Spaghetti Dinner & Auction

Washington A.C. Bible Class

Spaghetti Dinner

&

Silent Auction

5:00-7:30pm

Saturday, February 7th

AT

Washington Middle School

1110 N Main

A fundraiser for our trip to Casa Vida Y Esperanza

Orphanage in Magdalena, MX

FREEWILL OFFERING TAKEN

Everyone's invited and we would love to see you there!

Seriously, we would greatly appreciate your attendance. :)

A day with Katherine

Monday night Katie spent the night. I felt like a little girl again (some of you are probably thinking, "you are still a little girl":). We spent it talking, laughing & giggling. After a while Mom knocked on the door to tell us we we're being too noisy. whoops. :) Then we whispered, but still got a little loud sometimes.

Seriously, it was like a step back into my childhood that night. :D
The next morning, we helped Mom clean up the house.

When that was done, we went over to Peoria for lunch at Panera, and then shopping! Even though our taste in clothes is totally opposite. :) But yea, I found some pretty good bargains....that are really cute.
After shopping, we went to Starbucks and got Mocha's and cake. yuummm.

It was an fun and great day with Katie May. Even though she had to come back for sad reason,

it was amazing I got to be with her! :)

Love you lots, Kate. You're an amazing friend and cousin.

(I'm not sure why the first picture is cut off...)

Family Time

Monday after the funeral, all the Schick's came to our house for supper. Here's a few pictures:

Us crazy girls.

Raegan got stuck in the doll high chair. :)


It was a good weekend, full of Family Time. At the moment we're at Grandma's writing Thank You's...who knows how long this is gonna take. Especially since they're doing mostly talking instead of writing. :)

And of course, school is getting put off this week, too. Not all of it, but some.

Ted A. Schick, 54, of Eureka, died at 4 a.m. Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 , at his sister's home in Washington.
He was born June 18, 1954, in Peoria to John F. Jr. and Pauline C. (Feucht) Schick.
Surviving are his mother, Pauline "Dolly" Schick of Washington; six siblings, Tom (Carol) Schick of Morton, Jeanne (John) Dotterer of Eureka, Sandy (Daniel) Guingrich of Indianapolis, Ind., Bill (Joan) Schick of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico, Mary (Max) Pfaffmann of Washington, and Scott (Dawn) Schick of Morton; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Steve.
He was a member of the Washington Apostolic Christian Church. His church, singing hymns, and writing poetry were important parts of his life. He loved people, especially children.
Ted worked at Peoria Production Shop for many years.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at the Washington Apostolic Christian Church, with church ministers officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, at Knapp-Johnson Funeral Home in Morton, and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial will be in the Washington Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Methodist Medical Center Hospice Program, 221 NE Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL 61636, or to Apostolic Christian Timber Ridge, 2125 Veterans Road, Morton, IL 61550.

Uncle Ted

Uncle Ted passed away at 2:45 this morning. He became non-responsive yesterday evening and died very peacefully just 10 hours later. He was never gasping for breath, but instead his breathing just got shallower and slower until he quit.


I was sleeping downstairs in the boys' room and didn't hear a thing. Except the phone ringing at 3,5 and 6am. I kinda thought something was up. When I got up, I came upstairs and I didn't hear the oxygen thing. I walked past the room and it was empty.

To be honest, I'm glad I wasn't awake to witness it all. Especially when the funeral home came.... I don't know why. Maybe it's just in my head.

As of right now, I think the visitation is Sunday and the funeral Monday.

It's gonna be a tiring and emotional few days....



......But, I do get to see Kate. :)

Well, I haven’t actually written a post in a while, so here ya go. :)

Our house has been a little crazy the past week. My Uncle Ted moved in last Thursday because he’s not doing very well at all. He’s in one of the upstairs bedrooms and we have a hospital bed here, and he’s on oxygen. Most of you who read this probably already know all this, but... I’m gonna write about it all anyways.

Shortly before Christmas Uncle Ted was diagnosed with Stomach cancer. We then later found out that it had spread to the liver and lungs. He decided he didn’t want to do any chemo, since it had spread. Up until last Tuesday he was going up and down stairs, playing games with kids, and besides some pain, he wasn’t doing too bad. But Wednesday he started declining. Fast. He’s on oxygen full time and is so weak, he can’t do anything himself. He asks to get up a lot, but he’s only up a few minutes, and he’s ready to get back in bed. Because he’s so short of breath and so weak, he can hardly talk and when he does, he’s very difficult to understand.

So, the past week has been filled with Hospice, Friends and Family coming in and out.
My job is to keep the house looking decent. I haven’t been getting much school done, which is so not good. :

If you want to read more and get an update, Ted has a Caring bridge site.
Just go to Caringbridge.org and type in tedschick.

Thanks to all those who have brought food, and just pray that he can go to his new home before having to suffer any more!

Jenny... Engaged?!

Yep! So happy for ya Jenny(& Bob) :) Don't fall off the face of the earth now.... especially with your blogging, now that you have more important things to do. :)

Since you're one of my blogging buddies (and my friend...:), I had to post about it!

My only January birthday!

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY, AUNT DAWN!! Hope you had a good one! Love you lots, you're an awesome aunt!