Jazz Hands
May 8th, 2010 by mariahbuckApparently Tyler has come to love posing for pictures using Jazz Hands. We have no idea where it came from. But just like everything else Tyler does, it is a trait all his own. (Mommy loves you big boy!)
Jazz hands getting ready to party!!
Jazz Hands standing by the donation bins
Jazz hands with Daddy and Brandon
Jazz hands on the bridge
Jazz hands when he was three
You make your mommy smile everyday you goofy, silly, wonderful gift from God!
Posted in Growing up, Life in Idaho, The boys, Thoughts by Mariah, Tyler, zoo || No Comments
Jeremiah is getting so big!
April 3rd, 2010 by mariahbuckMy baby just doesn’t seem like a baby anymore. Jeremiah is 8.5 months. He loves to be mobile. He has started to crawl, but has not yet perfected it. However, he has decided to give up crawling in an effort to start walking. He can now walk along the couch holding on to the edge and he can stand for a few second unassisted.
He also loves to eat. Jeremiah’s latest love is Cheerio’s. He is still a bit young for them, but I couldn’t resist his chubby, toothless grin. I tried it with just one and the rest is history. If it were up to him we would just forget the baby food and he would only ever eat Cheerios. In fact, it kind of ticks him off when I try to spoon feed him baby food. He just wants to do everything himself. Doesn’t he realize that mommy wants him to be little for a while longer??
The last post we have with updated pictures was from December. So here are a few to catch up..
January 2010
February 2010
March 2010
March 2010 1st pair of cowboy boots
Posted in Jeremiah, Life in Idaho, The boys, Thoughts by Mariah || 1 Comment
Adventures in Dissection
April 3rd, 2010 by mariahbuckBrandon had his first dissection in Biology several weeks ago. (it took me a while to post about it) It is so funny to think back at his past feelings about dissections vs his feelings now. If you asked him last year, or even at the beginning of this year how he felt about the fact he would be doing it, he would have told you that it was gross and that he didn’t want to do it. But the weeks leading up to his first dissection, he was counting down the days!
D-day finally arrived (dissection day.) I can just see Brandon shaking his head at this corny joke. haha. Sorry Brandon. Anyway, I was able to snap some pictures. He was a little embarrassed that I came into his class to take pics, but I told him he didn’t have a choice. I tried to snap a few shots and leave, as not to embarrass him too bad. Later that day, after the dissection was over he asked my why I didn’t stay and take pics of the whole thing. I guess I missed “the best part.” Can’t win 
After the dissection was over a couple of kids got to make a clay model of what they learned. Here is Brandon and Artie’s model. As a side note - Brandon is doing so, so good in biology! He is the youngest in his class and it is a class geared at 9th grade and above. He really seems to like it, especially now that they have started to do the dissections. In class they often have verbal quizzes and review tests. Brandon has been nicknamed “textbook” because he seems to always know the answer.A nickname that he is proud to have.
After dissections, Brandon called me over to snap a couple of pictures of his clay model. After taking the picture, he accidentally knocked my camera out of my hands and it broke! Yes - it broke! Sigh. Luckily I was able to get it repaired and now I will be able to take many more embarrassing pictures of Brandon in class. Life is good!
Posted in Brandon, Dissection, Growing up, Thoughts by Mariah, homeschool || No Comments
Happy Birthday Padiwan Tyler
February 3rd, 2010 by mariahbuckI don’t know where the time has gone! Can it be that my baby, my 1st born son, is 4 years old ALREADY? Sadly, it is true. Tyler has been counting down to his birthday. I think he started with 20 days till his big day. His day started as it usually does, before the sun comes up. My sweet little man came into mommy and daddy’s room during the six o’clock hour. Shaun called him over to his side of the bed. However, Tyler announced that he just wanted mama. Through my sleepy eyes, I smiled a happy little smile. You see, Tyler is a Daddy’s boy through and through. He does nothing to hide that fact. He will proudly tell mommy, or anyone else who asks, that he is Daddy’s boy. No bribe, no tickling, no nothing can change his mind about that!!
So when Tyler turned Daddy down to come and snuggle with Mama, it didn’t matter to me that the sun had not yet risen, or that I had just been up nursing Jeremiah 30 minutes ago. My birthday boy wanted his Mommy, and I was more than happy to oblige! We turned on cartoons and snuggled until almost 8:30. I admit that I dozed off here and there. But nothing got past the birthday boy. If he saw Mommy’s eyes closed he “lovingly” poked me in the cheeks until I woke up.
Due to a family emergency, Grandma Kitty flew in the night before Tyler’s birthday. Tyler was sure that Grandma Kitty was there JUST for his birthday. It was nice to have her and that she could be with us to celebrate Tyler’s birthday morning!
For his birthday breakfast he chose “chocolate cereal that had the thing with the things.” It took some phone calls to figure this one out. He had seen Coco Pebbles at his cousins house and that was what he wanted. So that is what he had. For lunch he chose macaroni and cheese with hot dogs. This is his all time favorite meal. And for dinner it was Chuck E Cheese.
In preparing my shopping list for his birthday meals, I asked him what kind of birthday cake he wanted. Here is how the conversation went:
Mommy: “Ty, what kind of birthday cake do you want?”
Tyler: “Kickaboog Cake, Mommy.”
Mommy: “I have never heard of Kickaboog Cake before. What is it?”
Tyler: “Want me to help you say it mama?” Repeat after me and say it slow. Kick-a-boog
Mommy: “Kick-a-boog.”
Tyler: “Great, now say it fast. Kickaboog.”
Mommy: “Kickaboog.”
Tyler: “I’m so proud of you mom. Great job.”
Mommy: “Now I know how to say it Ty. But what is kickaboog cake?”
Tyler: “Well, it is cake with chocolate frosting, cookie dirt and worms all over it.” OH! And it has birthday candles too!”
Mommy: “Ok, kickaboog cake it is!”
He is so funny! So after Chuck E Cheese, we had kickaboog birthday cake and cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. He had a blast! His big present from Mommy, Daddy, Brandon and Jeremiah was that he got his bedroom changed from a Cars bedroom to a Star Wars bedroom. He has really been into Star Wars! As he opened his presents and jumped on his new bed, he hummed the theme song to Star Wars.
Unfortunatly, in his excitement, I could not get him to hold still for a picture. In case you can’t tell, the blur jumping up and down on the bed is him 
He told me that night as he was going to bed, that he got bigger muscles and he got taller since he was 4. He said that he thought he was going to turn into a Jedi Knight too, but he was still just a Padiwan. *Maybe next year son*
It is so incredible to be blessed by this little boy. He dreams big. He plays hard. And he is a huge blessing to his family.
Tyler,
Your Daddy, Brothers and I love you more than words can say. You are a blessing to us. You are the best Padiwan I have ever known! You love your big brother Brandon so much and want to be just like him. And you are a great big brother to Jeremiah. You give great hugs. I love to kiss your little lips too, (even if you wipe it off when you think I’m not looking.) You are a great friend to children around you and you always try to make sure no one is left out. You love to sing and to dance. You are a great big ham who loves to make everyone laugh. You have your own language with made-up words that you will lovingly explain to “the rest of us.” You love use the words “booty, tootie, stinky and “I’m gonna whoop you,” as much as you can. You are such a silly little guy!!! My prayer for you this coming year is that you would grow to know and understand the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ more. I pray that He would keep you and protect you. I pray that you would come to a saving faith early and that God would use you to shine His light brightly for others to see.
I love you so much Sunshine! Happy 4th Birthday!
Posted in Thoughts by Mariah || No Comments
Oh, So polite!
January 10th, 2010 by mariahbuckTonight as I was making dinner, Tyler was playing Lego Star Wars for the Wii. Here is what my polite little mister said to his game:
Tyler: “Excuse me sir, but If you don’t mind, I’m gonna havta whoop you.
That’s fine?
Ok, you asked for it!!”
At least we have taught him to be polite He is such a funny boy!
Posted in Funny things kids say, The boys, Thoughts by Mariah, Tyler || No Comments
Silly Daddy
January 7th, 2010 by mariahbuckToday Shaun had a conversation with Tyler about his birthday dinner. Our kids get to choose where they want to go to dinner on their birthdays. There is a buffet here in Idaho called Chuck-o-rama. It just sounds nasty and we have never eaten there. Shaun was trying to get Tyler to say that he wanted to eat there as a joke to Mama. Here is how the conversation went:
Daddy: Tyler for your birthday tell Mommy that you want to go to a restaurant called Chuck-o-rama.
Tyler: Daddy, nooooo.
Daddy: Yes, they have pizza and mac n cheese and soda.
Tyler: No way, I wanna go to Chuck E Cheese, you fool!!!
After we stopped laughing hysterically, we had to correct him and tell him that you don’t call mommy or daddy a fool. But Man was it funny! Silly Daddy, that’s what you get for trying to play a trick on Mommy!
Posted in Birthday, Funny things kids say, Growing up, Life in Idaho, My Hubby, Thoughts by Mariah, Tyler || 1 Comment
Update
January 6th, 2010 by mariahbuckWell, it’s the new year. We have had to get back into the swing of things with school, chores and daily life. It has been quite a task, but we are moving right along. Brandon has been reviewing concepts in math. It always takes a bit to wake our minds up after a long break. He is doing quite well and reminding himself of the concepts that he has already learned. He is a full year ahead in math and science. We are very proud of him
Tyler will be 4 years old in 19 days! WOW! I can’t believe it! Monday began our first lesson of me teaching him to read. So far so good. He seems to really like learning and looks forward to when he can read mommy and daddy books at night.
Jeremiah is 5.5 months old. He is eating big boy baby food. He has been having rice cereal for a month or so. In addition, I have decided to make my own baby food because it is healthier and cheaper. So far he has only had butternut squash. He loves it! And it makes me feel good that I have made his food and I know he is getting the freshest and healthiest food possible.
These boys are my life and I love them so very much! Each day is a challenge and each day is a blessing. I could not be happier to be their mom. Each one has such a different personality. I feel like each one is a piece of my heart that I didn’t know I was missing until they came along. Being a mom is amazing. I was told once that being a mom is the hardest job that you’ll ever love. Boy is that true!
My prayer for the new year is that God would continue to strengthen our family. To strengthen my relationship with each of my kids. I pray that God would protect them. I pray that Brandon would grow in his faith and in his desire to know God more. I pray that Tyler and Jeremiah would come to know the Lord at an early age. I pray that God would continue to bless my marriage with Shaun, the man of my dreams. And that Shaun and I would show Gods love to our kids and to each person we meet. May we all be good stewards of the time that God has given us here on this earth. To Him be the glory!
Posted in Thoughts by Mariah || No Comments
The Bucks Love the Broncos!
January 5th, 2010 by mariahbuck
What a fun night watching the Bronco’s whoop the Az horned frogs! Brandon, Shaun and I had a ball. The Bronco’s didn’t disappoint! The three of us shouted out loud and woke up poor Jeremiah when the Bronco’s made their last interception and won the game. BSU rocks!
Posted in Thoughts by Mariah || No Comments
Yay! Photo additions!
January 2nd, 2010 by mariahbuckWe have finally figured out the program to add pics back to the blog. Here are a bunch to catch things up..
Brandon and Tyler: July - December
Jeremiah: July - December
July (still bruised and blue from birth) 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
Posted in Brandon, Growing up, Jeremiah, The boys, Thoughts by Mariah, Tyler, homeschool || 1 Comment
Our Boy is 5 months old!!
December 24th, 2009 by mariahbuck
Wow does time fly! Jeremiah is doing great! He had NO TROUBLE gaining weight anymore. I am still nursing and Jeremiah is a chub! My sis in law jokes that I don’t make milk but buttermilk. :) God has been so gracious! He has chosen, in His wisdom, to heal Jeremiah completely of his breathing problems. We have not used an apnea monitor in quite some time. Just as the doctors can not explain what was causing his breathing problems, they can not explain why they went away. But we know. We serve a loving and gracious God!
Jeremiah can roll from his back to front, but not front to back yet. He is the happiest baby ever. He has never met a person he didn’t like. He loves to snuggle and sleep in mommy and daddy’s bed. (But we are trying to break him of that.) We have just recently introduced him to rice cereal. Boy does he like that! His big borthers love him so much! He is a really lucky boy! Brandon calls him “Chubba, Chubba, Choo, Choo” and Tyler calls him “Handsome Prince.”
We have begun to settle into life with three boys. It is wonderful. What a blessing to have three healthy, happy boys. God is so good!
Posted in Jeremiah, Thoughts by Mariah || 2 Comments