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!

Ryan's Birthday

The week of Ryan's birthday happened to be midterm week for me, so needless to say I wasn't the best wife on his birthday! I was at school all day on his birthday and worked at school until 10pm that night. So, I saw him for a total of 30 minutes on his actual birthday and I felt awful about it! So, the Saturday after his birthday we celebrated with friends at the Cheesecake Factory in Jacksonville! He also got a framed picture of the Carolina football stadium from me :)

Universal Studios/Island of Adventures with Lindsay and Clay

The first weekend of June, Lindsay and her boyfriend, Clay, came to St. Augustine to visit! They got here on Thursday night, and of course we went to A1A Aleworks for the tapping of their summer beer. Friday, Lindsay and Clay spent their day at the beach while Ryan and I were at school/work. I joined them at the beach when class was over! Friday night, we tried out a new seafood restaurant, the Outback Crab Shack. We did not have a great experience there because we ordered oysters to share and instead they served us clams instead! The waitress failed to mention they were out of oysters and just gave us clams anyway. Annoying! Saturday we spent the day at Universal Studios/Island of Adventures and had a blast! We hated they couldn't stay longer, but they will be back for the 4th of July along with the rest of the family! Here are some pictures from when they were here: