Here's the latest shot of the Dickson family, taken last month for the church directory.
Besides Mary and I, the kids are (left to right):
Trevor (6) - Super-smart, will be entering the second grade this fall. While in the first grade, they had him in a 3rd-grade reading class. Just joined the Cub Scouts and is involved with the local youth soccer team. He won the Citizen of the Month award for May at school.
Jacob (aka Jake) (4) - My free spirit....and the one that'll be giving me my premature gray hairs. He has no concept of consequences. You all know the famous James Dean line in the movie 'Rebel Without a Cause', where someone asks him what he's rebelling against, and he replies "Whattya got?" That's Jake. He's a mini-me....the one my mom told me I was going to get some day that would finally show me what I was like growing up and how many headaches I caused .
Brianna (3) - My little princess. There's no tomboy in her at all. She loves pink, dolls and Dora the Explorer. She's got Dad wrapped around her little finger...and she knows it. Hearing her laugh is without a doubt the neatest sound in the world.
Zachary (Zach) (1-1/2) - Every morning when he gets up and every night when I get home from work, he lets out a shriek and yells "DAD!" and comes running with a huge grin on his face. Heck, he
always has this cute mischievous grin! He loves books, and wants Mary or I to read to him constantly. He's got a couple dozen words in his vocabulary now....with the latest one being "NO!"
