Who are you calling Chicken?

Two Kids and a Chick.


Two Ducks and a Chick.

Four little chicks sitting in a heap...some of their name ideas include Darwin, Lucy, Cricket, Odysseus, Dixie Chick, and Ditsy Chick. But, we aren't going to officially name them until we can tell what gender they are. If you have any name suggestions, please feel free to send them in!!

Isabelle and Ferdinand - I think black and golden, respectively, are already towering over the chickies...and that was a week ago!

On Guard!!

Fencing!! The kids came to watch me this Tuesday...you can see the excitement on their faces!;)

Actually, I think they quite enjoyed it, and they got to see Sama win one match, and lose one match. Sama has vowed to beat Simon by the end of the semester...thus far no one has beaten him yet.

As for myself, I am loving fencing. That does not mean that I am good at it...but the worse one is at something the more one is challenged to improve, eh? Ps - I like fencing in my shiny green pants - they are stretchy!! ;)

Below are two videos of me fencing Simon.

Here he scores a touch to my wrist...I need to work on my retreats.

Here I took the advance, but scored no touch. It looks decent though!

Let's Go Down to the Fishin' Hole

Fishin' days are here! Not that this means catching fish...but it's a nice thought.

I thought that these two pictures say a lot...the big boy and his dog, and if you look closely, you'll see that the little boy has his cat.

Fisherman and big brother Drew

Fishing in the creek really is more fun than the ponds....plus Sam doesn't have to worry about him falling in!

"OOOooo....You should have seen the one that got away!!!"

Game of Chase

You can't beat a fine spring break day...especially one in which you get to see the family and play chase with JP. I decided to video tape our chase so you all can get a sense of what it is like...running through a forest where poison ivy looms behind every corner, brambles grab you, and the chasee is unphased because he is short enough to crawl through foot tall tunnels.

Haircut and Lightning!!

Okay girls, so...I have had request(s) that I put up pictures of my "stylin" my haircut. Now I finally have! They aren't the best pics, but they give you an idea.

I couldn't leave out the new tattoos on my biceps!!

Lighting Sam - #1!

(Hey, I'm the only permanent Buckley member (besides Diane our coordinator) not to have a permanent tattoo now, so I had to sport these ones for a couple days! Diane did a monkey! Don't worry, just cuz we have tattoos doesn't make us hoodlums!!;)

A little red-faced...just ran!

Matt Maher Band

About 2 weeks ago I went up to Stillwater, OK with 19 other college buddies and Diane Willis, our campus minister, to attend OCSC (Oklahoma Catholic Student Conference) at OSU. We had great times!! However, on the way back, Diane took Karen, Dutch, and I on a little detour...To see Christian music artist and Catholic singer Matt Maher with his band!!! He was doing the closing praise and worship service for a Baptist youth rally in Tulsa, and the wonderful people allowed us to sneak in and attend the service too!

First though, we encountered a cool penguin. I think he might have been outside of a veterinary hospital.

A band member, playing on a really cool looking guitar.

Diane sitting all by herself in the front row...waiting for Matt Maher to come back and getting really excited! Ahhh!

There he is! There is Matt Maher...like 20 feet in front of us doing praise and worship to God!!

Here is a shot of their quad

After the praise and worship was over, the pastor of the church gave a sermon (pretty good one) and then everyone ended up leaving the room to go to a seperate room and give testimonies. We stayed behind, feeling a bit out of place perhaps, and hoping to personally meet Matt. But he left with the crowd!....

We had nearly despaired, when suddenly, the band reemerged!! So in the end, we each actually shook the guy's hand, said hi, and then shuffled sheepishly out. (Diane got an autograph.)

Anyway, it was pretty darn sweet. It was like a private concert, or maybe you could compare it to a private audience with the Pope....no, maybe not. But now I can say that I have met Matt Maher!

PS: Matt Maher is pretty cool guy and Christian artist, but I still like Steve Angrisano better, personally;)

Three Stooges

Three stooges...sometimes we get a little distracted during Buckley practice on Monday nights. The three partiers are actually Megan, Karen, and Me in disguise! Tricked you?

Snow Days at SGU

Our first day of the Oklahoma Storm. I say, this college looks even prettier in a haze of white snow!

#1: College students without sleds? No problem!

#2: Let's see who can RUN down the hill fastest and stay on two feet.

Karen and Dutch with me

Love you all!!

Part A: OKC Zoo Trip!!

Hmm... which is the real one?

Time for a little pouting.

Complacent Degriditation.

This was a cool helicopter like fish. It spun the fins on its side, bottom, and top in circular motions just like a chopper.

If this snake seems enlarged, it is because it is. The picture below shows the facts better.

What you are here seeing is simply one of nature's food chain in action... and a mouse disappearing into a snakes gullet.

Jamie: 'Hey, look at me, I can do the slidy thing!"

Drew: "Yahoo, look at me, I can do it too!"

Mary: Jump...Jump...got it! 'Oh, I think I pulled an arm muscle.'

This King just sat and nonchalantly watched as his visitors paraded past, tapped on his window, and made faces at him. John and Cass were pretty convinced he looked just like a friend of theirs.

Part B: OKC Zoo Trip

JP was pretty tired by this time, and he was just slowly plodding along when all of a sudden, he was the monkeys and perked right up! "Take a picture of me with the monkeys!", he excitedly demanded... and then ran over to the picture instead of the monkey cage. Apparently, he relates well with these ape creatures.

This is like my favorite picture! The are so cute!


Tackle him! Get a real smile! Hang on to him Jake!



JP is at that stage where it is hard to pin him down for a good picture pose. Luckily, Jake is now stolid enough to just grab him and hold on complacently... while JP wriggles at his side.

Are you looking at me?

The giraffes! These amazing creatures were probably lavished with the most of our attention during our zoo visit... especially from John, who was truly amazed at the combined awkwardness and grace of these fantastic creations. We decided that going to the zoo and seeing all of the different crazy and unique animals is truly one of the best proofs to God's existence and omniscience.

Andrew was like,"The giraffe touched my front two knuckles! How many people can claim that their front two knuckles touched a giraffe?!".

So long folks! Thanks for coming!