Welcome to the Buckley Restaurant!

Here is what's for dinner:

Day 1:
Little Cooked Chicken Pieces w/ Cesar Salad wrapped up in a Tortilla

It's the night after a trip to Costco, so the dinner is extra nutritious and delicious!





Day 2:
Toasted & Buttered Bagels with your choice of available Fruit

This dinner is amazing because everyone can pretty much make their own!




Day 3:
Baby Carrots w/ Ranch and then Cereal if you're still hungry
All sorts of food groups represented here.
Minimal prep time also. A brilliant idea for busy families.

As a courtesy, I removed the moldy carrots.
It doubled the prep time but the presentation was a lot better.






Day 4:
Pancakes, Eggs & Orange Juice

American classic.
Great family bonding opportunity!
We all helped out in the kitchen making this meal.
Preston said with a great smile that these pancakes were a "big hit".

There are a lot more ideas where these came from.

Top 15 Favorites of 2008

1. Baseball in the spring (P)
   
2. Finished reading the Old Testament (K & A)
3. Midnight movies (K, A & P)
4. Abstained from television watching for the entire year (all of the Bucks)
5. Haven't eaten candy since Halloween (K, A, P, N & J)
6. EFY, Provo! (A & P)
7. Birthday parties
8. No more middle school (P)
9. 16, finally. (A)
10. Youth Trek (A & P)
11. Deep sea fishing (C & N)
12. 4th of July
13. Gingerbread house making with BFF's & missionaries
14. Washington winter
    
15. There were other things that happened this year that were extraordinary, probably, but I've gotta go.

If you think I'm gross because I wear the same thing every day, you are wrong.

I have 10 of these shirts:

I am a white long sleeve tee snob and this shirt is awesome and it's on sale now at Target.

The fabric feels good. It's soft. The sleeves are super long. The cuffs are like 4 inches. The edge around the collar is crisp. The length is perfect for layering if needed. Great wardrobe staple!

I also have

about a dozen solid bright white oxfords like this:

Now you know. Isn't this fascinating?

Last Night:


This Morning:

The question is, do we still have church today?
Are we going to have school tomorrow?
Who is going to shovel?

Family Portrait Rejects

Lighting.


Added more light.


Shadows.


Focus.


Shelf on the heads.


What are we doing wrong?


Lighting.


Focus.


Not good.


Not good still.

My point: If you've got any money, ANY MONEY at all that you can spend on a professional portrait. Do it. Spend it. Don't be cheap and do it yourself. It will look exactly that, unless you have real photography talent, which we are apparently lacking.

Which one did we use for Christmas cards? None of these...but it's just as good as these.

The Best Day Ever

#1 I found my keys.

#2 I lost the key to my friends office building a while ago but I found it yesterday.

#3 I found my camera.

#4 There is no #4.

#5 I have nothing that is lost right now.

#6 I spent the weekend with Christian at a very sweet hotel on Lake Washington celebrating our 18th anniversary.

#7 He surprised me with a week in Kauai on my next B-day. My favorite place on earth. I KNOW!

Missing!

After 12 hours of searching for my dang keys I finally found them on the floor of my car. Of course I looked there like 4 times. Obviously. they didn't appear until the 4th time I looked. My family cleaned the whole house helping me look for the buggers. It's 9pm and I feel AWESOME! Yeah. The house is so clean, I've got my keys.
The only thing I'm missing now is my camera.
It's silver and it has a lens and buttons.
It's been missing since Friday I think.