Around Town

While a small town definitely has its upside there are also many downs. This is highlarious -- here is the sign announcing the Clovis farmers market. Of course we were looking forward to going and getting as much tasty fruits and vegggies as possible (until the garden was producing). It says Saturday at 8am, so we headed out just before 9am.

Here is the Clovis Farmer's Market in full swing!! It's a one man show. We went by the following weekend and this same nice man was there and he had a friend. TWO people selling some veggies out of their pick ups! The conclusion I have made is DO NOT rush to get two young children dressed and fed to go to the Farmer's Market.

Here is an upside ... Clovis has it's own MATER!!!!! If you don't know who Mater is, come visit! Logan would love to teach you all about Mater.

Logan loves trains thus we often seek them out. Lucky or us they have a decent size depot here and we often see and hear trains.

Just in interesting yard sculpture.

Trying Our Thumbs At Fruit

This year Tim decided to plant some fruit. So far we have many watermelons (11) and cantaloupe!

Here is a shot of a few of them together. Stand by for a report on how tasty they are.

Moxie wanted in the shot.

Logan's First Fishing Trip

For the 4th of July weekend Tim rented a fishing boat. He, Logan and Papa went out the first day. Logan was the BIG FISHERMAN and caught the ONLY fish. He caught three fish total and they ended up being the biggest fish caught all weekend.

Someday when he is a pro bass fisherman we will have this photo of the first bass he caught.
Here he is keeping his eye on the fish. Soooo cute.
All tuckered out. In order to go fishing he missed his nap. Here Dad makes a good pillow.

Mom went out on the boat another day. Here is a photo to document she does exist. This was on the 4th of July. Mom had to go to show Logan how Lakes are also for swimming! Mom was the only person to swim in the lake all weekend.

Just the boys out fishing. Well, maybe I shouldn't say that. After all Shane wasn't there. Sadly this wasn't Shane's first fishing or boating trip. It was an hour and a half drive and although we got lucky with an overcast day it was very sunny with no shade. Shane is very WHITE. Or as others like to sat "fair skinned". Something tells me Shane would have only enjoyed this adventure for maybe 5 minutes. This would have been a real joy for Mom so Shane stayed home.

Monkeyin' Around

Here are my 3 monkies at play. This was just this week in case you are wondering ...

Logan hammed it up for me and I got some funny shots. he recently got his hair cut as well. To me it looks silly cut straight across but I am just glad he got it cut and didnt cry!!


Shane also enjoys the swing! Now the fun of taking turns begins. Age 6 mos and 2 yrs old.
Here is where Tim tries to kick me.

Shane is 6 months old!

Shane had his 6 mo ck up. He weighed in at 17.5 lbs, is 26 inches and had a large head. In comparison to Logan at this age he was 1 lb heavier, 1.5 inches shorter and the SAME size head. He will be practicing sitting and rolling this month. He loves to eat his rice cereal and applesauce. So far he was not fond of sweet potatoes but we will keep trying. Next up will likely be peas. I will post some photos of his sweet potato experience soon. Shane went for his first swim two days ago. It was a shocker. He wasn't quite ready for the cool water.

Green Thumbs

Some garden updates. Here Tim planted some rose bushes. There is a girl in the squadron who wanted these rose bushes out of her garden. She said if Tim would dig them up, he could have them. We thought it would be nice to have some grown plants in the new yard. They looked fantastc until they went into shock from the transplant. We hope they will come back!!! Logan LOVES them. He enjoys picking the flowers and walking all around the bushes. Tim will tells him to watch out they are sharp and Logan tells him, "no, no hurt".

Here are the veggies a growing. So far we have enjoyed radishes, spinach, potatoes and onions.


What is that?! Mice!! We found mice making a home in our bbq grill!!! So Tim proceeded to catch them. They were babies so he was able to catch two of them. We went out to Wal-Mart and got a little plastic cage and let Logan keep them. Yes, that is right, we let him keep them. We didnt let him touch them as we dont know what disease they might carry but they were fun to watch. Moxie loved it. sadly they only lasted a few short days. Yes, we fed them and gave them water but when you have a labrador jumping at you etc you are likely to freak out.

Whenever Tim mows Logan mows. This time he has a Popsicle and learned it was hard to eat his popsicle and mow.
Here he is watching Tim mow and eating his popsicle. On the web the photo is so small it ia hard to see.
I potted some flowers. They are growing nicely. I got creative and did a mixture that I am hoping will bloom down the pot a bit.
Another day of mowing...
Mowing is hard work!

I Got Your Finger

Here is Shane flailing about and Logan decides to reach out and play with him. Shane LOVES it when Logan plays with him.

Shane got his finger and he isn't letting go. He holds it close.

This one cracks me up because there is one very tan hand and one very white one. LOL!

Shane 5.5 Months

Here are some shots of Shane that I took today. Love the chubby phase! Now that he has discovered his feet he is always playing with them. It is too cute.

Shane's friends Eri and Leona let him borrow their jumparoo. Here he is in action! I guess you could say he likes it :)

OUCH!!!!

Poor poor Logan fell down and really got hurt. We just came back from a wonderful evening of swiming and bbqing. I think he was a little tired. We were unloading the van and Logan didn't want to go inside. He did his usual run down the sidewalk towards the mailbox and BAM!!!!


He had a nose bleed and a big huge fat lip bleeding everywhere. It was sooo sad! The pictures don't actually look as bad as it does in person. Not to make it out to more drama buuuut....


He just looks so sad and pathetic. Mommy wanted to cry too. These were taken the morning after.
He was so good the next day. In the morning he said it hurt once. After his nap he told me his finger hurt. Hmmmmmmm

Right Around Mother's Day

These were taken right around Mother's day. I am going to take some more recent ones soon. Tim has just come off nights so I am dreaming of having a little more time.

I am looking at this photo of Shane and thinking how this outfit fits perfect now. In this photo it looks like there is some room to grow. Not anymore! Shane is sporting size 9 mos ore 12 mos now. Yikes! I remember this with Logan though. Then at 12 mos it came to a screeching halt. We will see how alike the brothers are.

Brothers

Brothers are lots of fun. We have a Dr Suess book that mentions a brother and a sister. Logan is a quick learn to know Shane is his brother.
Something tells me this won't be the last time I think ... when one smiles the other doesn't. The same goes for when one stops crying, the other starts.
Logan is saying new things every day. It is always very interesting and often very entertaining. Here are a few that humor us. "Stop talking" This is used when he really doesn't like what you are saying like "Logan, please don't pick your nose." or, "Logan it's time to go inside." Another good one is "Daddy do it" or, "Mommy do it". This is heard when he drops his car for the millionth time and wants you to pick it up. Or, he wants his blanket and it is all the way over on the couch. A cute one below is "Hug him, Shane".

That photo really shows how white Shane is. LOL!!!

Seeing Blue Oh And Hats

There seems to be a lot of blue around the house. Here is Logan eating like Moxie. I don't know why it is underlining!!
These are pretty recent shots. Shane is 20 weeks here.

pumpkin head!!!
The Palmer boys like hats! Ole
Shane is practicing his sitting here using his Bumbo chair.
The weather here is coo coo. One day hot and the next not.

Logan got his hair cut and he did NOT cry, scream or pitch a fit!!! I did hear he got a lot of candy.
can you see my hair? There is some creeping in... Today a bald man said, Hey, we have the same hair do!"
I like to grab things now and I started eating rice cereal two days ago!
Just chillin' in the yard.