HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the Bucks

"Canandaigua Christmas", painting by Iveta Buck 2008

~Click the painting to see larger~

For those who don't read my Lake View Photography blog, I would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and New year 2009. Love, Stephen~Iveta~Jesse~Lucas

Bad hair day?

Have you ever had one? :-) I am sure if you see my Saturday's photo, you won't think of your bad hair as a bad hair day. I washed my hair the night before and was sooo tired to air dry, that I fell asleep. This is how I looked next morning. Of course, it didn't end there! A good friend of ours, Dicky, called if he could take the boys to cut a Christmas tree for his family. "Of course", I said, but I forgot my wonderful hairdo. I promised him to post this photo on my blog. He is a big joker, so here it goes Dicky! One just for you! :-)
This photo was taken by my son Jesse :-) RASCAL!

Dicky picking up the boys...

Jesse, ready to cut!

This is the Lucas I know! I am not sure why he was screaming on this particular photo, but I can guess. He didn't want to walk... He wants to be carried all the time! Did I guess right Dicky? ;-) It looks like fun!

... but I'd rather sit at my fireplace and drink hot chocolate! OH, speaking of hot chocolate....


Big Enough? Dicky is always joking I am making miniature hot chocolate, so here is one on special order! :-) I brought this 1 liter mug from Czech while visiting last winter... I have always stored tea bags in it, but it finally came handy! :-) I think it was so heavy, Dicky couldn't hold it with one hand! Watch his painful expression! :-) Yummy yummy boys! HOT CHOCOLATE ANYONE? :-) I don't think he will ask for another one anytime soon... ;-)

Oh, and one more little thing. Since I am here embarrassing myself already, I promised Dicky to put my senior photos on here, so that he can show to Bethy, his wify. :-) Knock yourself out Dicky! :-) I didn't think I looked that bad back then, until Dicky couldn't catch his breath while looking at my beautiful graduation photos :-)
This is me in 1992 :-)

Snowy NY

It's been so cold these days! the boys just couldn't wait to go outside and showel our drive way!

Our Little Charmers

I couldn't help it and I had to put this shot on here... I posted this one earlier already... but the kisses just made the shot... :-)

I don't think any of them look too happy about their kiss print :-) I am saving this one for later, when they are dating!

Two Years ...

I was just looking at some photos of Jesse, Lucas and their two cousins, Casey and Conner. We took some really cute photos of them about two years ago, when Lucas was still a little baby. My boys love playing with their cousins and few weeks ago, while the boys were playing, I grabbed my camera and shot few snapshots. The more I looked at them, the more they reminded me of photos we took two years ago. Let's see what two years can do to four little boys ;-)

"2006"
"2008"
"2006"
"2008"
"2006"
"2008"
"2006"
"2008"

Halloween in Canandaigua

I asked Jesse what he thought of Halloween this year. His answer was: "I am so glad it's over!" :-) I am not sure if he was that crazy about dressing up. The main thing is he did it and made it through the evening without making a scene! This year we didn't spend much on costumes... I dag out some props and outfits from my studio and this is what we came up with. Jesse was a very magic magician and Lucas was the COMBO devilish angel. The thing is, he really is the devil inside with an angel shell on the outside. I knew the curls will come handy some day :-) He didn't have to wear a wig!

Halloween in Wegmans

Lucas with his baggy: "Candy this way!"

Up the stairs to the Bucks ...

We were lucky to meet another Trick or Treaters... Casey and Conner.... aaaaand... their mommy! The gorgeous Princess aunt Sally :-)

It wouldn't be Halloween without going to Grandma and Grandpa's ...

We ended up in our friends house, meeting with the Gilligans.

Jesse and Lucas with Sarah - the desperate housewife, and Katie - the queen of the 70's. It was the perfect combination - the four of them... :-)

... and Lucas's last moments of this year's Halloween...

... see ya next year! ...

We love Fall!

Fall is my favorite season of all. I love the bright colors and the mood they bring. It was so cold and windy last night that most of the leaves fell off the trees and there was no way we would miss this opportunity to take the kids for a quick walk through this beautiful colorful pathway. We called our friend Beth to come along to snap few shots for us... How did she do? :-) Beth you did such a beautiful job! We Love them all!





This one was on Beth's request. :-) She wouldn't let us leave until we take a photo together (I think the last time we took a picture together was over five years ago). Steve was in a big pain posing with me, but he survived. :-)

Our Outnumbered Family

I thought since I have my own cake blog, I can give this design to my boys. After all, I can always change it, right? :-) I really wanted to share more about my family but didn't want to mix my family and business too much. So, here is our family blog. Let's share all the fun going on around here! :-) Enjoy! Some of these family shots are hilarious! I can hardly wait to share them all with you! I hope you will come back! I should start with introducing our family:

Stephen - the daddy, Iveta - the mommy, Jesse - the big brother and Lucas is the grumpy baby. :-)


We had our family photos taken by our very good friend, photographer Dawn Mamikunian. We have been photographing each others families for few years now and we love the different looks we can create for each other. This location and color scheme was on my mind for few year now, but thank to Dawn, we finally made it happen and headed out into this freezing morning place. Lucas cried majority of the session and we were sweating to make him ... I would like to say SMILE ... but should I be honest, I should say .... to make him NOT CRY. :-) As exhausting as it was, thank to my best friend PHOTOSHOP, I think we got some really cute shots. Thank you so much Dawn! I LOVE the photos!