Our First Earthquake

Tonight as we were watching the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Matt and I noticed that our family room seemed to be moving. Just as we started to say something to each other, we could hear Timothy hollering from upstairs. "Mom is that an earthquake?" Like I would know what an earthquake felt like. It lasted about 10 seconds and we settled down to finish the Great Pumpkin. It felt like someone was moving the chair I was sitting in. Nothing fell off the walls or anything like that. About 10 minutes later the news reporter broke in that we had had a 5.6 earthquake in the San Jose area. Now San Jose is about 60 miles from us, so it wasn't as though we felt it like they did there. None the less it made for an exciting evening around our house. And not one that I have any desire to have again in the near future...

Love to all...

Riding the quad

Friday of last week, Riley and his new playgroup met to ride their bikes and scooters. One of the girls brought her quad out and Riley went nuts over the thing. Needless to say Matt and I now know what we will be buying our little one for his 4th birthday...a quad. Riley and all the kids had so much fun, he didn't want to leave.

Oakland Zoo

A few weeks ago I took Riley to the Oakland Zoo with some of our new friends. He had a great time and the weather was absolutely gorgeous. If you haven't been to the Oakland zoo then if you come this way you should go check it out. It isn't quite as big as San Diego zoo, but it is pretty good size. It also has an awesome kids area, where they can play and eat lunch...There is also an area where the kids can brush the goats and boy do they all love doing that.

Buckner Clan

Not sure how this works but I thought I would test it out and see. This should be easier to keep everyone up on what is going on with our family. We are settled here in beautiful Discovery Bay, CA. Matt's job is very trying at times, but he is loving it, no matter how much he gripes about it at times. Tim is still searching for a job and will be going back to school as soon as the spring rolls around. Riley is doing well, growing bigger every day and is so cute sometimes. He is going to be the Red Power Ranger for Halloween, he is really looking forward to it. Since this is the first year he has worn a costume we weren't sure if he would wear it or not. Well I brought it home so he could try it on...He didn't want to take it off. So I had to go back the next week to get him a play costume. He has his first Halloween party tomorrow and he is very excited.