Buttons among region items and branching

I've got a page with many buttons that are supposed to simply branch to their respective pages. I used buttons among region items so that I'd have control of placement withing each region. After clicking on the first button that branches to its correct page, the other buttons branch to that page as well even though I have branches set for each button.
What am I missing?
Thank you!

Also, arranging them all on the page was a headache. I'm almost there but have had to create empty regions just to space things out because I don't understand how to space buttons out. I can with items, but buttons are a new one. I'm leaving at noon today to visit my sister and brother in law in your favorite city (no not really - not San Diego...LA) so I want to wrap this project up as much as I can before I leave.
The other project is live!

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