After the holidays...

I have been waiting for this moment for veeeery long time. The holidays are over and I am sitting here at my best friend computer, eating my husbands best spaghetti sauce (without the spaghetti part) :-), listening to the sound of fire in our freshly built fireplace and my favorite lifetime movies :-). It is close to midnight, and everyone is sound asleep and if I had any Christmas cookies, I would definitely munch them all. I just can't wait to post few photos we took over the holidays. I know I haven't been too good updating, but the business is keeping me so busy and so are the boys. All three! :-) (my Hub included).
First I would like to share a recipe for Czechoslovakian Bars, grandma made for us. They were sooo good, that we had to ask twice for a new batch to photograph them. They actually disappeared withing few hours form the time Steve's mom delivered them. She found this recipe some place and tried them... and you know what? They really are one of the best cookies I have had! :-) I guess it has something to do with the Czechoslovakian part :- Grandma, thank you so much! We really loved them!

These are the famous "Czechoslovakian Bars", and the recipe:

Don't we look like we baked the cookies? :-) We just played cooks that day :-)

We also got to see Santa, like every year. We take photo every time to see how the little men have grown. Wanna see the progress? :-) It is sooooooo funny! :-)

After the fun sequence, it wouldn't be fair to skip the rest of this year's Santa visit. The trick in taking a good photo with Santa is that we always come the last ones at the end of Santa's hours and he lets us play and take lots of photos. Last year, Jesse was helping Santa with his bag full of presents and this year he helped him to take letters out of Santa's mailbox. Cool huh? :-) Jesse is such a big helper! :-) He just LOVES helping! :-)

This year's helper
Last year's helper

... aaaaaaaand.... here is couple more photos for fun, Jesse and Lucas writing letter to Santa, and daddy opening Jesse's gift from school. They made these beautiful calendars and each month had a different picture made out of hand prints. BEAUTIFUL! We LOVE IT JESSE! AND YOU TOO! :-)

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. :-)