Life is Great

We've had a very busy week this week and I guess blogging once a week gives me something to actually write about. To start off we found out on Tuesday we are having another little girl!!! Soooo excited! Here is a photo of her. She is all scrunched up! Love it!
Funny story...When we had the ultrasound done, Kendal was very interested in the ultrasound machine. Everything the tech was doing. The day after we had the ultrasound done, Kendal and I were playing before nap time. I was slouching in the chair and she was on my lap and we were singing songs. She gets off my lap, pulls up my shirt to see my belly and then walks around the room for a minute. She pretends to pick up something and walks back over to me. She then starts rubbing my tummy with her pretend "thing" and then I realize...oh...she's giving me an ultrasound! It was HILARIOUS!! She then knelt down next to me, using the book shelf as a computer and starts to type something. Then came back to do the ultrasound and then back to the computer to type. This went on for a while. I was just so AMAZED she remembered all of that! SOO FUN! More on Kendal. She is picking up words and phrases so quickly. She tells us to "Take it easy" because Tanner tells her that when she starts to throw a fit. She tells me she's feeling "very sad" when something bad happens. Like her sitting in timeout or about to throw a fit. It's kind of nice because I can get her to calm down faster know she feels "Very sad" But she says that because when she does throw a fit or does something bad I tell her her actions make me feel very sad. When ever we say thank you, she says "you're soo welcome mom" She puts "so" infront of a lot of things now. "I'm so happy" or "I'm so tired mom" I seriously love her!

To catch up...Here are some photos...out of order but whatever...She is sooo beautiful!! I love her!

Carving pumpkins. She didn't like touching the "guts"

So she shook them out haha

Oh her faces!

Helping Daddy carve

My parent's Trunk or Treat

My baby girl is now 27 months. I haven't taken many pictures of her, so here's a bunch! Enjoy!

She's into making silly faces...

"Sad Face"

"Mad Face"

"Surprised Face"

Well enough about Kendal. Tanner and I are doing great! We went on a date last night!!!! Been way too long!! We are figuring some things out before baby girl gets here in March/April. I like planning for the future! It's exciting to me! Can't say much about Tanner...working like crazy and we love him so much. I am realizing more and more how GREAT I have it. I am able to stay at home with my sweet girl and will continue to be able to stay home when new Baby Girl comes! As for me...I feel GREAT!! Better than great! I've been working out hard because I am seriously sooo scared to gain weight. I know I have to..but I started out weighing 10 pounds more this pregnancy than with Kendal. And guess what?! I've only gained 3 pounds so far!! YAY!! Baby Girl is measuring one week ahead of schedule. Kind of nervous cuz I don't want to deliver a big baby. Kendal was 8lbs 3 oz. Tanner was 9lbs 9oz. Soo...I should just prepare for a big girl! Ah! Hopefully she'll come early too! Middle of March works well for me. As far as names go...I had some picked out I liked but Tanner didn't care for them. We do have one name I LOVE and he says is "cute" but he won't answer me if this name is "good enough" for baby girl. Oh boys! Anyway, some important news...I'm "going out of busniess" with my photography for good this time. Can't handle the stress, especially with #2 coming soon. I love taking photos, but I'd rather take photos of my family than everyone else's. I have a great friend who I am referring all my old clients to. Her name is Jessica Salonga. (Click her name...it will direct you to her website.) Well, I think that's it for now!

Count Your Blessings!

Quick Update

I don't have a lot of time to write, we are headed to another Trunk or Treat! I will post lots next week! Finding out baby gender on Tuesday!

I've been doing some changes in the motor home...here's the first :)

Before...notice the play space??? Or lack of?!

AFTER!!!

The black is painted on and is a chalkboard...we have LOTS of fun coloring on the "black walls" we say that so she will learn she can only color on those :)

WAY TOOO LONG!!!!!!!

Most recent family photo...June 2010

So...hi! For the last 10 months I've been living on my in-laws land. Wasn't able to use the Internet to update my blog. We moved about 3 weeks ago and I figured it might be time to update again!

Where to start?! This is what we are living in now...it's very old...a '87....but the inside looks much, much better :)


The past few weeks I am realizing how blessed I am. I suffered really bad depression and still continue to fight it. This year has been VERY, VERY difficult for me. Most of which I do not want to discuss because it has come and gone. But about a week ago something happened and it changed my mindset and outlook on life. I started reading the book "5 Scriptures That Will Get you Through Almost Anything" by John Bytheway, and in there I realized something Very important. I finally understood how to rely on the Atonement. Since then life has been a whole lot better!

I have the BEST husband! He moved our family into the motor home in December 2009. His parents rented out a space for us to park on. We are grateful for them and all they have done for us...but 10 months of living "back at home" was sort of getting to Tanner and I. So we moved about 3 weeks ago. We moved to a small ranch where they have horses, goats, cows and chickens. We could not have it better than we do now! We picked up a job of feeding the animals and cleaning stalls. Pays for rent. Could not be more blessed. Kendal helps feeds and LOVES it. She is such a great helper. But...kind of got off topic...Tanner moved us into the motor home and at first it was nice. Then it got REALLY REALLY BAD! I hated it. Cannot say how badly I hated it. After a long battle we decided we didn't want to live in apartments again...or buy a house in this crappy economy. So we moved the motor home to a different property. And the move has been great for me. Once again...I am SO GRATEFUL for my in-laws and don't mean any disrespect towards them...but I love having my own space. So now...it's obvious to say that I LOVE my motor home. Yes it could use a paint job...but the inside is great. We've done some things to improve, make it better for Kendal really, and we love it. (I will take pictures and post them next week.)

Another thing...most of you know due to good old facebook...we are expecting another baby! I'm almost 17 weeks and will find out November 2nd what we are having. I have a good guess what it is...but we'll wait and see :) I'm so thrilled about this and Kendal is too. She too has a baby in her tummy ;) She thinks she does cuz I do. Two year olds. :) This is me at 15 weeks and I feel I've double in size already. I'll take a new photo in a few weeks :)
Now on to Kendal girl. Don't even know where to begin. She is hilarious!! Always making us laugh and is such a joy. Kids really do say the darnedest things. It's so fun to hear her long full sentences and big words she's using now. She has been sitting in timeout for screaming lately...LOUD kill your ears kind of scream. The other day Tanner brought home a baby horny toad. We asked Kendal if she wanted to hold it and she calmly says "No. I scream then sit in timeout" haha I wish she would get the point of if she throws a tantrum she sits in timeout. Someday. Well I come to my parent's house once a week to do laundry so that's when I can update my blog :) Next week I will post ultrasound pictures and gender :) And lots of pictures of my big girl Kendal.

Count your blessings! :)

Kendal is TWO Years Old!

We had Kendal's birthday at Peter Piper Pizza! Lots of friends and family showed up to help celebrate Kendal's life! We are so grateful for her and for her cute personality. She is such a blessing to our family!

Kendal had so much fun playing with all the games!

Uncle Tim! We Love our Tarzan! 

 We first started opening presents...but she only got to a few and then...

 She saw the cake/cupcakes! So we sang to her and later went back to presents!

 Kendal got lots of nice things! We are so grateful for everyone who came!

 Kendal got to make her own personal pizza. She started out slowly sprinkling cheese and then realized that dumping the tub is much faster.

After some more playing, it was time to eat!

Nothing Like A Free Date!

For the past 3 years, Tanner and I have wanted to go to monster jam. But due to the lack of money, we were not able to go. This year, we finally decided to go. We had some money and wanted to go. Friday night, one of the monster trucks was out at UTI in Avondale. There, they were doing contests and giving away free tickets. After being ignored and looked over for 2 contests, Tanner finally got to go up. There were only 2 tickets left to give away and he was going to get them. He had his mind set and was doing it. He went up on stage and the contest was like an American Idol. The 4 contestants had to pick their favorite song and sing a line. The crowd would then cheer for the contestant they liked the most. Tanner blew everyone away! He sang Beastie Boys You got to fight for the right to party. It was AWESOME!!! He had the whole crowd cheering! lol The other 3 people were nothing compared to him. And I am not just saying that cuz I'm married to him. It was seriously awesome!

The next day, Saturday, was the Monster Jam show. I had a volleyball tournament in Prescott all morning came home around 3:30 and then we left to go to Monster Jam. I was sooooo EXCITED!! When we get to Chase Field we drove around a little to try to find the cheapest parking. Everyone was asking $10 or $15! Way too much to park haha Tanner found an empty spot that didn't need to be paid for. There were two motorcyclists that just parked next the the empty one. So Tanner parked across the street jumped out of the car and ask the guys if it was legal to park there. Then a meter maid came around and so he asked her. She said it was fine so Tanner ran back to the car and put it in gear to park in the empty spot. As he started going another car was coming so Tanner waited for them to pass and the car took his spot! I was pissed!! Tanner whistled and yelled at them to get out. They didn't listen! Then the motorcycle guys told the car driver that we were there and he needed to move. We then think the driver said something cuz the motorcycle guy said "it's really nothing to fight over. It's just common courtesy." So the driver backed out and we got the spot! HAHAHA!! Free tickets and Parking!!! Nothing like a free date!

Monster Jam was AMAZING!! So much fun! I want to go back EVERY year! Here are a few photos I took.

FREE PARKING!

He totally saved this! Crazy!

WOW!!

What a bad blogger I have turned into. But it's hard to blog when I don't have my own computer. Right now I use my in-laws computer to get online. So I don't want to be uploading tons of photos and taking up space. I will try to blog when I go to my parent's house, that is where my computer is.

Life

A little update from the Buck's. We are living in the motor home now and I personally LOVE it! I couldn't imagine living in a house and having to fork out soo much money on a dumb mortgage! Love it! I love the simple life. We have hardly any bills now and we are going to save so much! For Christmas I am getting a few things for Kendal. We are going to put in some fencing so we can have a gated off place of play for her. With that, we will get a few outdoor toys so she will be entertained! Speaking of Kendal...she is such a good girl! Cannot believe she is mine! She is so stinkin funny and sweet. Here are a few photos I've taken recently of her.

Pigtails!

Her new favorite thing! Doggies! She's always loved dogs and now she has some to play with! She likes to pretend to eat their food with them.

Guess that's all for now. :)