Buehler Family Updates and Photo Gallery

May 6th, I had my first prenatal appointment with Laurie Hanson.  She’s a certified nurse midwife who has gotten really good reviews on websites.  I had a great experience with my last midwife when I had Cole, so I went with the only midwife that is in the southern Utah area.  The best part of the appointment was when we heard the baby’s heartbeat!  Scott and I were so excited! It’s really true, we’re going to have a baby!!!   Now we can tell family, yay!!

All of us on the day before Mother's Day

May 9th was Mother’s Day, and this was the day we decided to tell Scott’s mom that I was pregnant. We were pleasantly surprised when Scott’s sister and brother also came up, as they would all find out too. I made a Mother’s day card for Scott’s mom, that announced the news. We hadn’t told the kids yet, so I had them read and sign the mother’s day card for grandma. Brittany read the outside and then read the inside…and Scott and I just waited…and waited for the light bulb to click on…and then it did. She looked at us, and said, “Wait, who’s pregnant?” We just laughed and said I was. Both the kids were sooo happy! They have been hinting at wanting another sibling but I don’t think they ever expected it to come true. Scott’s mom was so excited when she read the card, and the card quickly got passed along to all the other family members.

Brittany's last concert

May 12th, Brittany played in her last band concert.  She’s decided that she just didn’t like clarinet very much, and wanted to take other classes, that she wouldn’t be able to take if she took band again next year.  While Scott was most disappointed, mostly because of the cost of the instrument, he relented when one of the classes she wanted to take was a web designing class!  That’s right up his alley, and thinks she will do well in it, as she is already playing with her own website as it is.

Star Wars: In Concert

On May 29th, we headed down to Vegas for Star Wars: In Concert. It was only going to be there that one night, so I really wanted to go, as that was the closest place it was going to be to us. Star Wars: In Concert features music from all six of John Williams’ epic Star Wars scores, and narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films). The production features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen — one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience. It was an absolutely amazing show!! Cole was very excited to go, and Brittany was prepared to be bored, as she isn’t a huge Star Wars fan, but she said that the show was way better than she expected!! I’m so glad we were able to make it to the concert!

Birthday Presents

June 7th, I can’t believe our son is now 8!  For his birthday, he had two requests.  One, he wanted to go to Pirate Island Pizza.  He just loves playing the arcade games there, and then turning the tickets in for prizes.  We got some pizza, played the games, and then went home for dessert.  His second request was for a chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting, and chocolate sprinkles.  A boy after my own heart!  Death by Chocolate!   After dessert, we opened presents, and he had fun with a present from Grandma Katie.  She got him some new shorts, and pants, but hid fun things in the pockets, like dollar bills, and rocks!  He had fun going through all the pockets to see what he’d find.  His other favorite present was the Nerf Ball Launcher.  I think he only wanted this to fire balls at his sister, but ya never know!  More pictures from Cole’s Birthday!

New Teen Bedding

Brittany had her 12th birthday in March, and all of a sudden thinks she’s a teenager.  I keep telling her that THIRTEEN is a teenager.  She just looks at me like I’m the stupid one.  She’s got that tween attitude going on for sure.  She had a nice quiet family birthday at home, and we decided to get her a new bed set with matching curtains for her birthday.  Something a little more “teenagerish”..so we got her stripes and polka dots, that can be mix-matched in all sorts of styles, depending on her mood..which changes often!
More Birthday pictures here!

March 24th, I took a home pregnancy test.  It came out positive, and while Scott and I are super excited, we didn’t dare tell anyone yet, just in case, the results are wrong, or something else weird.  We decided to wait a while, before going to the doctor to have them confirm.

SUU Science Fair

March 26th was the SUU Science Fair.  Brittany and a friend participated in it with a team project.  They didn’t win any awards this year, but they had fun attending all the activities that SUU puts on during the Science Fair.

April 1st, we got more snow!  Cole was especially devastated as he thought the Easter Bunny wasn’t going to be able to come and hide eggs in 3 days with snow on the ground.  He even went out to shovel, so that the Easter Bunny would have a path to the backyard!

Cole shoveling 3 days before Easter so that the Easter Bunny can come and hide eggs!

April 4th, well, guess what?  The Easter Bunny made it to our house.  Thanks to some sun and Cole’s shoveling, there were eggs all over the backyard for them to find this year.  He looks forward to the Egg Hunt each year, and there was no way some snow was going to thwart his fun!  I decided to do something different this year for hiding their Easter baskets.  Instead of the golden egg holding the 1 clue of where the basket was hidden, I decided to make it 10 different clues.  So once they found the 1st clue, that led them to the 2nd clue, which led them to the 3rd, etc.  Cole had so much fun finding his eggs inside the house that led to the basket.  Brittany wasn’t too thrilled with having to find 10 clues inside the house, but she persevered!  It was so much fun watching the kids running around the house trying to find their next clue, that I totally missed taking pictures of them and their baskets!

We had a wonderful Easter dinner with Scott’s mom, step-dad, our niece and nephew.  I made a cute Easter bunny bread this year, that I thought was too cute to eat, but everyone else just tore into him, eating eyes, and cheeks, and just mangling him!  I must confess, he really did taste good!    See more Easter pictures!

Isn't he just too cute to eat??

April 23rd, Cole performed in his play, MacBeth.  We had been hearing about it for months, and his part in the play, and him reciting his part over and over again, and finally the day had arrived for him to perform.  He did superb.  No pictures, because I took it all on video, but he was able to be heard, and spoke his lines slowly so he could be understand, something we worked with him for weeks on!

Cole trying out his new skateboard

April 30th was Brittany’s last dress-up day at school.  6th grade had been all about dressing up in different periods of history, which has been a lot of fun for the kids, not so fun for mom.  Each period required the parents helping to make a costume, and buying materials for the costume.  We had 3 costumes to make, Egyptian, Greek and Shakespearean.  We made the Egyptian, and Greek, but I gave up on Shakespearean and just bought a Juliet costume that she can wear for Halloween this year.
More pictures from Dress-Up Days!

Brittany as Artemis for Greek Dress-Up Day

November 19th – New Moon Party

Food at the New Moon Party

My co-worker, Trecia, put on a New Moon party at her house on the night that New Moon was showing in the theatres at midnight.  She put so much work into decorating her house, preparing cute sayings for the food, and making goodie bags for us all.  She even found a local neighbor that had a truck similar to Bella’s in the movie, and got permission for us to all have our picture taken with the truck!  That was a fun trick trying to get us all in the picture!  I had to work that night, but was able to go to the party before work, and then meet up with everyone at the theatre for the midnight showing.  It was so much fun, but I felt slightly guilty that I didn’t have to wait in line, in the cold, like everyone else!

Volturi Castle at the movie theatre

At the theatre, it was all decorated with New Moon themed props.  We had fun taking pictures at the theatre, and then watching the movie all as a group.  A day later, I went back and took Brittany to see the movie with me.  More New Moon pictures!

December 10th – Children’s Christmas Festival

Kids at the North Pole

I was working the day of the Storybook Cavalcade Christmas Parade.  It takes place on Main Street each year and is a part of the American Children’s Christmas Festival. The parade includes floats, walking characters, large balloons, marching bands, cars and more.  Scott took the kids to the parade, and to the Festival of Trees afterward.  I really like seeing all the Christmas trees decorated by theme.  These trees can then be purchased by silent auction, if so desired.  The kids always like to visit the North Pole, where it is decorated so cute, each year.  Santa is also in the North Pole, but both the kids have grown past that stage of seeing Santa.  More pictures from the Children’s Festival here!

December 25th – Christmas

We got a Wii!

We had Scott’s mom and Pete over for Christmas morning.  We had our traditional Spanish breakfast with tamales, before opening presents.  The kids’ big present this year was the Wii.  They were so excited!  They got some games and accessories to go with it.

Scott enticed Mom to try out the Wii, and it was so funny!  They tried all the sports games and we just had a blast listening and watching them.  Scott and his mom are so competitive with each other!  Pete and I were laughing so hard!    More Christmas Pictures!

Scott and Mom playing on the Wii - check out how hard Pete is laughing!

School started the end of August, and the kids were excited to go back and see their friends again, and meet new teachers.  Brittany started Middle School this year, and would be switching classes, so she was nervous, but excited for that new part of her school life. She will playing clarinet this year in band.  Cole starts 2nd grade, and is excited to make new friends.

Tammy and the kids in New England Patriots shirts

Football is starting again, so Scott and I are excited to be watching games again.  Last time I was in New Hampshire, I got the kids some replica New England Patriots jerseys so we could all match for football season.  The kids also got their new fall school pictures that can be seen in this album.

Kids and fall colors

On October 18th, we decided to go on a hike to see some fall colors.  We had never done the Kanarra Falls hike, so we thought we’d give it a try, just wanting to make it to the first waterfall.  Well, we didn’t make it.  The trail was a bit confusing, and not really well-defined, as we kept crossing the creek.  We thought we were going the wrong way, especially once we got to the part, where it was just nothing but a straight up climb over rocks, or walking through the water.

We decided to turn around at that point, certain we had lost the trail somewhere along the way.  After getting back to work, I talked with some students who have done the trail, and lo and behold, we were supposed to walk through the water, and the first falls are right beyond that!  So, now we have to go back on this hike, someday, and continue on!  On our way back, Scott found a hairy friend crossing our path!  More Kanarra Falls pictures.

Our hairy friend

Brittany had her first official band concert, playing clarinet.  Because she took summer band, she was put with the advanced 6th grade band that played with the 7th and 8th graders, so that was pretty cool for her.

Brittany in her band uniform

For Halloween this year, Cole decided to be a Star Wars Clone Trooper, while Brittany was a Skull Pirate.  We went to Hallelujah Night again sponsored by a local church, where the kids can play games for candy.  They really like going to that event each year.

Skull Pirate & Clone Trooper