04/52

We ended this week off with a trip to the bowling alley on Sunday afternoon. Jaxon's best friend from pre-school, Hunter, and his mommy and brother came with us also. The big boys had fun, but little Ellie and Hayden (Hunter's little brother) weren't too sure about it!

What a fake cheeser!

Gimme Gimme Gimme. That bite of pizza already in her mouth wasn't enough.... always wants more. ;)

Hayden likes the pizza too. :-)

Supervising

Tisha & I

Can you believe this is already the last week of January? Time is flying!

~Mallory

03/52

Ok, ok... so I'm only on week 3 of this Project 52 thing and I am already posting a week late. Ack! I'm going to have to get better about this. My week 4 post is already due. I have the pictures for it, so be looking for another one in the next couple days.

Haircuts!  We couldn't decide about Jaxon's hair-- it looks so cute a bit curly and semi-long, but it was time to say goodbye. His hair grows so fast anyway. And Ellie got her first haircut! She was in desperate need of a trim or something... it's wild! They styled her hair a little funky, so don't pay attention to that part. We took them on a whim after work one day to a place called Heavenly Cuts. They have firetrucks that the kids can sit in and movies for them to watch while getting a trim. I even saved the tiny little locks of Ellie's hair that were cut off. My mom still has my first haircut in an envelope in my baby book. I have Jaxon's also.

Ellie was fascinated by the Thomas the train table they had in the waiting area. I didn't get a good before picture of her hair because she was wearing pigtails that day-- but for a good idea just see the post before this one. She hardly got anything cut off, but it still seems to make a difference. It made her hair seem thicker and it doesn't knot up in the back quite so bad.

Ellie thought her brother looked pretty funny getting a haircut... lol

This is what my daughter looks like with 2 pigtails after 6 hours at daycare, 2 hours at grandparents, 2 naps, and lots of playing:

Now it's Elle's turn!

Didn't get too many pictures of little miss being cut because she made daddy hold her.... she was not going to sit in that firetruck and let some lady cut her hair!

With his balloons and sucker--- no wonder he loves that place!

After at home.... crazy hair style, right? Nice cow-lick.

Better late than never, eh? I'll try to be better at posting from here on out. :-) Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

~Mallory

02/52

It's already the end of the second week of 2010. Hard to believe! It's been difficult getting back to work; this week was the first full week of work we've had since the middle of December. Jaxon (and Ellie if she could) would tell you that one of the perks of my "tographer" (as Jax calls it) job is the lollipops! Within every package that I order from the lab, they send a Tootsie Pop. At first I thought it was a cute idea, now I am wondering why in the world do those people do that! Haha. As soon as either of them see the box come in the house (they recognize the boxes by the colored tape that the lab uses to seal them) they start fighting for the sucker that lays inside. I get at least 3 of these boxes a week-- so sometimes I catch them and eat them myself throw them away first. Today-- Ellie won. Pretty gross, but she was sneaking licks in to Dixie when she didn't think we were looking. She thought it was pretty funny when we caught her! Oh and yes, I am aware that she is in desperate need of a haircut (or at least a brush, lol).

^feeding the dog

^getting caught feeding the dog (yes, and licking it afterwards... ew)

^The End! Ha... this is Ellie after Dixie got the sucker for good and she had to throw it away. Not a happy camper.

We are about to drive around and get the kids asleep in the car and then go to the Drive In movie theater. We are going to see Leap Year and Blind Side.

~Mallory

01/52

We spent the first week of 2010 in the snowy mountains of New Mexico. We love going up there and getting away from the busy life we lead here. It snows a lot of up there in the winter. My parents have a condo right on the golf course and the hole that happens to be outside their patio is a huge hill--- perfect for sledding! Jaxon has been sledding down this hill since he was just over a year old. We had so much fun! We also got to watch Texas Tech beat Michigan State in the Alamo Bowl while we were there. Oh, and the reason you don't see Ellie in any of the pictures is because she wasn't quite sure what to think of all of the snow. She liked it just fine as long as you were holding her! She didn't want to walk in it. We should have gotten a family picture while we were there!

^Jax took a spill on the last ride down the hill, hence the bandaid on his face. He was done after that!

Until next week,

Mallory

2010 Photo Blog

I have had a couple friends do this blog over the last few years and I am finally jumping on the bandwagon! The idea is to post every week for an entire year. I will post at least one picture from our lives for every week of 2010. There are now sites that will transform your blog and photos into a press printed photo book and I think that is awesome. It will be like creating an on-going Buck Family scrapbook for the year. Of course I won't bore you with all the details ;-). I hope that I stay accountable and don't miss a week. So, welcome to our weekly photo blog... I hope you come back and visit!
~Mallory, John, Jaxon & Ellie