The Buck Family

Jen's Hair Flair

2011-01-17T17:32:00.003-07:00

So, I have finally decided to sell my bows. A lot of people have told me I should but I was scared to do it. I think I was (and still am) afraid that no one would buy them, or that no one would like them as much as I do. Well, I finally got up enough courage, came up with a name, and started a Facebook Business page. I can do regular bows, loopy ribbon bows, infant headbands, crochet headbands, ribbon wrapped headbands, flower clips, buggy bows, and more! So, go check it out on Facebook (just search Jen's Hair Flair), like the page, and if you need any bows, let me know! Thanks!!

By the way, I just made the 'Silly Monkey' bow today and it is, for sure, one of my favorites!! Super Cute!!!

Bah Humbug!

2010-12-14T08:36:00.002-07:00

I am sure I am not the only one feeling like a Scrooge this year and this isn't the first year I have felt like one but this year is the most Scrooge-ish I've ever felt. I don't even want to go finish shopping for Isaac's birthday or Christmas presents! And if you know me, you know how much I love to get my shopping on!! It seems like I am always yelling at my kids or annoyed by anything they do or don't do. My house is a mess and I can't seem to care enough to clean it up. I wish I could sit in my pjs all day and never get dressed (but I do get dressed, eventually). I should be baking cookies and making candies, listening to Christmas music, shopping up a storm, cleaning up my house... Ya know, all the fun stuff that comes with this time of year, but instead I sit here with a scowl on my face (yes, in my pjs still) and wish I had the oomph to do half of that stuff. The only sign of Christmas at my house is the Christmas tree that took me over a week to finally finish decorating it. No other signs of Christmas here. I haven't even turned the lights on the tree on. If they get turned on it is Logan that did it and he probably got in trouble for going by the tree! See, Scrooge! I am not sure what my problem is, I wish I knew because then maybe i could try to fix it but it is hard to fix a problem when you don't know where the problem lies! I know I am tired of the seemingly monotony (sp?) of life. Get up, fight the kids to get them to school, get on the computer, finally get dressed, fight with Logan about watching cartoons, go pick up Isaac, come home and eat lunch, lay Sadie down for a nap, fight the boys to be quiet while Sadie naps, girls come home, fight Emilee to do homework, dinner, fight Kenna to feed her dog (that happens in the morning somewhere too), fight the kids to go to bed (especially Logan and Isaac), fall into bed at night exhausted, wake up to a stupid dog barking (yes, ours, and more than once a night), wake up to Sadie crying (she is teething and has been for weeks), finally, wake up and start the process all over again. There is also the dishes, vacuuming, laundry, sweeping, and normal household cleaning thrown in there for good measure. Don't get me wrong, there are good things too. Sadie can always make me smile, especially because she has started randomly coming up to me, hugging my leg and then kissing it. So cute! Whenever you tell her 'love you' she responds by making a kissing sound so kissing is her way of saying 'love you' and when she randomly does that it makes my day! And the other night the girls sang in the Community Christmas Concert and they did so well! I was a very proud Momma! (Don't ask about Emilee and the practice on Saturday though! That was a nightmare!) I am proud of Isaac when he brings home his books from Kindergarten and reads them like a pro, he really needs harder books. I love it when Logan reads to me! He is such a little smartie pants! But, and here I go being a Scrooge again, it seems like for every proud moment I have there is a list of moments that I am not so proud of, moments I wish were different, moments I wish I could change whether it is something I did I want to change or something a kid did that I wish they had done differently. Anyway, enough of my ranting, maybe it will help to get all of that off my chest, maybe not, but that is that.

So, with gritted teeth and a scowl I wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you are more in the spirit of the season than I am!

Highlights From the Last Few Months

2010-12-08T19:54:00.006-07:00

Yes, I am a bad blogger! I haven't updated for a while so here's a mish-mash of pictures, in no particular order.Sadie is such a cutie that I can't resist taking pictures of her. Notice that she has a little spout of hair on top of her head! Yes, I know it isn't much but it does prove that she has hair!

Sadie loves the horses. This is Sunny. Sadly, Sunny died a couple of weeks ago. :(

The kids on Halloween. I loved Sadie's costume! Logan's buzz costume (some of it is missing in this picture) is courtesy of Rachael. While at Fred Meyer decorating cupcakes, the table folded under on Logan. Borrowed costume + bright orange frosting = big mess!! And a mom that felt really bad about the borrowed Buzz costume. However, I am proud to say that I got the bright orange frosting out of the costume and it was saved!! Yay me!!

Logan smashed his finger in the Durango door. He got 3 stitches in his finger and it split his fingernail in two!! Funny story though, we went to McDonald's after going to the ER and Logan got a Kid's Meal. While sitting in the drive thru, waiting for our food, he got this totally excited look on his face and asked me if there would be hope in his Kid's Meal!! (Ya know, the commercial, right!?) It was hilarious!! Anyway, he eventually lost his fingernail but it is all good now and the fingernail has grown back. This picture is from the night Nathan took the stitches out.

Logan reading to Isaac.

Hayley and Aaron had a new baby boy born into their family on November 18. His name is Thomas Aaron and he a cutie!! We were lucky enough to be able to go down to Utah for his blessing on the 5th of December.

Logan and Isaac somehow seem to find the baby powder no matter how hard I try to keep it hidden! I don't know how many pictures I have of Logan covered in it!

Well, there is a little update of what we have been up to! I am going to try to do better at updating this more often since we have faster internet now and it doesn't take as long to upload the pictures! As always, comments are always welcome since I don't think anyone reads this!

Logan and Sadie

2010-09-17T15:10:00.003-06:00

Logan and Sadie both had birthdays in August.

Logan turned 4 on August 28th. Logan, Logan, Logan... Logan is a boy, and I think that is all that needs to be said. He is such a boy! He loves his dad and hates it when dad isn't home. Which makes it hard for mom when dad is at work. Anyway, Logan Stephen Buck was born August 28th, 2006 at 7:30ish a.m. (my last three were all really close to the same time so I get confused. That is what you get with scheduled c-sections!) He weighed 7lbs. or 7lbs. 1 oz. depending on which crib card you looked at and 19" long. He was a blondie from the start and had the most hair of any of my kids. He is such a little charmer! He has the cutest little personality and everyone wants to take him home with them but I am sure they would bring him back after not very long!! They just don't know the real Logan!! They only see the Prince Charming side! He is Isaac's little shadow and it is fun to have a little time with Logan while Isaac is at school but Logan sure is excited everyday when it is time to go get Isaac!! He is just starting to play with Sadie and it is so cute when he gets her to laugh! He gets so excited and she just laughs more! It is a good thing he is so cute because his antics sometimes drive me crazy!!

My Bug is now 1!

Sadianne Ray Buck was born August 31st 2009 at 7:something a.m. (I could go look but I don't wanna!) She was 6 lbs. 15 oz. and almost 20" long. The traumatic story of her birth is already in this blog and I don't wish to relive it (I already went through the trauma of Kenna so that is all I can take in one day). If you want to read about then go back to September of last year and the story is there. Sadie is such a sweet baby!! She is generally happy and by far my best eater and sleeper!! She sleeps all night and has since about 9 months which is way earlier than any of my other kids! And she naps really well also, as long as the other kids are semi-quiet! She loves to eat and will eat anytime food is offered but she doesn't look like it! She is skinny just like my other kids. She is finally starting to think that learning to walk might not be so bad. She will take one step and see if anyone is watching. If she doesn't think anyone is watching she will sit down and crawl. If some is watching she will grin and try to take another step. She loves to give kisses and is a little dare devil. She loves to climb things and be thrown around by dad. Sadie is a talker and says alot of words. A few of my favorites are "I want it", "Want some", "Go" (which she says when she wants to go somewhere), "Outside". She says no-no but that is not one of my favorites! Her newest word is "pretty" which she learned while I was painting her toenails and fingernails yesterday. I don't know what I would do without her sweet smile in our house everyday!! She can always make me smile!!!

We ♥ you Logan and Sadie!!

August 2010

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The kids started school again on the 25th of August (Isaac actually started the 26th).

Isaac started Kindergarted!! He was so excited! He is in Mrs. Harshbarger's Morning class and he loves going to school! He is like Kenna in that it is easy to get him up and ready for school. His hair is in a mohawk because that is what he asked for. I went to buzz his head a couple of weeks before school started and he said he wanted a mohawk so I gave him one. He loves it and is afraid I am going to cut it off everytime I shave the sides down.

Emilee is in 3rd grade this year and is in Mrs. Johnson's class. She is still kind of a pain to get up in the morning but not quite as bad as last year (most of the time). Can you believe how long her hair is getting? She loves it!!

McKenna is in 6th grade!! She has homeroom on Mrs. Poole's class, ummm... she has Mr. Esplin for something (haha, I am not quite sure what, I think Spelling though), and someone else for Math... Man, I am a good mom!! I know what I am asking her when she gets home!!

We actually planted a garden this year and we loved it!! Beans, peas, banana squash, crook neck squash, carrots, radishes, strawberries, cucumbers, and oodles of zucchini!! It was awesome and I think we will try to make it bigger next year.

Kenna's Birthday

2010-09-17T14:30:00.002-06:00

My little girl turned 11 on July 28th! I can't believe it! The time is going too fast! Here is the story...

McKenna Fawn Buck was born July 28, 1999 at 6:32 a.m. She weighed 6lbs. 5 oz. and was 19" long. When she came out she had a death grip on the umbilical cord and wouldn't let go of it. She was such a sweet baby! She was very calm and content as long as she was fed, clean, and had her plug (pacifier). Kenna was the first Grandchild on my side of the family so she was spoiled rotten! Papa gave her the nickname of Sweetpea, and he still calls her that and she loves it! When Kenna was about 7 or 8 months old she started getting sick and just couldn't seem to get any better. We had her to the doctor multiple times. She would seem to get better for a few days and then it would all come back. Coughing, stuffy nose, red eyes, fever... She just wouldn't get 100% better. A few days before her first birthday she got really bad. She was coughing uncontrollably, extremely pale, it seemed like she couldn't breath... It was kinda scary. I took her to the doctor and he admitted her to the hospital. This was when we learned that she had asthma. Her doctor said that they rarely diagnose kids that young with asthma so they called it Reactive Airway Disease, but he was 99% sure she had asthma. While it was scary to learn that she really was sick, it was also a relief to know that it was treatable and she would get better, eventually. She spent her 1st birthday in the hospital. In March of 2001 she was back in the hospital again. And then in May of the same year she was life-flighted to Primary Children's Medical Center in Utah. That was one of the scariest times in my life. She spent 3 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and then 2 days after that she was released. Since then she hasn't needed any hospitalizations but has been really close to it a few times. A few doctors have told me that she could outgrow her asthma but I don't think that is going to happen. It has stayed pretty much the same since she was a baby and I think if it was going to get any better it would show improvement by now. Oh well, we have learned to live with it and we know how to manage it.

Kenna has a split personality some days. She can be the sweetest girl when she wants to be. She can be a big help to me or, sometimes the other personality shows and her attitude pops out! And, boy does she have attitude!! I guess I knew it was coming eventually but I am not ready for it! She loves her siblings and she gets along with them most of the time. I am looking forward to her getting old enough to babysit for me!! And so is she!

She has been begging us for a dog for a long time so she got one for her birthday from Nana and Papa (with approval from Mom and Dad). Her name is Annie and she is a Lab/something mix.

We ♥ you Kenna!!

July 2010

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July was a busy month! These are all backwards but I am too lazy to put them in the right order! (Give me a break at least there are pictures!)

These first few are of the annual Buck Family Camping Trip. This year we went to Mill Creek again (thank goodness).The other mommies all went on the boat and left the babies with the daddies (I guess I wasn't invited, I dunno) so I shared my Oreo's with them! I know how to get babies to like me! This is Estella and her Oreo! Yummy!! Ryssa!! Cheese!!

Nathan skiing.

Kaleb wakeboarding.

Logan got in a little bit of a hurry and slipped in the boat. He split his chin open but barely cried at all. As soon as we got it bandaged up he was all smiles again.

2 boys + 2 GIANT marshmallows = 1 great big mess! But they sure were happy!!

Isaac trying to learn to ride a 2 wheeler! There isn't anywhere around our house for them to learn so they rarely get the chance to try. Emilee learned how to ride without training wheels this spring and Kenna (after being chicken to try) can kind of ride without training wheels!

One weekend I took Sadie and Logan and we went camping with my mom and dad. I don't think I can really call it camping the way they do it but i prefer it to the usual camping we do! Sadie in the 5th wheel. I love the grin on her face!

Logan got sick when we got up there. He had a pretty high fever most of the weekend. It got high enough that he was hallucinating. He told me that giant stink bugs were coming and that there was lava by the door of the 5th wheel. He was worried about how Papa was going to get over the lava! It was kinda funny. He swears to this day that there was lava there!

Kenna on a horse ride with Nathan, Grandpa, and Riley.

4th of July!! Emilee learned how to do a cartwheel. She was so excited. She had been practicing for a long time!

Nathan bouncing the kids on the trampoline. They liked seeing who bounced the highest. Now that I see how high they were going I am wondering what I was thinking letting them do that! Someone could have been really hurt!!

Me and my Sweetie!

Kenna was doing 'flips' on the trampoline but landing on her butt. I told her that all she needed to do was put her feet down and she would land it. She tried it and it worked! She landed on her feet first try! She thought it was awesome and now I have tons of pictures of her flipping on the tramp!

All of us at the parade. I don't wanna name everyone. You know who you are and if you don't then that isn't my problem!!

It was COLD at the parade! It warmed up later in the day but waiting for the parade to start was cold and miserable!!

Sadie and Isaac in the pool we bought for Sadie.

I ♥ the look on Bug's face in this picture! She totally loves the water!!

Randomness

2010-09-17T13:32:00.004-06:00

At the Tauphus Park Zoo with Rachael and some of her kids.

Riley, Sadie, Kenna, Niyah, Carter, and Emi.

Father's Day. Nathan with the kids. I love this picture.

My dad with the grandkids.

My Grandpa, Dad, and all the Grandkids!

The kids at Old Faithful on our yearly drive through Yellowstone Park. They love going and Isaac insisted that we wait and watch Old Faithful even though it was really cold and threatening to rain! He sat down and wouldn't move until he saw Old Faithful!

Time...

2010-05-24T15:13:00.003-06:00

I have been sitting here watching my little sweetie play and roll around on the floor and thinking about how a part of me does not want her to ever grow up!! She is so sweet right now and loves me unconditionally!! She can't backtalk (like Kenna), doesn't whine (like Logan), sleeps well for me (most of the time), and can make me smile at the drop of a hat. She is extremely easy to please and lets me dress her in whatever outfit I want her to wear (unlike Emilee who, well, let's not go there right now). She doesn't get into things she shouldn't (like all the other kids) and did I mention that she is sweet? She loves to give me loves and kisses, which I love to give in return!! Yes, I know she will grow up and I will probably love every minute of that... (well, maybe not every minute) but I know she is my last baby and I want to savor every possible moment of her being a baby!! Is that so wrong? Don't get me wrong, I am uspet that all of my kids are growing up! McKenna will be 11 in a couple of months... yes, 11!! Craziness!! She can be so helpful when she wants to be, and I am looking forward to the day she can babysit her little sisters and brothers for me. Emilee is 8 and about the sweetest girl I know, but on the flip side of that she can be the most stubborn and hard-headed little girl I know too. Isaac is 5 and, well, Isaac is 5 and a little boy... Do I really need to explain myself there? He starts Kindergarten in August and I don't think he could be any more excited! He just recently started reading and I love to listen to him sound out words and read books! Logan will be 4 in August and he follows his big brother around like a little puppy! Isaac and Logan are always partners in crime! I never know which one started it but it is guaranteed they are both involved! Life is never dull around here!

8 and 6

2010-03-11T14:41:00.002-07:00

It has been a busy last couple of weeks around here. Sadie is now 6 months old! I can hardly believe it! She is such a sweet baby and has the cutest little personality. She is a momma's girl but loves her daddy and Isaac too. Isaac and her have some weird bond or something. He is totally infatuated with her and she loves to watch him. He seems to have the special talent of always making her laugh. I took Sadie to the doctor the other day for her 6 month check up. She is 13.12 lbs. (which is below the 5th percentile) and 26" long (which is in the 50th percentile). So she is a tall skinny baby. She rolls everywhere and is now working on sitting up. She can almost do it by herself! She loves eating her cereal but is really picky about baby food. The only plain veggie she will eat is sweet potatoes, but will eat mixed vegetable blends. Her favorite baby food is applesauce, but likes most fruits so far, however she isn't a fan of pears. I have been trying to give her juice but she hasn't figured out the sippy cup yet. I tried giving her some water and juice in a bottle today because she has been constipated but she isn't a fan of the bottle. She just looks at me like I am crazy for sticking it in her mouth. She is such a sweetheart and can turn any bad mood into a smile for me! I don't know what our family would be without her!

Last Sunday I tried getting pictures of my kids and the plan was to get one of the family too. But just as I got a few pics of the kids (not very good ones though) my camera battery died. Oh well. We will try it again this Sunday (maybe). This is one of the pictures of my kids that I did get. Logan and Sadie are both grumpy!
My little Emi turned 8 on February 23rd. She was so excited to get baptized this year! She has been talking about it for a while now so when the big day came she was about jumping out of her skin. I think she was the most excited to wear her new dress that has been hanging in my closet for about 1 1/2 months and to wear her new shoes which have heels! The program was beautiful. My favorite part (besides the baptism and confirmation) was Nathan, Kenna, and Emi's song they sang. They sang "A Child's Prayer" and Nathan accompanied on the guitar. It was beautiful!! I loved it! Both Nathan's family and my family were all there. Papa and Grandpa were witnesses to the baptism and, of course, Daddy baptized her and confirmed her. We had ice cream sundae's at our house afterwards. All in all it was a great day!

Emi and Daddy

Emi in her dress.

She is such a pretty girl! (And very photogenic, which she did not get from me!)

Bows, Flower Clips, and Headbands

2010-01-25T11:49:00.003-07:00

These headbands are on stretchy lace.

I bought the boards they are on at Kohls and then glued ribbon to the back because I ran out of room!!

Sorry...

2010-01-20T15:13:00.002-07:00

One of these days I will update my blog. I have been putting the pictures on facebook because it is easier and faster to do that. So if anyone still reads this and wants to see pictures of my crazy kids or wants to see what we have been up to then be my friend on facebook and check them out there... I promise I will update this soon though!

Another Thanksgiving

2009-12-04T13:20:00.002-07:00

Gotta love it when you get to have 2 Thanksgiving dinners! Since Matt's family and my family weren't around on Thanksgiving my Mom decided to Thanksgiving dinner on the Sunday after! More yummy turkey, mashed potatoes, frog eye salad, pumpkin pie, etc. Katseans and Uncle Stephen
Matt, Katseans, and Katt. I think they ate too much Turkey!

Papa and Sadie! Awww.... Sweet! She sure does love her Papa!

Baby Ella

2009-12-04T13:14:00.003-07:00

Nathan's brother Kaleb and his wife Adrienne finally had their baby on Thanksgiving. She was 5 days late but worth the wait! She is adorable!

Estella Jonquil Buck

8 lbs. 6 oz. 21 inches

That makes 4 new baby girls this year on the Buck side. Karissa (Hayley and Aaron's baby) was born April 1, Kyri (Rachael and Steve's baby) on August 26, Sadie (of course she is ours) on August 31, and now Ella on November 26.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-04T12:59:00.002-07:00

Nathan was supposed to work on Thanksgiving, but ended up with the whole day off at the last minute so we went up to his parents house for dinner. Yum-o! Gotta love Thanksgiving dinner!

Emilee the Toothless Wonder! We often wonder about her!

Weird Aunt Hayley! We love her anyway!

Logan. Probably asking if he can play the Wii.

Don't ask, don't tell.

My sweetie! She is so freakin' adorable! Gotta love this girl!

More Sadie

2009-12-04T12:42:00.002-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I decided to try and get some good pictures of Sadie. Well, this is a typical photo shoot. We start out crying...

Then she falls asleep...

And when she finally wakes up...

We get smiles!!

Sadie's Blessing

2009-10-18T15:00:00.003-06:00

What a happy girl!

Isn't my baby gorgeous!

Sadie's Great Grandma Goodson made her blessing dress. I love it! Thanks a bunch Grandma! We love you!

Sadie, Karissa, and Kyri

Smile!

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Isaac loves his baby sister! Both Logan and Isaac are very protective of her. My mom took her to her house for a minute the other night and Isaac about had a cow! He kept saying that Nana can't take her and she needed to bring Sadie back. It was really cute and he looked visibly relieved when Nana brought her back!

Isn't she precious!! This is one of the first smiles I was able to catch in a picture. This was taken on her 6 week birthday (10/12).

2 Weeks and 3 Weeks

2009-09-22T15:10:00.002-06:00

One of these days I will remember that the pictures keep going in backwards and get it right. Anyway, these are Sadie's 2 week old and almost 3 week old pictures.

This is at 19 days old.This is 2 weeks old. She went to her 2 week visit and she weighed 6 lbs. 14.5 oz. which is almost back up to her birthweight. Her jaundice is much better (after being in a bili-bed for 2 days) and she was 19 1/2 inches long. My other kids are completely in love with her and ask all the time if they can hold her. Logan will only hold her for a minute before he says he is done but the other kids would hold her all day if I let them. Emilee won't stop kissing her! I am afraid she will get Sadie sick with all the kisses.

Sadie's Here!!

2009-09-04T17:00:00.003-06:00

Sadianne Ray Buck was born Monday, August 31st, at 7:30 am. She weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 inches long. The pictures went in backwards again so the story may get a little out of order, sorry.

This is when we got her ready to go home after what seemed to be an extra long stay at the hospital. It was only 4 days but could have ended up being much longer.

Sadie with the IV in her scalp. Sad huh! It was in her arm but that one got infiltrated and they couldn't get another one in anywhere else so they stuck it in her head.

She ended up being breech and her foot popped out when the doc was expecting a head. Because of that, she took a breath before her head was out and inhaled a bunch of amniotic fluid. Not good! It took a while for her to actually cry (and it wasn't a very good cry either which scared me) and they took her to the nursery before i got a good look at her. That sucked! They had to suction all the fluid out of her lungs and then give her some oxygen and moist air under the oxygen tent. A while later the doctor noticed some signs of infection so they did a blood test for that and it turned out that her white blood count was high so they stuck an IV in her and started antibiotics. She was about 7 hours old before I got to see her and 12 1/2 hours old before I got to hold her. Those were some of the longest hours of my life. I kept sending Nathan in to check on her and give me updates. She stayed on the IV until we were ready to come home Thursday morning. The doctor said that if Nathan wasn't a nurse and he didn't trust us completely that she would have had to stay a few more days. But he let her come home on an oral antibiotic instead.

This is the last time anyone will have to see me looking like this! Thank goodness! I must say that after that c-section, if the decision hadn't already been made, I would have been done with the whole baby making business!! I felt EVERYTHING!! It didn't hurt, but I could feel them cutting, ripping, pulling, sewing, everything! And the spinal made me sick! It sucked, big time!! I haven't had a section feel like that before. In fact, I have never felt any of it before. Oh well, I am glad that it is all over with and we have our beautiful baby home with us!

First Day of School

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Emilee started 2nd grade on the 19th. She was really excited to start school this year which really suprised me. School has never been her favorite thing to do. And, so far this year, she has been getting ready in the mornings pretty well. I haven't had to shove her out the door or get her dressed. But, she has only gone 4 days so far. I am crossing my fingers that she keeps it up though.
McKenna is in 5th grade this year and in Firth the 5th grade is in the Middle School. It is hard for me to say that I have a kid in Middle School! That makes me feel old! It is easier to say she is in 5th grade. Kenna was super excited to start school. She has always loved going to school for both the learning and the socializing and she was excited to be in the Middle School this year.

On another note... One week from today I will be going in to have the baby!! This evil pregnancy is finally almost over! We are all really excited to meet this last baby and I am super stoked to know that this pregnancy will end next week. Kenna keeps coming up to my belly and saying, "You can come out now Sadie!". While it would be nice to have her this week, and trust me I am not against having her this week, I really think she will wait until the doc goes in there for her. Anyway, stay tuned for updates and pics when she is born!

I Finally Gave In...

2009-07-16T10:57:00.003-06:00

For some strange reason the pics went in backwards but oh well. You get the end product first. McKenna has been bugging me for a couple of years now to cut her hair and I wouldn't let her because I love to play with her hair. Well, Emi decided that she wanted her hair grown out and it is long enough for me to play with now so I told Kenna that she could get her hair cut for school this year. Well, I decided that it needed cut NOW! I got impatient so I called my mom this morning and asked her to chop it off (sorry Hayley! You can style it when you get here!). I am thinking about giving her bangs too, what do you think?I LOVE IT! It is so cute and it makes her look older too! Don't worry, she loves it too!

This was supposed to be the first pic :( Oh well. You can tell from this pic that it needed trimmed anyway. We just took a little more off than a trim!

It Was Definitely Monday

2009-05-08T09:00:00.003-06:00

It was definitely Monday this last Monday for me and I am gonna explain why. The day didn't start out too bad, Emi got ready for school pretty good (that rarely happens) and the boys sat down and watched cartoons. They were being good so I let them watch longer than I usually would. I usually shut off the cartoons at 11:00 but I let them watch until 2:00 (yes, I know I am a bad mom but that is my problem not yours!) then I made the day changing decision and shut off the cartoons. Bad idea. I had made cookies earlier and had accidentally left my cooking spray on the counter. (I know you can see where this one is going.) I was back in the bedroom folding laundry when I heard a weird sound that I couldn't quite place. I finished what i was folding and went out to the kitchen where the boys were spraying my cooking spray all over the kitchen! That stuff is a bugger to clean up! They said that they were cleaning. Hmmmm.... cleaning with cooking spray, kinda defeats the purpose don't ya think! Anyway, I sent them downstairs while I cleaned that up. Bad idea #2. *WARNING* This next episode may be a little more than some people can handle. Just remember that you didn't have to clean it up! Logan pooped on the floor downstairs! And that is not the worst of it! He played in it with some toys!! DISGUSTING!! The poop was spread everywhere! On himself, toys, the toy box, the couch, the floor, books, Kenna's Cinderella house, Emi's play vanity, the TV, like I said, it was EVERYWHERE! I ended up throwing away a bunch of poop covered barbies and books (I mean, get real, who wants to clean them up and then give them back to the kids to play with? Among the casualties was Kenna's Gabriella barbie. She was okay with throwing it away though! Smart girl!), and then cleaned and disinfected everything else (including the offender, Logan). When that job was finished I went back upstairs. (Yep, you guessed it, here comes another one.) Logan was at the table trying to get himself some cereal! (Just as a side note he was supposed to be in time out in his room!) He had a bowl with about 3 pieces of cereal in it but it was seriously full of milk! And the rest of the half gallon of milk was spilled everywhere else! Table, chair, floor! (It was our last gallon of milk too so now we had no milk to go with the cookies I had made earlier!) Again, Logan goes to his room for time out while mom cleans another mess. By this time I was exhausted! At least I got a break before yet another episode occurred. Yes, I said ANOTHER EPISODE! ( I told you it was Monday!) Apparently Isaac found some scissors that the girls had left out and we heard Isaac say that it time for a haircut. (You see where this is headed don't you. Maybe it doesn't happen quite like you think though.) Anyway, Nathan went and took the scissors from Isaac and we thought that was the end of that. WRONG! I was getting ready to lay Logan down to go to sleep and I noticed that there was hair all over his pajamas. (I put him in his pajamas after I showered him after the poop mess.) Upon further investigation I found 5 or 6 spots on his head where Isaac had given him a haircut! AGH!!!!!

At least it was bedtime and Monday was almost over! What a day! Let's hope that doesn't happen ever again! There are no pictures of the messes for a couple of reasons. #1 grease doesn't show up in pics very well, #2 poop, that is all I need to say about that, #3 at this point I was too mad to think straight and take pictures!

Hope your day is better than mine was!

It's a .......

2009-04-13T17:16:00.002-06:00

I just got back from my ultrasound and we found out that at the end of the summer we will be welcoming into our family a baby...........

GIRL!!!!!

I am beyond thrilled! All Isaac had to say was, "I told you it wasn't a boy!". He has been telling us it was a girl for a long time. He would argue with us if we tried to tell him that it might be a boy. I guess we should have listened to him!

Happy 33rd Nathan!!

2009-04-09T09:16:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday Honey!!

I love you!!

Emi's 7th Birthday

2009-03-09T15:48:00.002-06:00

So, it's been a while since I've posted anything. And it's been a while since Emi's actual birthday, but here are a couple of pictures anyway, and a little background on Emi.

Emilee Grace Buck was born on February 23, 2002 at 4:34 a.m.. She was my first baby born by c-section. When I had gone to the doctor a few days before I had her she was head down and ready to go, but when I got to the hospital after my water broke she had flipped and was breech. She also had the cord wrapped around her neck twice and around her shoulder! So off to the OR. She wasn't breathing after she was born but started breathing about a minute later. Thankfully, I don't remember that. She weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz. and was 19 inches long (I think). She also had a little scrape on her bum from the c-section. The doctor accidentally got her bum when he was cutting her out. That is what she gets for trying to come bum first.

Emi has always been, how do we put it, a very unique girl. (Yeah, unique is the nicest way to put it) She always has something off the wall to say. Like when we were sitting in Oakies one day. We were just sitting there enjoying our lunch when she got a very solemn look on her face, looked around and said, " I will be sad when this place burns down!". Or when were up in Island Park at my mom and dad's new fifth wheel and she came out of the bathroom with an amazed expression and said, "They even have toilet paper!". When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up she said, "A real princess." What a funny girl. She is always good for a laugh. She is also very hard-headed and stubborn. She is a pain to get up for school in the morning. She is not a morning person. And she would prefer to stay in her pajamas all day. She is very loving and loves to snuggle and give hugs. Since I haven't been feeling well lately she asks me almost everyday how I am feeling and if I say not very good then she sees if there is anything she can do to make me feel better. She is really sweet that way. She always wants to make people feel better and tries to do what she thinks will help, even if it is only coloring them a picture. Life would be kinda boring without Emi in our family to make us laugh, cry, groan, yell, and pull our hair out! We love you Emilee!

"Icing"

2009-02-13T21:09:00.003-07:00

I haven't been feeling well lately so I have been laying on the couch alot, and the boys are getting away with alot of stuff they would normally get away with. One day last week I was laying on the couch as usual, and I realized that I hadn't heard from Logan in a while. I decided that he was downstairs watching TV so I let it go. 30 minutes later, when I still hadn't heard anything I yelled for him. He came running and said he was playing in my 'icing'. (I think he meant 'eye thing', but it sounded just like icing.) Who knew mascara went on your lips? At least it was old make-up and not the stuff I use. Silly boy!!

Doesn't he look innocent? Well, he definetly is not!!

What's New?

2009-01-02T17:11:00.001-07:00

I changed something on my blog. No, it is not the background. I did change that recently, but there is something else! Who can figure it out?

Good Luck!!

Christmas Day

2008-12-30T18:06:00.002-07:00

Christmas is always my favorite time of year. I love to give presents! It is one of my favorite things to do. I can hardly wait to see my kids open their presents and see the excitement in their eyes and on their faces. I kind of live vicariously through them. We always get up extra early Christmas morning and open presents. Then we go to my mom and dad's for Christmas breakfast. This year it was Biscuits and Gravy, hash browns, and scrambled eggs! YUM! Then for lunch we went to Nathan's mom and dad's house. It was a great day! I am sad that it is all over (and I have to clean up the destruction left behind)! Logan loves his Mickey Mouse Chair he got from Nana and Papa! He has been obsesssed with Mickey for a couple of months now!
Steve and Rachael, Kaleb and Adrienne, Me and Nathan, Kim, Melissa (and Desmond), Hayley and Aaron, and Lonny.
Everyone is wearing the hats Amanda made for them. Except for me. I am wearing the stocking she made for me! Yeah, I am pretty special!

Isaac and Wes in their hats!

Nathan was really excited to open presents!

The kids waiting for Mom and Dad's okay to go and see if Santa brought anything. If you look close enough at Nathan's alarm clock you can see what time we were up. I can't even blame it on the kids. I was awake most of the night and got tired of laying in bed so I got up and woke them all up. I am awful, I know. In case you can't read it it says 5:45!

Snow Fun!

2008-12-22T17:10:00.002-07:00

We got tons of snow last night and today and the kids were in heaven! We couldn't find McKenna's snowpants so she couldn't go out and play :( but the other kids did. Logan even did, without snow pants or boots that fit. We put an extra pair of thick pants on him, and he wore boots that were 3 sizes too big, but he had a blast.

This is the field behind our house. Nathan thought it looked cool in the sunset. I think it looks more like water than snow.
Tackle Daddy!!

Isaac wouldn't look up long enough for me to get a picture of his face. He was having too much fun. He didn't want to come in and when he did he asked to go back out a few minutes later!

It looks like Logan is kneeling down but he is standing up. I promise! That is how deep the snow is.

Emilee caked in snow! Amazingly enough she didn't mind it. She wanted to go back out with Isaac. They are already asking me if they can go back out tomorrow.

Christmas Pics

2008-12-22T16:58:00.002-07:00

Every year on the Sunday before Christmas, the kids get their new Christmas clothes and I take their pictures in front of the tree. Here are this years pics. I don't know how we got them all looking at the camera at the same time. That will never happen again!

I just have to brag about Emilee's dress. It was originally $60!!! I got it last year, on clearance, for $4!! I know, right! Amazing!!

Tooth #2

2008-12-17T14:35:00.002-07:00

When Isaac was opening up his presents last night, I was paying no attention to Emilee until she yelled "I pulled it out!" I looked at her and she was holding a bloody tissue in her mouth but she had a huge grin on her face. She had pulled out her other bottom tooth. If you know Emilee then you understand that I was in shock that she would pull her own tooth out! I have been telling her since the other one came out that it wouldn't take much to get it out and obviously mom was right once again! I wish she wasn't scared to go to the dentist because she needs the other two bottom ones out so her new teeth move forward. If you look close in the picture, you can see the new ones growing in behind the other ones. McKenna scared her when she said that the dentist was going to pull them out. Yes, he needs to, but don't tell Emilee that. That makes my job of getting her to go even harder!!

Happy 4th Birthday Isaac!

2008-12-17T14:14:00.002-07:00

My little boy is now 4! I wish I had pictures from when he was born to put up here but I can't find the CD my husband put them on. :( Oh well. Isaac has been really excited about his birthday for a couple of weeks. If anyone tried to tell him he was going to be anything but 4 he would get mad and tell them "NO! 4!". He requested his favorite foods for breakfast, they are fried eggs and sausage. He ate 4 sausages but didn't eat the eggs. That is really weird. And for dinner he wanted mac and cheese and hot dogs! At least it was easy, even if no one else wanted it! He got to go out and play in the snow with Nana, Papa, and Ginger (I finally found his snow boots I have been looking for for weeks!) and that was a highlight of the day! He told me he threw a snowball at Nana!Yay! A new toy that he will sit and play for hours! And it's okay because it is educational!! Double Yay! He has a Leapster but I think he is getting bored with it. Now he has a V-Smile Pocket. We already have a V-Smile so we already had a ton of games for it and I got it on sale the day after Thanksgiving! Triple Yay!!
He loves new clothes! He must take after his mom!

Yes, he is a mess. This is after breakfast but before I got him cleaned up.

Eating the sausage mom made for breakfast! I don't know how many he has in his mouth!

Does It Get Any Cuter!?!

2008-12-17T14:03:00.002-07:00

Logan wore the cutest outfit to church last week! It actually used to be Isaac's but Isaac never would wear the hat. Logan loves hats! He did not want his picture taken, however! Usually he hams it up for the camera but not on this particular day. He ran into the corner and tried to hide. Oh well, that made the pics cuter if you ask me!

I finally posted!

2008-11-30T18:19:00.001-07:00

Okay. So my excuse for not posting for a whole month is that life gets crazy sometimes! Okay, so some of the time I was just didn't want to wait for the pics to load onto blogger because sometimes that takes a while. Anyway, I am caught up now so there ya go!!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

2008-11-30T18:07:00.002-07:00

We usually put up the Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving but I was lazy this year and we didn't get it up until today. Now the kids will quit bugging me about putting it up. Yay! I can't say it is gorgeous, but it is up. I still need to go in and do some redecorating from Logan putting all of his ornaments in one spot but it is up. So, the moral of the story is, our Christmas tree is up!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-30T17:58:00.002-07:00

Thanksgiving at Nathan's Mom and Dad's house!Isaac was excited to eat!
Kenna and Lucas. Lucas' hat is... uuummmm.... I don't know what to say about Lucas' hat.

The men! Steve wanted to deep fry a turkey this year so here is Steve doing all the work with the other guys supervising.

Finally!

2008-11-30T17:52:00.003-07:00

Emilee has had 2 loose teeth for months now but she won't let us near them to pull them out. Well, she came home from school last Monday, and one of them had fallen out!! YAY!! She finally lost her first tooth and she is almost 7! It is about time! The other front bottom one is hanging on precariously!

Another Cool Do!

2008-11-30T17:46:00.001-07:00

Nathan and McKenna sang in church last Sunday. They did an awesome job! McKenna wanted a cute hairdo for the occasion and she has been asking me for a heart in her hair for a while now so I decided that it was a good day to try for it. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Potty Training

2008-11-30T17:40:00.002-07:00

Okay. So, we decided to begin the potty training process with Logan a couple of weeks ago. It is going very slow. He goes in the potty when he wants to but not consistently. I guess he is barely two so I shouldn't have any expectations but it would be nice not to have to change diapers anymore. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make it easier they would be appreciated. You would think I would be an expert by now but that is not the case.

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-31T16:33:00.003-06:00

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope your kids got lots of candy, and they eat it all tomorrow and are on a sugar high for 4 or 5 days! Just kidding. I just think my kids will be! I may have to ration the candy! I usually do.

McKenna is supposed to be Sharpay from High School Musical, but I think she looks more like Hannah Montana. It's funny because she hates Hannah Montana!!

Emilee the 49ers cheerleader.

Isaac is Pablo from The Backyardigans. If you have kids then you know this show. If not, well, he is a penguin!

Logan the Bat!! He loves telling people that he is a bat.

Tag, I'm It!

2008-10-23T21:20:00.002-06:00

Mindy tagged me. The rules are:
- link to the person that tagged you and put the rules on your blog
- share 7 random or weird facts about yourself
- tag 7 people at the end of the post
- let each person know they were tagged by leaving a comment on their blog

So here we go.........

1. When I eat Smarties (and I love Smarties) I can't eat them one at a time. I have to eat two at a time and since there are an odd number of Smarties in a roll, the last three get eaten at the same time.

2. I live next door to my parents and I love it! My kids love it too. Can you say babysitters? I can and do often. But I try not to take advantage of that, after all, they do have day jobs!

3. I married my best friend's (from high school) boyfriend! I know, what kind of friend am I!? Needless to say we aren't friends anymore. It's a long story. Too long for a blog.

4. I hate having pets!! We have a dog and a frog and I don't like it. My kids torture the dog, he sheds everywhere, and there is dog food all over my floor. I haven't figured out who plays with the dog food yet. The frog is just annoying because no one feeds it except for me. I am amazed it is still alive. We got it at Spud Day.

5. I am a horrible mother because I will admit that I play favorites with my kids. I don't know if they notice it but I know I do it. I don't get along well with one of them because our personalities are so different. Don't ask me which one is my favorite and which one I don't get along with because I won't tell. Although, some days the favorite changes.

6. I HATE camping. I know!! I came from a family that camped every weekend starting in May and lasting through October. We fished and waterskied and I hate fishing and I don't waterski. I am the oddball in my family and in Nathan's family. Except, in Nathan's family, Mandy doesn't ski either. I can't stand the bugs, dirt, not having all of my clothes to choose from in morning, not showering. I hate seeing my kids get so dirty. It drives me crazy!! I don't know what happened because when I was younger I loved it and now I avoid it at all costs. I go once a summer and that is it!

7. I love being pregnant. Most women hate the pregnancy part of babies but I love it! It is so amazing to be able to carry a baby. I don't get morning sickness but I do get some of the uncomfortable symptoms like headaches, heartburn (water gives me heartburn when I'm preggo), twice I've had gestational diabetes, and I have to have c-sections. But even with the bad stuff, I love it! What can I say, I am a glutton for punishment!! I guess the weird thing is, I don't mind having c-sections. My doctor schedules them 2 weeks early and my last one was so easy that even I was amazed! I had McKenna naturally and the other 3 were cesareans and I would have to say that McKenna's was the hardest to recover from. I do miss holding the baby as soon as he/she comes out. I don't get to hold them for about an hour after they are born.

Wow, that was hard. I am not gonna tag 7 people because alot of the people I link to have already done this tag. I've only got 5, I tag:

hayley (you'd better do it!)
monika
amy hunter
kim
christa

Kiersten's Funeral

2008-10-20T20:52:00.002-06:00

Wow! Today was tough. Nathan and I went to Kiersten's funeral this morning. Well, actually, I guess it started last night when I took Emilee to the viewing. Emi wanted to go give Sierra, Kiersten's little sister, a hug. Sierra and Emilee are friends and Emi said she was sad for Sierra and she wanted to give her a hug and she also colored some pictures for her and made her a little card that said 'I love you'. Emilee is such a sweetheart sometimes. At the viewing there was a video slideshow with pics of Kiersten and the family. It was so fun to watch and heartbreaking at the same time. At the end of the slideshow they had a family picture with 'Families Are Forever' written at the bottom of it. It brought me to tears. Before we go into my feelings I will continue with the story. The closer I got to seeing Graig and Shelli (Kiersten's parents) the closer my tears were to flowing over. I mean, what do you say to someone who has lost a child? No words can change what happened or make everything okay. Anyway, Sierra wasn't there for Emilee to see so she gave the pictures to Shelli and she said she would give them to Sierra. Emilee was sad that she didn't get to see Sierra but when I explained to her why I thought Sierra wasn't there she understood and was okay. The funeral today was beautiful. The Young Women of our ward and some of Kiersten's friends sang 'Walk Tall You're a Daughter of God'. It was probably one of the most beautiful musical numbers I have ever heard! And, yes, it made me cry. Nathan even said it made him cry. It was gorgeous. Graig, Shelli, and Jason (Kiersten's younger brother) all gave memories of Kiersten. I can't imagine the courage and strength they had to get up and do that. That had to be really hard for them. I can't imagine going to bed one night with everything going fine and then waking up the next morning and having your daughter not wake up. I can't stop thinking about Shelli, and how sorry I am for her. I am not upset about Kiersten necessarily, I know she is in a better place. What I can't get out of my mind is her parents. I guess it hits hard when something like this happens to someone you call a friend. I know the Gemar's have alot of family and friends praying for them and I am proud to say that me and my family are among the ones praying. I just hope all of the prayers offer some comfort to them. To end this post, just one thing I saw at the funeral that broke my heart to pieces. At some point Sierra and her sister, Rachel, got up to use the bathroom. When they came back in Sierra climbed into Shelli's lap and buried her head into Shelli's neck. It made me wonder what Emilee would do and what Emilee would be feeling if she were in Sierra's shoes. It also opened my eyes and made me realize that we need to hug our kids and tell them we love them every chance we get. We never know what will happen when we wake up in the morning.

Gemar Family

2008-10-16T08:06:00.003-06:00

Please put the Gemar family in your prayers. They are a family in my ward and their 13 year-old daughter, Kiersten, passed away this morning. Kiersten was a sweet girl. She was in my primary class last year and Nathan had her in his class this year. I actually sat by her Sunday in Nathan's class. From what I understand, she had a seizure disorder and that is what caused her death. I know she is still going strong on the other side of the veil but I am sure this is very hard on her family so please pray for them. Thanks!

4th Picture (thanks Mindy!)

2008-10-15T21:03:00.002-06:00

I got this off of Mindy's blog. You open your pictures file, go to the fourth folder, and get the fourth picture! Fun Stuff!This was Logan's exploits in the bathroom with the shampoo and conditioner. He emptied the bottles out into the bathtub and proceeded to slide down the back of the bathtub! The shampoo and conditioner made it extra slippery. Isaac joined him but got out before I got the camera!

OUCH!!

2008-10-14T08:43:00.002-06:00

Last night we were watching Dancing with the Stars and all of a sudden we heard a thud and Logan started crying!! He had been climbing on my kitchen counters (I can't keep him off of them, I'd taken him off of them too many times to count already that day) and either he fell off or else Isaac pulled him off. We don't know which. Isaac says he fell, but I am not sure I believe Isaac. Anyway, I ran to pick him up and try to calm him down but he just buried his face into my shoulder and cried. I let him do that for a couple of minutes and then I pulled his face out of my shoulder and there was blood all over his face and my shoulder!! It took me a while to figure out that his lip was bleeding but I couldn't figure out why it was bleeding so much. When he settled down a little bit and let me see into his mouth I saw that he had jammed his top teeth all the way through his bottom lip!! OUCH!! I thought he would be swollen and sore this morning because it was looking pretty nasty last night but it isn't swollen at all and he says it doesn't hurt! What a trooper!!
The cut on the inside of his mouth looks worse than the outside but you can't really see it in the pictures.

It's Snowing!! :(

2008-10-14T08:25:00.002-06:00

Isaac and Logan love the snow!! They must be related to their daddy because I hate (and I do mean hate!) it. I let them go out and play in it on Saturday when they saw that it was snowing. They didn't stay out very long though. Logan said it was too cold and Isaac said his hands were cold. I didn't have their snow stuff out yet, it is still somewhere in the basement, so they went out without gloves on. They had fun for about 5 minutes anyway!

More Bows!!

2008-10-09T18:12:00.003-06:00

Nathan thinks that I am obsessed. I don't think so. He also thinks that I have too much ribbon. Who is right girls? Yeah, that is what I thought. If any of you would like me to show you how to make one of the bows I would be happy too. If you would like me to make you one just get me some ribbon and I would be more than happy to!

Ginger

2008-10-09T18:03:00.003-06:00

This is my Dad's new dog. Her name is Ginger and she is a 2 month old yellow lab. Isn't she cute!?! My kids are in love with her. Isaac likes to ask me when Ginger can come and play!

Buck Grandkids!

2008-10-06T09:50:00.003-06:00

Since all of the Grandkids were at Grandma's house yesterday for conference, we decided to take advantage of that and get pictures of them together.McKenna (9), Meliah (8), Desmond (4 months), Lucas (9), Riley (7), Kelden (6), Isaac (3), Wesley (3), Jarom (3), Carter (2), Niyah (5), Logan (2), and Emilee (6).

This one was the closest I could get to all of them looking at me. I think Wes was the only one not looking.
These are the faces of the two trouble makers of the bunch. Sometimes Logan joins in their shenanigans.
Best Cousins! Emilee and Niyah love to play together. Rachael and I constantly get, "When can Niyah/Emi come play?" And "Can Niyah/Emi and I have a sleepover?" They are awfully cute though!

Ummm.... Okay..... Whatever Floats Your Boat!

2008-10-06T09:39:00.002-06:00

I was sitting at the computer last week while the boys were outside playing. I happened to look out the window in front of the computer and this is what I saw!Logan had stripped naked and was swinging! It was hilarious! And apparently he was enjoying himself.
Don't worry, after I took the pictures I put his clothes back on him.

A Riddle for Today!

2008-09-30T21:32:00.003-06:00

Here is a fun riddle for today!

What do you get when you send a 3 year old and a 2 year old to their room?

Notice the pile of clothes behind the crib...
And the empty drawers!
Isaac and Logan had been feeding off of each other all day. They were into everything and on top of everything and being just plain obnoxious! They were driving me crazy while I was cooking dinner. Logan kept climbing up the cupboards next to the stove and Isaac kept pulling stuff out of my kitchen drawers and playing in the ice dispenser in the fridge. So, I sent them to their room until dinner was done. It was only about 5 minutes because (I am kinda ashamed to admit) I was only making Mac'n'Cheese and Hot Dogs. By the time dinner was ready and I called them to come out of their room this was the damage. The moral of the story is, don't send a 2 year old and a 3 year old to the same room at the same time. Unless it is a padded room with nothing in it!

Another Cool Do!

2008-09-30T21:22:00.001-06:00

I got a ton of compliments for this hairdo so I took pics of it after church and decided to post it. I wanted to do the wormy things with all of the ponytail but McKenna would have none of it. She hates bobby pins in her hair and this one takes alot of them. Oh well, it turned out really cute anyway.

Afroggie and Charlie

2008-09-30T21:15:00.002-06:00

We went from having no pets to having 2 within a few days! We got Charlie, a dog, from Hayley and Aaron. He is the dog in the Spud Day pictures. And, while we were at Spud Day, there was a booth where you could win a frog. We let Isaac do it and now we also have a little frog. I thought the frog would die within a week but he is still kickin' after a week and a half! Isaac named him Afroggie. I know, it is original! Hahahaha!

Spud Day

2008-09-19T15:33:00.003-06:00

Spud Day has come and gone for another year. Gotta love Spud Day. The kids got a ton of candy at the parade. I'm talkin' they over-flowed a gallon sized plastic bag. It was fun this year.

This is my family and Matt's family.
Isaac is not into loud noises so Matt found some earphones in his Durango and gave them to Isaac to wear.
Then it started to rain. And I mean great big raindrops. That didn't stop Emi and Kenna from going to get candy though.
Here we are trying to get out of the rain.
Okay, so when you go to a parade they throw candy right!?! Well, I got the coolest things ever at this years parade. A zucchini and a bar of soap. You read right. A zucchini and a bar of soap! It is awesome and I know you are jealous of my bar of soap!

My New Hobby!

2008-09-19T15:33:00.002-06:00

I found a site online that gives instructions on how to make hair bows. Now that is what I do when Logan is napping in the afternoons! They are so much fun to make! The only problem is my girls are starting to get to old for bows. Especially McKenna. Oh well. At least I have nieces that will wear them!

Ignore the messy hair. This pic was taken after school.

This one is my favorite one that I have made.

Another HUH?

2008-09-16T16:39:00.002-06:00

Blogger did it again! I posted something and it posted it under the wrong date. What is the deal with that? The "Free to Good Home" was actually posted on the 16th not the 12th. Oh well. Has this ever happened to anyone else?

Free to Good Home

2008-09-12T10:23:00.004-06:00

Free to Good Home

2 boys, one 3 years old, one 2 years old

3 year old is house trained (by that I mean he goes in the bathroom but doesn't always aim for the toilet!), 2 year old is not

both like to push mom's buttons, make messes, climb, and draw on themselves

they don't like cleaning up, listening to mom, or sitting still

I am so ready to give them away today! They colored themselves with marker! And not washable marker either. I only allow washable markers in my house so I don't know where the markers came from! Grrrr.... All I know is that they were in the girl's room. And they didn't just get themselves, McKenna's comforter got it too.
After I cleaned that mess up and threw the markers away I realized the boys were missing in action again. This time they found McKenna's make-up case. I don't usually allow make-up either but I made an exception because a friend gave her a really cute make-up kit and case for her birthday. Never again! No matter how cute it is! Isaac painted Logan's toes. Not just toenails, but toes!
See. Logan is turning purple!
Doesn't he look innocent? Well, he most certainly is not!

Happy 11th!

2008-09-12T10:23:00.002-06:00

Happy Anniversary Honey!!

Nathan and I got married on September 12, 1997. 11 years and 4 kids later we are still together and we still love each other. Wierd!

Boys Will Be Boys

2008-09-09T16:48:00.002-06:00

Can you see the bald spot? Let me explain...

Isaac and Logan were in our bedroom with Nathan (first red flag), Nathan was busy doing who knows what with an old gun of his dad's, (second red flag - this means could only see the gun and only hear the gun). Is that a man thing or a Buck thing? Probably a combination of both which means he is worst than most! Anyway, back to the story. I could hear the boys playing in our bathroom, obviously Nathan couldn't hear them, he could only hear the gun. But he did hear me stomping down the hall to find out why the boys were playing in the bathroom. He grabbed the boys before I got there and said they were playing in the bathtub so I looked to see what they had played in and saw hair in the bottom of the bathtub and my razor moved. Yep! Isaac decided to shave Logan's hair. Now most people would just shave his head to make it even but I can't do that! I love Logan's hair. So he (and by he I mean I) has to live with it until it grows out enough that I can cut his hair a little bit and hide the bald spot. At least it was just a little spot and at least it wasn't the girls hair! All I can do is laugh! Right?!?

This is for Kenna

2008-09-08T08:23:00.006-06:00

Kenna has been letting me try fun hair-do's on her lately. If you know McKenna you know that she hates having her hair done so it is a big deal that she doesn't throw a fit when I do anything besides straightening it or putting in a headband. Anyway, she always has me take pictures of them so she can see them better. Now she is bugging me to put them up on my blog so these pics are put up just for her. This one took a while to figure out but it looks awesome! I don't think it will be as hard the next time I try it.

This one we decided looked like fireworks. It looked really cool. We have to remember it for the 4th of July next year.

Kenna has always wanted curly hair and I achieved it for one day. She loved this do.
This is the back view. I always wanted my hair to look like that. It never did, no matter what I did. I know, it is a sad story. It's okay, I got over it.

The Fair

2008-09-08T08:23:00.002-06:00

We took the boys to the fair in Blackfoot last Friday. The girls didn't get to go because they didn't get their room clean in the three chances they got. I know, I am the meanest mom ever but what was I supposed to do? Anyway, the boys had fun in the petting zoo and I thought I would share some pics from that.

OK, so this Emu was sitting there and there were 3 high school boys standing around it(I'm talking juniors or seniors here). The high school boys were afraid to touch the Emu so they just stood there daring each other to touch it. Well, Isaac walked up to it, got about 2 inches from its face, stared it in the eyes for a few seconds, and then grabbed it around the neck and shook it! Then he just walked away like nothing happened! It was hilarious!! The high school boys were shown up by a 3 year old. They still wouldn't go touch it after Isaac did that. They thought he was funny though.

Huh?!?

2008-08-28T12:04:00.001-06:00

I posted earlier for Logan's birthday and the date after I posted said August 20th!?! I promise it was posted today, August 28th.

Look Who's 2!!!

2008-08-20T08:34:00.011-06:00

LOGAN'S 2!!!!

Today is Logan's 2nd birthday. It is so hard to believe that he is two years old already!

To give you an idea of what his personality is like just think of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde! Logan can be so sweet and loves to give me squeezes and kisses but the next minute he is doing something he knows he shouldn't be doing! My mom calls him 'Tsunami' because he gives no warning when he is into something and he leaves a trail of destruction behind him! One of Logan's greatest joys in life is teasing and tormenting his older brother. Logan loves to hit, sit on, and otherwise mess with Isaac. I can't say that Isaac enjoys it though, that is why Logan loves it so much!

Logan was born on August 28, 2006 at 7:25 a.m. via C-section. He weighed 7lbs. or 7 lbs. 1 oz. depending on which crib card you looked at (there were 2) and he was 19 1/2 inches long.

Logan on his blessing day! October 2006. He was such a sweet baby.

Logan and Katseans. Katseans is my brothers little girl. She is 4 days older than Logan. In this picture Logan is 6 days old and Katseans is 10 days old.

And this is Logan and Katseans today! This was taken on Katseans birthday, August 24. The only way I could get them to look at me was to have them stick out their toungues!

Back To School

2008-08-20T08:34:00.009-06:00

It's back to school time!!

Today is the first day of school for the girls (I am typing with a huge a grin on my face!). McKenna starts the 4th grade and Emilee is now in 1st grade. That means - drum roll please - both girls are in school all day!! YAY!!

Some of you may remember my post last spring about Emi not getting ready for school in the mornings very well and having to stay home from school and sit on a chair. Well, I am happy to announce that this morning she got up before me and was ready to watch for the bus 30 minutes before she had too! It was amazing. I am not holding my breath though because I doubt that it will happen tomorrow! I live for mornings like this one. The only problem we had was Emi wanted to tie her own shoes. She learned how last night (I know she is 6 but we hadn't bought her shoes with laces until this year and it only took her 2 minutes to learn) and she is kinda slow at it and I am impatient. I was waiting to take pictures and I wanted to tie her shoes for her because she being typical Emi and taking her time. We compromised and she tied one while I tied the other!

"I Made Isaac!"

2008-08-20T08:34:00.004-06:00

Isaac loves to practice writing his letters so I bought him a Spiderman book that helps him. My mom and I were helping the girls clean their room when we heard Isaac yell, "I made Isaac!". My mom told me she wrote his name for him so we assumed he had traced that because that is what he had always done. He traces the letters not writes them himself. A couple of minutes later I went upstairs and he told again that he wrote Isaac, so I went over to look and sure enough he wrote Isaac all by himself! His 's' looks like and 'o' and his 'c' is backwards but he is only 3 so I think he did pretty darn good! And he was pretty proud of himself! It is a good thing I took a picture because after that he colored all over where he had written his name and now you can barely see it.

Kenna's Haircut

2008-08-14T16:54:00.000-06:00

Okay, so, McKenna has been begging me to let her cut her hair for a couple of years now but I couldn't do it. Her hair is long, straight, and gorgeous! Just like I always wanted. I had the straight thing down but it wasn't a pretty straight, it was a crazy straight! Well, I finally gave in and decided to let her get it cut before school starts. Since our regular hairdresser is away for the summer (you know who you are Hayley!) we asked Nana to cut it for her.
Look how long it was!
I know it isn't short by any means but it seems short to me. I am used to brushing hair that goes down almost to her waist and now it goes just past her shoulders. She wanted it to go above her shoulders but I don't think I am ready for that just yet! Let me get used to this first!
This is after we came home and I flat-ironed it.
I must admit that it is really cute!

Buck Family Camping Trip!

2008-08-11T09:58:00.003-06:00

Every summer Nathan's family plans a week long camping trip. That is a long time to camp if you ask me, but I did it. We left Monday (Aug. 4th) and stayed in Island Park until Saturday afternoon. It was a very interesting trip. The Sunday night before we left both McKenna and Logan had fevers, but we left Monday morning anyway. Kenna's fever seemed to have gone away but Logan still had one and it steadily got worse all day Monday as we were trying to set up camp. We decided to take Logan down to Community Care in Rexburg because he also had a rash on his leg (that is a whole different story) and the rash was looking really red and inflamed and it was hot to the touch. To make a long story short, Logan had Strep Throat. He got put on an antibiotic and so did Kenna because her fever came back Monday afternoon. Well, I guess two sick kids camping isn't enough, Monday night Emilee got a fever too! We called our doctor and got her put on an anitbiotic too. So for the first couple of days camping I had three sick kids!! By Wednesday everyone felt better and the rest of the camping trip went much smoother.

Isn't Isaac wearing an appropriate shirt? His favorite thing to do was play in the dirt. And there was plenty of it for him to play in!

Kenna, Emi, Isaac, Meliah, Lucas, Carter, Kelden, Riley, and Niyah

Mandy did a treasure hunt for the kids. She had them go to each of the adults in camp and the adults gave them something to do. I had them collect firewood, Rachael had them do silly things, Nathan let them shoot his paintball gun, Grandma had them sing, Grandpa had them do things linked together so they had to work together, Steve was just plain weird, and Mandy had them do yoga and then she gave them their prize. The kids thought it was fun.

Isaac and Daddy on the pontoon boat.

As soon as we got to the campground Isaac had to go potty. The trailer wasn't unpacked yet and I didn't want him walking down to the potty all by himself so I just told him to go pee on a tree. I don't think he peed in the toilet the whole time we were there. He would just wander to a random tree, drop his shorts, and pee. He didn't care who was watching. And I don't think he ever peed on the same tree twice!

More Camping!

2008-08-11T09:58:00.002-06:00

The Paintballers! Steve, Nathan, Grandpa, Kaleb, Rachael, Lucas, and Riley.
Kaleb FireTender! That is his Indian Name.
McKenna and Meliah on the tubes.
Logan, Lucas, and Carter. What cute boys!
Logan liked to just sit in the water and splash.

Even More Camping!

2008-08-11T09:58:00.001-06:00

Kaleb and Adrienne
Nathan and Grandpa playing guitar around the fire. They would play while everyone sang.
Kaleb tied the kids to a tree!

Then the kids tied Kaleb up. It didn't take long for him get out of it though!

Happy Birthday Kenna!

2008-08-11T09:58:00.000-06:00

McKenna turned 9 on July 28th! It is hard to believe that she is 9 years old already. Some days she acts like she is 15, attitude and all, and other days she cuddles up to me and wants to be held like a baby. All in all she is a really sweet girl who is kind to everyone, and I really appreciate that. She loves to help with her brothers. We love you McKenna!!!

Yellowstone Park

2008-07-17T09:02:00.001-06:00

Our kids love to take drives in the Durango (surprisingly, Logan loves it the most) so we decided to take a day trip up to Yellowstone this week. Nathan and the kids at Norris Geyser Basin.
Messy faced Logan. It is hard to see how messy he is but we gave him a Laffy Taffy stick and he ended up really sticky and messy. Happy, but sticky and messy.

Logan and Dad at Old Faithful.
What cute kids!!!
Walking around at Old Faithful. We got tons of comments on Logan and his leash. Everybody loved it and thought he was adorable. Some comments were told to us directly and we overheard others as we would walk by. Some people were even taking pictures of him. At Old Faithful and Japanese guy even stopped us so he could take a picture of Logan. It was hilarious.
Isaac checking out the Buffalo with his binoculars. Notice he is holding them the wrong way.
We were lucky and saw two grizzly bears about 10 miles apart. This one wasn't very big and we wonder if it was a cub and the mom was somewhere close too. The other one we saw was farther away and really hard to see without binoculars so I didn't get a picture of it but it was huge and eating a montrous elk. It was pretty cool to see.

Isaac's Yoga

2008-07-17T09:02:00.000-06:00

A couple of weeks ago we bought a Wii Fit. It is a blast. Even the kids love to do the games and exercises. Isaac especially loves the yoga. Here a few yoga poses that Isaac does. The Warrior.
The Tree.
Sun Salutation.

Doesn't he have amazing form? Haha!

Happy 4th of July!!

2008-07-05T11:49:00.000-06:00

Setting off fireworks at Grandma and Grandpa's house. The kids thought they were pretty cool. Even the little Pop Its got them excited.
Carter and Logan. Playing in the back of Grandpa's truck is the best!
This is one of my favorite pictures even if I am in it! Isaac looks so excited and happy! And he was excited for the fireworks until...
they actually started. Then he wasn't so thrilled. He thought they were too loud so he covered his ears the whole time. Even when he fell asleep towards the end of them he kept his ears plugged!
Logan loved the fireworks. He kept saying 'Whoa' and yelling out the colors he saw. So what if the only color he ever got right was green. It was cute anyway!

Kenna and Emi at the parade. They were really good and stayed right in front of me even though all of the other kids went down the road a little ways. I was really proud of them for listening to me and not complaining about it.
Logan and Isaac. Logan sat in the stroller the whole time! No whining to get out! It was amazing.
Isaac hid between my legs for alot of the parade. He was scared of all the loud sounds. I guess that made it easy for me because I didn't have to chase him around. He stayed REALLY close to Mom just like she asked him to!
Emilee, Niyah, and McKenna. What cute girls!

Trampoline!

2008-07-01T19:49:00.002-06:00

Logan helping Daddy put up the new trampoline. He was so excited! He loves to jump on Grandma and Grandpa's tramp.
Kenna and Logan getting springs to hand to Daddy.
Isaac and Logan jumping on the new tramp for the first time.
Even Papa got in on the action. It has been a while since he has jumped on any trampoline. Probably since I was little and we had one, which was at least 16 years ago! Papa didn't last long, he got off pretty quick!

Froggie!

2008-07-01T19:49:00.001-06:00

Kiss the frog Kenna! Maybe it will turn into a prince!
Emilee
Logan

Isaac petting the frog. (I didn't get a pic of him holding it)

Nathan was mowing the lawn on Monday and he found a frog in the grass! I have lived here basically my whole life and never seen a frog here. My mom said she hasn't ever seen one here either. All of my kids wanted to pet it and hold it, even Emilee and McKenna.

Chocolate Pudding

2008-07-01T19:49:00.000-06:00

CHEESE!

He is such a ham!
This is what happens when an almost 2 year old finds the chocolate pudding his brother left on the table! I guess he enjoyed the pudding and the bath afterwards. Mommy didn't enjoy cleaning up the table though.

Biker Girl

2008-06-24T19:33:00.000-06:00

Kenna has been nagging Papa since last summer for a motorcycle ride. He finally gave in this year but her helmet was up at their fifth wheel in Island Park. So she waited patiently until he could bring it home and take her for a ride. I was a little nervous because I am not a big fan of motorcycles but I didn't want to say no and upset her so here she is. She said it was fun and she wants to go again.

She looks so little on the motorcycle.

Slip n Slide

2008-06-20T13:32:00.001-06:00

Riley

Isaac

Amanda

Niyah

Meliah

The kids and I went up to spend the day at Grandma's house while Nathan was working on Hayley and Aaron's house. Melissa and her kids were there, and we called Rachael and she brought over her kids. We set up the Slip n Slide for the kids to play on and I got some great pictures.

My Little Guitar Hero

2008-06-20T13:32:00.000-06:00

Isaac loves to "play" Guitar Hero with Daddy. We give him a PS2 guitar while Nathan plays on the Wii. Isaac thinks he is really playing and really gets into it. I decided to get a video. I missed the best part but it is hilarious!! Notice at the end how he looks at his hands to see if he is doing the 'rock' sign right (he's not, he is doing 'i love you'). Enjoy!

Logan's cage

2008-06-14T10:35:00.003-06:00

We went down to my Grandpa Goodson's house for a visit and Logan found a new place to play. This is their dog's cage and Logan climbed right in and shut the door. I wanted to bring it home so I could stick him in it!

Grandkids

2008-06-14T10:35:00.002-06:00

These are the grandkids from my side of the family. (My kids and Matt's kids) From left to right, Katseans, McKenna, Kenadie, Isaac, Madyson, Emilee, Caleb, and Logan.

Baby Desmond

2008-06-14T10:35:00.001-06:00

Congrats to Lonny and Melissa Fullmer! Their baby boy, Desmond Irvin Fullmer, was born on June 5.

He weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long.

Zoo

2008-06-14T10:35:00.000-06:00

We decided, as we were driving by one day, to take the kids to Tauphus Park Zoo. We didn't have the stroller or the leash but we braved it anyway. Isaac was perfect! He stayed with us the entire time, and those of you who know Isaac know how amazing that is. Logan was pretty good. He liked to run but with Isaac being so good it was fairly easy to keep up with him. Kenna liked the flamingos because two of them kept fighting and she decided that they must be brother and sister flamingos! Logan was enthralled by the monkeys that sat right in front of the windows. We went to the animal encounters show and Isaac wanted to bring home all of the animals they showed, including the snake! After the show Kenna, Emi, and Isaac all petted the snake. Logan wanted to but I didn't trust him not to grab it (and I didn't want to get that close to it!).

Graduation

2008-05-22T08:59:00.003-06:00

Emilee graduated from Kindergarten this morning. She was really excited and asked if she could wear her special red polka-dotted dress. Even though it was only 40 degrees outside and raining, how could I resist such a sweet face. Emilee also got an award for faithful attendance (I think they got that wrong but what will it hurt?). None of my pictures from the actual graduation ceremony turned out. They were all too dark or blurry (big frown!). Emilee's favorite thing about Kindergarten was going out to recess (big suprise). Emilee said she will miss Kindergarten and her teacher, Ms. Ochoa, but she is really excited for 1st grade. She says that she is most excited to make new friends in 1st grade. Mom is excited for 1st grade because that will be 2 kids in school all day!! Yeah for me. Now I just have to get through the summer.

For A Healthy Glow

2008-05-22T08:59:00.002-06:00

Who Knew that pear flavored applesauce was good for the skin? I will have to try it someday. Too bad Logan used the last one.

Worn Out

2008-05-22T08:59:00.001-06:00

Isaac was outside 'helping' Daddy and Papa build the gates for the fence and I guess they wore him out! He woke sat up once and said "Cheese" while I was taking pictures but his eyes never opened.

A Fence!!

2008-05-22T08:59:00.000-06:00

Even though we live with a major highway in front of our house and a canal behind it, I never thought we needed a fence. My boys have changed that. I always trusted my girls to stay away from the road and canal, but my boys are just to curious and, well, too much like mischevious little boys. So Nathan built a fence with help from Nana, Papa, Uncle Matt, and Uncle Stephen. They all had a good reason to get it done fast because I said Nathan couldn't go paintballing until the fence was done and there were steps out of my back door. It only took them a week to finish it all! Now I just have to wait for the grass to grow and then the "Kid Cage" will be completely finished and I can send the kids outside and not have to follow them out! That makes for one happy mom!

Bubbles!

2008-04-25T16:39:00.000-06:00

I was giving Logan a bath this morning and he kept telling me 'bubbles', so I went and got the bubbles and blew them at him. He loved it. It was such a good picture moment.

Emilee's time-out

2008-04-16T17:26:00.000-06:00

Emilee takes forever and a day to get dressed for her morning kindergarten class. I was tired of nagging her to get dressed just about everyday since school started back in August so I told her that if she didn't get dressed she would stay home from school and sit in time out all day. After over an hour she still wasn't dressed so I sat her on a chair and she stayed home from school. I guess the chair was boring because she fell asleep! She says she has learned her lesson and she will get dressed quickly from now on. I will believe it when I see it.

Curly Sue

2008-04-16T17:12:00.000-06:00

Emilee has always wanted curly hair like her cousin Niyah and her Aunt Hayley. She asked me for about 2 months to curl her hair but I kept telling her I didn't have time because she has such thick hair, it would take a long time. I finally did it on Sunday before church (it's a good thing we have late church because it took me over an hour to curl). She loved it and insisted that I take pictures. Too bad it only lasted about 4 hours and then the curl was pretty much gone! It was cute while it lasted!

A Wedding!!

2008-04-16T17:04:00.000-06:00

A Wedding!

Kaleb and Adrienne were married April 12, 2008 in the Idaho Falls temple! It was a great day and they are so cute together. It made me think back 10 1/2 years ago to my own wedding and I realized that it was all a big blur. I forgot about alot until I sat down and looked at my wedding scrapbook. I am glad I made my scrapbook so that I don't forget some of the details.

Tea Party

2008-04-16T16:52:00.000-06:00

Mandy and Niyah decided to have a tea party for their birthdays. We had clear tea (sprite) and brown tea (diet pepsi), finger sandwiches, and crumpets. Rachael made a really cute teapot cake. The little girls played games like 'Put the Lid On the Teapot', "Scoop the Cottonballs Out of the Teapot', and balanced books on their heads.

Logan Easter

2008-04-07T13:08:00.000-06:00

This is the one picture I got on Easter morning. He does not hold still for very long!

Isaac Easter

2008-04-07T13:06:00.000-06:00

Emi Easter

2008-04-07T12:56:00.000-06:00

Kenna Easter

2008-04-07T12:54:00.000-06:00

This is not McKenna's original Easter dress. She managed to rip the Easter dress I bought for her before we even went to church. This is a dress from last summer.

Kids Easter

2008-04-07T12:53:00.000-06:00

Egg Hunt

2008-04-07T12:47:00.000-06:00

Katseans and Logan. Logan didn't care about finding the eggs, all he wanted to do was run! Katseans just looked at the eggs like she wasn't sure she should pick them up.

The Buck Family

Jen's Hair Flair

Bah Humbug!

Highlights From the Last Few Months

Logan and Sadie

August 2010

Kenna's Birthday

July 2010

Randomness

Time...

8 and 6

Bows, Flower Clips, and Headbands

Sorry...

Another Thanksgiving

Baby Ella

Thanksgiving

More Sadie

Sadie's Blessing

Smile!

2 Weeks and 3 Weeks

Sadie's Here!!

First Day of School

I Finally Gave In...

It Was Definitely Monday

It's a .......

Happy 33rd Nathan!!

Emi's 7th Birthday

"Icing"

What's New?

Christmas Day

Snow Fun!

Christmas Pics

Tooth #2

Happy 4th Birthday Isaac!

Does It Get Any Cuter!?!

I finally posted!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Happy Thanksgiving!

Finally!

Another Cool Do!

Potty Training

Happy Halloween!

Tag, I'm It!

Kiersten's Funeral

Gemar Family

4th Picture (thanks Mindy!)

OUCH!!

It's Snowing!! :(

More Bows!!

Ginger

Buck Grandkids!

Ummm.... Okay..... Whatever Floats Your Boat!

A Riddle for Today!

Another Cool Do!

Afroggie and Charlie

Spud Day

My New Hobby!

Another HUH?

Free to Good Home

Happy 11th!

Boys Will Be Boys

This is for Kenna

The Fair

Huh?!?

Look Who's 2!!!

Back To School

"I Made Isaac!"

Kenna's Haircut

Buck Family Camping Trip!

More Camping!

Even More Camping!

Happy Birthday Kenna!

Yellowstone Park

Isaac's Yoga

Happy 4th of July!!

Trampoline!

Froggie!

Chocolate Pudding

Biker Girl

More Slip n Slide