Long over-due update

Okay, so I did an aweful job posting on here regularly. Life is busy!

Aaron is still with GE and while he does complain about it sometimes, our home has been richly blessed. Aaron is always amazed when he receives a bonus of some sort just for doing his job. He forgets that there are people out there who don't have the same work ethic and that the people he helps appreciate him.

I am starting my last semester at Lincoln Christian Seminary. I am excited to finish up with school so that I can start the next phase in the process. There is a big test that I have to take so that I can get my LPC (licensed professional counselor). Then I need to log in a lot of counseling hours (roughly 2 years of full-time work) so that I can take another test. After passing that test I will have my LCPC (licensed clinical professional counselor). Then I can sigh and pray there are no new regulations, requirements, or just plan torture items the State wants me to accomplish before allowing me to practice on my own. I know it sounds like a lot, but God has been good to our family and brought us this far!

Cody is playing in a basketball program at our church, Upwards. He is really enjoying it. I think he is glad that he is on the same team as Blake again with Blake's dad, Nathan, being the coach again. He is so great with the kids! He is teaching them about basketball and Jesus and he does it all with grace and love. What more could a parent ask for in a coach? Cody is also taking piano lessons during school hours from Jane Barth. He is loving the lessons. It is fun to hear him talk about what he is learning! He is also working with Mrs. Branch in the learning lab to help him improve the way that he learns. He has been struggling ever since kindergarten and we thought it was time to get him some extra help. There have been days where he has come home saying "I finished my math paper today" (which means he doesn't have to bring it home and finish it there). I tell him that is great and let him know I am excited for him!

Camdon has been going to Taekwondo for almost three months now. I spent the first week watching him, then I decided to join too! It is hard work, but it is also fun! Camdon likes it that I am in the class with him. We both earned our yellow belts in December and, hopefully, will be trying for our orange belts in February. Camdon isn't involved in anything else right now because Taekwondo takes up a lot of time. It was fun watching him spar last week! I took my camera and took over 400 pictures! Not all of them came out great, but I couldn't part with very many because it was so much fun. I really wanted to get up and start sparring too! Camdon did pretty good at sparring. He punches/pushes too much sometimes. He needs to work on bringing his kicks up. He still can't get his leg much higher than his waist. He does a good job at keeping up with everything which is great!

Well, I've had enough of this for right now. Who knows when I'll write another post. Unil then...

It's been a while

Okay, so I have failed at updating this very often. I don't think anyone really looks at this any way. The school year is almost over for Cody & Camdon. I have been done with Seminary (for this semester) for about two weeks. I spent my first week on break working at the Academy every day. We leave for vacation on Thursday. That is going to be great for everyone! The boys are looking forward to Summer break. I am going to spend summer break cleaning house and working on various projects such as slimming down my post card collection, catching up on my mending, and working on scrapbooks.

Another dose of the Hecks

The boys get their school pictures taken on Thursday. They are both doing well in school. Camdon had some behavior issues with Mrs. Bursack. Hopefully the talk I gave him will help. They both need reminders that they have to obey their teachers. I remind them that learning to obey their parents and teachers will help them in learning to obey God. Camdon's reason for not obeying is "school isn't much fun." I told him that school isn't always about just having fun.

I am looking forward to the wedding we are going to Saturday. The groom used to work with Aaron at BroMenn and as of about a month ago Rich, the groom, works for GE. They are back to working with the same company though in different areas. The couple are leaving for their honeymoon a week after the wedding. They are going on a two week missions trip to Kenya. I think it is such a God honoring beginning to a God-centered marriage.

I'm on a role!

Greetings on day 2 of the Awe Heck blog! I doubt very many people are reading it yet since I haven't told anyone. Well, I did post it on my Facebook page and I just told my Uncle, other than that, no one. I think I would like to see how good I do at keeping it updated. I would hate to tell everyone I know and then let a year go by before I update it again! Right now one of our new cats is laying on my desk as I type. She keeps getting up and bumping her nose against my chin. That is her sutle way of telling me that she wants attention!

I spent a busy day running around. I first had to get my choleesterol checked. Needless to say, it isn't very good. So I have to start taking Lipitor, watch what I eat (they recommended that I read the South Beach diet book since it was written by a cardiologist), and I need to get more exercise, I mean exercise minus the more. Then I did picked up Camdon's soccer stuff from a sporting store. He needed shin guards, one blue shirt & pair of socks, one yellow shirt & pair of socks, and one pair of soccer shorts. Then after the boys got out of school, we went and bought a pair of soccer cleats. The day was filled with a lot of errand running, too. I also ate lunch with my Mom, who did most of the shopping with me. I love hanging out with my mom. I sure hope my kids want to hang out with me when we all get older!

Cody did push-ups and sit-ups in school today. On the way to school we went over their Bible verses and Cody totally rocked his. I am so proud of him! In Spanish, Cody reviewed colors and greetings.

Camdon climbed to the top of a climbing wall at his school's playground today. He is very excited because this is the first time that he has made it to the top. In P.E., Camdon did sit-ups. In fact, he is demonstrating for me right now, just so I know what he is talking about (he calls them lift-ups). Mrs. Henderson, Camdon's kindergarten teacher, brought ice cream sandwiches because she missed the kids.

I started a new blog!

Well, I just started up another blog. I deleted my old ones because I haven't looked at them in over a year. This one I created to keep people up-to-date on the Heck family. I came up with the title because it uses our name, it sounds funny, and my mom just loves to say it whenever she leaves a message.

The boys are loving school. Camdon was so excited that Mrs. Bursack was his teacher this year. So far, after day three of school, he has learned his i, e, and u in cursive. He also learned about how we all have different colored skin and that God made us all special in Science. He is going over review in Math. He talked about how he has gone to Music and Library. He must have had a Spanish class, too, because he came home from school today saying "very good" in Spanish (I barely know how to say it, let alone spell it).

Cody has been fighting allergies but he has been a trooper. He worked on a writing paper for homework today. He is reviewing his cursive letters. He writes much better in cursive than he does in print! Cody isn't very talkative, so I probably won't know much about his week until Friday when I get Mrs. Heidebrink's newsletter. I do know that Cody loves his new teacher! She has taken the Survior TV series and used it in her classroom. It is a great way to get the kids to work together as a team and she said that last year it worked great. I can't wait to see what Cody thinks of it.

I start Seminary classes tomorrow. I am taking a Wednesday afternoon/early evening class, a class that meets one Thursday a month, and a class that meets every day for one week (called an intensive week). This semester starts my fourth semester at Lincoln Christian Seminary. The Masters program for counseling last about three years, so I am about half way through the program. I am hoping to work for a church when I am finished with my degree.

I guess this is it for now. I will try to keep this updated!