The Buckles: 2009

Friday, November 27, 2009

Family Update

Due to the fact that Facebook has taken over my life, blogging was put to the side. Here is a quick update on what is going on with the Buckles...

In August Kyle started Kindergarten and Renae is now in 2nd grade. They both love it and are doing great. Here are a few pictures of the first day of school.

In November Renae hit a BIG birthday...8...she was Baptized and Confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was so heartwarming to see her get into the water with her father and then have her father put his hands on her head to give her the Holy Ghost.

Now Renae did have to put her own twist on her Baptism. She refused buy a white dress as her Baptism dress. She went with a black with white poka dots and hot pick bow dress. It was so her. She did wear her aunt Melanie's baptism dress to get baptized in and that was good with me.

That is about it for now. I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday Season!!!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Creative Cousin

I promised my cousin I would post this back in May. My cousin Rachel and her husband have designed jewelry, key chains, pins and all kinds of stuff for Deseret Book and there own own business (PointEmblems.com). You can find the following at DeseretBook.com (type Point Emblems in the search bar) or visit your local Desert Book I saw them there last week in the store. I think you all will find the items just as cute as I did. I love to give my family kudos and this deserves a big one...WAY TO GO RACHEL and BRIAN!!!!!

CTR ear rings and necklaces. They even have Ladybug ones that are too cute for words.

Baptism necklace. I LOVE THIS ONE!!! (They make it in gold also.)

Young Women charm bracelet (they even make a necklace). All of the charms are detachable.

Army of Helaman key chain and tie pin

Summer is Here!!!

With the temperatures hitting 112 degrees the pool is where we love to be. Here is how we are spending our summer...

Renae our little princess

I love my Big Guy (aka. Kyle)

My parent taking advantage of the pool

Sunday, May 17, 2009

LIFE

These past few weeks have been CRAZY!!!

After the tri was Women's Conference. I just love going up to the "Y" (BYU) and spending some girl time with my mom, aunt, sisters, and this time my wonderful friend Marie. Marie and I even got to catch up with one of our friends from Snow College Amber. It is so much fun running into old friends and being away from our husbands and kids. The conference was good and the focus was on the "Family." The best part for me is the drive. I get to spend 6 hours there and 6 hours back with my mom and aunt. The conversations and the topics are so much fun. It is nice to know that the issues I am having is my life are not uncommon and are survivable.

While I was at Women's Conference Camille had her new baby girl "Danielle" blessed. It was a full weekend that was non stop.

Before leaving Provo we made a stop at the Adult Care Center where my aunt Vickie lives. What a special spirit she is. She is my mom's half sister. She is living well pass most mentally handicap people do and the only thing we can think to as why...is she has a mission in life and is not going to leave until she fulfills it.

What a weekend but it is not over yet. Every time I go out of town Matt surprises me with something he has done on the "honey do" list. For example when I went to Florida for a work conference last year I came home with my cat de-clawed. This time I was hoping for my backyard to be done...well I sort of got that. Matt stuccoed the back wall. He tells me this is the first step to getting the plants in...will see.

After Women's Conference was my good friend's wedding. My friend Ciara has been searching for the perfect man for sometime and she has finally found him. I am so excited for them.

Kyle as a dancing foul. He was dancing with everyone Ciara, me and even little Zoie. You go dude!!!

Just when I thought I could breath I had to spend a week in a training for work. The training was for radKIDS ( http://www.radkids.org ). Anyone with children you have to look into this program. There is no other child safety program out there like this one. This is an empowerment program that teaches kids how to be safe and how to defend themselves if they are ever being kidnapped or abused. This is not stranger danger because that program does not work. Look into it. I am now a certified teacher of this program and can't wait to put my kids through the program. Ed Smart (Elizabeth Smart's dad) is a big supporter of the radKIDS program. The other program I learned about and can run is the PRIDE program ( http://www.thejoyfulchild.org ) it is a child based neighborhood watch. Look into this one too. Let me know if you have any questions about either program.

Now I can breath!!!! At least for a minute.

Life is so busy. I have realized that I just have to take it one day at a time. Life is short and you do have to enjoy every moment you can get.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Triathlon

I had so much fun. All the hard work and long hours of exercising paid off. I went into this triathlon just wanting to finish and not come in last. I gave myself a goal of finishing first and in 1 hour and 15 minutes. Here are my stats…I finished at a time of 55min 38sec (average time was 42-57min); overall I finished 81st of 116; out of the females in my age group I finished 10th of 16. I surprised myself.

For those of you that don’t know what my triathlon entailed, I had to swim 8 laps (in a pool), bike 5 miles and then run 1.5 miles. This was my first triathlon I had ever competed in so I was just trying to figure everything out and finish.

As I stated in the blog before I had some fears so to follow up on some of those here I go. I did not get lost it really is easy to know where to go; I remembered where I parked my bike; my legs did work after the bike though they hurt, I did not take out the camera guy instead I have sent an e-mail to the photo company asking them not to post my swimming picture so we will see if they follow through with it, and lastly I was walking the next day. The thing that hurts the most is the sunburn I received waiting for my time to be posted.

The hardest part for me was the bike. The swim was comfortable for me. Matt said I looked relaxed in the pool and I was. The guy next to me was making me laugh until he started floating on his back. That part did not bother me; it was when he rolled over and splashed me in the face as I was taking a breath. I recovered fast. Transition from the pool to the bike was interesting. This is the part where you have to remember where you parked. I found it okay and started to get my shorts on over my wet bathing suit, socks on semi wet feet are fun but the hard part was getting my bike off the rack. The bikes are so packed in that my handle bars got stuck on the girl’s bike next to me. After freeing my bike off I went. I knew I had 3 hills from hell to get up and then it was downhill from there. The sportsmanship was wonderful. Everyone was cheering each other on, it was great. Getting off my bike was just like I practiced…I told myself get off and keep moving or your legs will refuse to work. I once again found my spot with a little help from Matt pointing it out. In the mean time our friend was yelling at me to stop messing with my helmet and get my bike put up first. The support from my friends was wonderful, I could not have asked for anything more. At this point I told myself I am almost done. As I was running/jogging out of the bike area I found the one hole in the grass, I did not fall. Coming into the finish I wanted to cry, cheer, and scream all at the same time. This is an experience I will never forget. I have had so much fun and I am hooked I am already planning on doing the one in November.

Here are a few pictures:

This is before the swim

This is after the bike. We had to walk our bike into the transition area. This is the part where your legs want to stop working.

Coming into the finish line!!!

Monday, April 13, 2009

Swim, Bike, Run

Those have been the three words that go over and over in my head. With only a few more days before the triathlon I feel I am as ready as I will ever be. I have been driving my family crazy with all my exercising and "tri" talk. I know they can't wait for this to be over just to get me back.

A typical day for me is to get up at 6am get ready for work, get the kids ready for school, go to work come home at 6:15pm change clothes and leave put in a 20-30 minute bike ride and then right into a 20 minute run/jog. By the time I get home I am hoping Matt has feed the kids dinner (cereal has been a typical dinner for them these past few weeks). I then fix myself something, do homework with Renae and off to the bedtime routine. I can't wait to get a life back.

Everyone ask, "Are you nervous." Heck yea I'm nervous and excited.
Here is a list of things I am nervous about and random things I think about:

Will I know where I parked my bike?
Will my hair look cute after the pool?
Will my fat thighs fit in the picture I know they will take of me when I get out of the pool...I am thinking of ways to destroying the camera guys camera as I round the corner. I was born with Clark thighs. Thanks dad.
Will I be walking the next day?
What should I wear? Do I wear my sports bra under my swimsuit...what shirt would I be most comfortable in, what shorts should I wear, how should I do my hair, do I wear a hat during the run, what about sunglasses? Yes these are the things that go through my mind EVERYDAY!!!!
Will my legs want to move after the bike ride?
Will I get lost?
Yes that one question that will not leave my mind, Will I remember where I parked my bike??? I will be the one spending 10 minutes trying to find where I left it.

I can't wait for it to be over so I can say I did it. With all of the hard and painful work that has gone into this I hope I can walk away saying it was all worth it. I have never had by body and muscles hurt in the ways they have these past few months (no pain no gain is another saying that goes through my head, a lot.) The tri is Saturday so by Sunday I will hopefully have pictures up and the complete run down of everything that happened that day.

Thank you to all of you that have given me encouragement. I know I will be thinking about you all when my legs say enough and I still need them to go. St. George here I come!!!!!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Family Update

Not too much has happened in this past month. Here is a family update...

Matt is still the same. He is exercising more and was just called to the position of Quarter Master in the scouting program in our church. He seems to really be exciting about this calling.

I (Corinne) am still training for the triathlon. I have been doing one or more of the following running, biking and swimming everyday. I feel I am ready for this challenge and can't wait. The triathlon is on April 18th. I have also started P90X. This workout kicks your butt!!!

Renae still is miss sassy. She is becoming a handful, but I still love her. She challenges everything I say and pushes every button I have. I keep telling myself I will survive.

Kyle, my big guy. He still loves his mommy but is picking up Renae's sassy attitude. He asks everyday if he gets to go to Renae's schools. He can't wait for Kindergarten, he starts next year. Kyle is all about play and doing boy things...it is amazing he has not broken anything.

I know this was a short update but I will write more soon.

Monday, March 2, 2009

NASCAR Weekend...Go Kyle!!!

What a weekend!!! It was so exciting and tiring all at the same time. The weekend was filled with family, friends, race cars, and race car drivers. This year was the first year we got to go to pit row and that was so much fun. We saw lots of people, but trying to take a picture is so hard they either came out blury, I would not take it fast enough or they just did not turn out.

One of the features at the Las Vegas Speedway is the Neon Garage. At the Neon Garage you get to look at the cars, watch the crew work on it and every so often you get to see a driver or two.

The first set of pics are some of our favorite driver's cars sleeping.