictures from the week:

After they left, school got really busy for me and I've been doing non-stop since then! Also, in that time my best friend, Nicole, celebrated her 30th birthday! I unfortunately was unable to attend her surprise birthday party due to being so busy with school. Here she is:

Now there are only 3 weeks of school left before I journey on to internships and then get closer to graduation!