Hair for Kristin's Wedding

I had my hair done tonight as a practice for Kristin's wedding...

Our little man...all grown up

Today is Matthew's first day as an official preschooler. I can't believe that he has gotten so big already. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with him, waiting to see what he would be like as he got older. Kevin and I agree, we are very lucky parents!

It was a tradition in my house growing up that we took pictures the first day of school each year. So, I have started that same tradition with Matthew. What a little man we have!

Weekend workers

This weekend we decided we would take advantage of the extra day at home and get some much needed stuff done around the house. So, we cleaned out the garage (1 load to Goodwill, 1 load to the dump), did laundry and then on Monday we shampooed the carpets in our house because they were horribly dirty...it was pretty nasty truth be told!

Kevin worked his magic with the rug doctor...even Matthew got in on the home improvement:

I had to remind him that he better be careful, while that is just a plastic hammer I can already see him punching a hole through the wall.

Buck Family Update

Well, August has proven to be a very busy month in our house. We have a new baby in the family, congrats to Eric and Jenna! :) . Our good friends Paul and Naomi are about to add another baby to their family! My friend Barb had her little baby boy this month...is anyone seeing a trend here?
We are also preparing for Kristin's wedding, which is fast approaching in October. I am so excited for her and Phil...they are a wonderful couple!
Work is keeping me extremely busy. I am loving every minute of it though! They got me set up with access from home so that I can work from there if needed. Kevin continues to plug away at what is (hopefully) his last semester as a student...EVER!! Matthew is a whole other story...what a little character we have!
I missed my high school reunion, but got to have a little one of my own in Seattle last weekend. I reconnected with my friend Patrick and met his wonderful wife Sarah. What a great couple to have in our lives!
The weather is Spokane is now more bearable...thanks to fewer days at 90+ degrees! I am ready for fall!

My 3 year old...at the movies

Tonight we had a family date with my parents, sister and brother-in-law. We decided that we all wanted to see Hairspray...so tonight seemed to be a good night to do that. We also decided that Matthew was old enough to come with us since we had just had a successful trip to see Rataoullie a couple of weeks ago. And, overall, I must say that Matthew surprised us with his ability to sit through a movie that was two and a half hours long.
But, leave it to a three year old to speak their minds whenever it suits them. The movie theatre is quiet, Matthew "announces" that he has to poop and the entire theatre errupts in laughter. I finally had to take him out, explain to him that he needed to be quiet or I was going to take him home and put him to bed and he finally agreed to go back in and sit down. My personal favorite part was when he was dancing in his chair to the music.

Disturbing shows, disturbing dreams

There is this show on Oxygen that I absolutely love called Snapped. Kevin hates this show with a passion. He says that it bothers him that there are shows that talk about women killing their husbands and getting away with it. I reminded him that this is not a lifetime movie, but real life...and the women don't always get away with it anyway!
So, I realized this morning that I have probably watched this show one too many times when it factors into my dreams at night. What was even more strange is it wasn't about Kevin and I, but about our good friends David and Laurie. Basically, Laurie kept going back and forth between David and this other guy, while I played the good friend to both of them trying to make them get back together. It was very strange and I don't know how it ended because the next thing I heard was Matthew saying "Daddy, I want to play Wii".
Interpretation would say that 1) I watch Snapped too much 2) Apparently I am worried that Laurie is going to leave David for "Bubba" the redneck wifebeater in my dream and 3) I really need to change my taste in "reality tv". Kev, honey, maybe you were right!

Where one goes, the other follows

More Hawaii stories...this one about David and Kevin. Please notice the sign that Kevin is standing next to:


Yup, the sign says "Don't Go"...or "Danger Will Robinson". Yet, here is Kevin and David:


This is Kevin following David down the above mentioned hazardous area and onto some very slippery and wave beaten rocks below. There were several occasions where a wave came up and hit the guys from behind, totally drenching them. Yet, they still hung out on the remains of this once active volcano. Here is Kevin again:





And David, David, David the Explorer:

Laurie and I were very glad to know that their life insurance policies were paid in full before we let them go down there. What was even better...there were a bunch of other men following our two heroes down the cliff. We decided that all it takes is one idiot to get the whole group going. And men complain about us women going to the bathroom in groups?!