We went to the best farmers market on the planet today! I have been wanting to take the kids there for quite a while…ummmm 2 years to be exact! We were in desperate need if fresh fruits and veggies and when i went to the grocery store..everything looked worse than usual SO…….i decided it was time to go to the farmers market!

After today,Mark agrees we will now be buying from there and growing our own vegetables,rather then getting them in the grocery store.(until winter of course.)

I picked up a bunch of plants for my garden also…i couldn’t believe how cheap they were! a SIX pack of tomato plants were $1.00..(the cheapest i have seen them was 1 plant for $3.00 !) I ended up with Tomato,collard greens,brussels sprouts,green pepper and some others..

we also bought baskets of potatoes,onions,oranges, peppers, strawberries,apples,and pears…then on my way out we saw this absolutely great bakery stand,and i could not resist her blueberry coffee cake! total spent? $27.00 … thats TWENTY SEVEN… not bad at all!the amount we walked away with will last at least 2 weeks.

so here are some pictures from today…

If your wondering what is on Carters neck,he put a tatoo with smiley faces ALL the way around it last night! I made him clean it off but now it looks like that. (He said he got it for a prize at school…I don’t know why they give them tatoos to choose from…personally I think they are disgusting.)

On a lighter note…

i had to make this picture bigger…i wanted to pick one up sooo bad…if i did i would have walked away with it.(i have a thing for ducks) i have no idea why i don’t have one yet…well actually i do, afraid for it’s safety!

i want them all,SOOOOO bad you have no idea!

i think Sienna really likes baby ducks too…..this is the reason i am afraid to get them!

Carter harassed the bigger chicks until he was bit…LOL

he asked for it.

Jonathan went for the rabbits…which are also my favorite,but not as much as the ducks.

Mark took the kids to pet some animals then to the corn box.. while i did some shopping.

my wagon was overflowing…and they are decent sized wagons! i wanted to get a picture of it but there were so many people i didn’t want to offend anyone if i took one of them by accident.

After the farmers market,we went to one of my favorite stores….

I bought some dried KIWI fruit and tried it for the first time here…in my opinion,it tastes allot like any other dried fruit,not much flavor but kind of sweet. They have allot of Amish foods. I bought a very soft loaf of rye bread that was made there,and it is SO delicious!

Then we stopped and ate at a little ice cream shop…

Laura went to a friends house for the day and we had Becky and Ben with us.Thats Ben with the crooked hat.

Mark and Becky thinking how ridiculous i was being with the camera…

Carters pockets were full of corn! HA! and i just noticed ANOTHER discusting tatoo! Notice how that one has not been washed? It’s because he didn’t think Mom would see it….(Why can’t they just give them stickers to choose from?)

AND of course i couldn’t resist  taking a million pictures of my munchkin!(if you look close you can tell which ear she sleeps on!)

hmmmm maybe i can eat them?

Actually that thing mamma has looks better!

If i can just……get….

A little closer!

YIKES!

Chow Time!

My Veggie Wrap and Nachos,that didn’t last long at all…(sun dried tomato wrap,YUM)

Doesn’t that just look mouth-watering?

And FINALLY after the kids ate,they sprawled out on the ground like Tigers do after a good meal.

So my Girls are Girly girls….or maybe not. Shhhh… don’t tell Daddy!

can you see it? 

Now?

AHHH there it is!

what do you think she does with it??

Takes it for a ride…..then decides…..

it needs some friends!

Daddy doesn’t know how much she loves bugs….shes not a bit scared of them…

Neither is she!

Then i had to go make Lunch!….MMMMMM

my view this morning as i walk downstairs to put the cat out which was yowling at 5 am…i am so glad he woke me up,i haven’t seen this in such a long time!

Mark would call this a CHEM trail..i think its pretty though.

the moon and the star,were breathtaking…i couldn’t get it to come out the way it REALLY looked.

then i noticed this ugly spider in the window…and how much the window needs to be cleaned!

of course i still have not figured out how to use the camera the right way..to get the spider in focus..i am sure it would have been uglier if i did.

 Alaina had her 6 month well child ,she is now 14 and a half pounds and 25 inches…and really squirmy.
she will be crawling soon i’m sure of it! I took Laura with me to the visit…she was just as tuckered out as Alaina..(Laura would not give her to me after she got her shots,she scooped her up right away and i felt helpless.They did let me nurse her in the room after so that was good.)Laura looked like she was crying too. She is such a good sister,and is always watching out for the little ones…it’s like i have four eyes instead of only two..This is what they looked like when we got home.

Finally!….our first walk all together this season to the Lake.

i have been waiting so long for this(Mark too)….it was so relaxing and peaceful….

Despite the fact that Jonathan gave up riding his bike and we had to take turns pushing and pulling it the rest of the way there and all the way back. Reminded me of when i used to beg my mom to ride my tricycle all the way to the library in town and i would get so tired that she would end up having to carry it back. Every time we left for a walk into town i would beg her saying i wouldn’t get tired.

well,it was a nice walk none the less.

Laura grabbed the fishing poles,we knew we wouldn’t catch anything but it was fun playing around with them.

Carter can finally ride his bike.(without the training wheels.) 2 weeks ago i took them off and said it was time to ride without them.He is 9 and was still riding with them. He was really worried but after i gave him a push,he took right off and was flying around like nothing..he looked back at me and said..”wow it’s easier without them,i can turn!”

This was my view most of the walk…she was so happy to be outside!

she has got a pretty severe case of  dry skin on her face which causes her to scratch it raw,so thats the marks on her nose and forehead.

are we leaving yet?

Laura decided to take a picture of me leaving Mark behind when he ran in the house to get the bug spray.

didn’t even know she had taken the camera…

you can see Sienna really liked the water..Carter had leaped over this swampy spot and landed on this little island,Sienna decided to follow but instead of jumping just walked right in…

i knew my jeans were getting baggy,but some of the pictures make it look like they are falling off. time for some shopping i guess.

i LOVE how green everything is!!! If the rain is making everything green,then BRING IT ON!

on a side note….Alaina got her first tooth! She was whiny all night last night,but not quite awake. This morning she was feeling her gums with her tongue so i felt in her mouth and Wallah! a tooth cutting through!

The past few days have been really difficult.I have been struggling to get even the basic things done.on top of them,there are other things that i need to do.(like cleaning out winter clothes,)Right now it is amazing how much clothes the kids have!every room is a disaster,piles and piles of clothes. once i get the winter stuff packed away,then i can go through summer clothes and figure out what fits and what doesn’t.the trick is even getting that far anytime in the near future.

 Alaina has been waking every hour to nurse for the past week,so i figure that is one reason why i feel this way.i am guessing it is teething that is waking her,she was sleeping all night not too long ago,what happened?She also only naps during the day for about 15-30 minutes at a time.. ugh.I have finally got her to take the bottle now without complaining,she struggles with formula but takes mommies milk fine.I figure i shouldn’t complain since i know it is best for her.i am just happy she will finally take the bottle.

 I am hoping to get away for a night with Mark sometime soon,just us.Wow to think that the last time we went anywhere together alone it was our first Anniversary,and Jonathan was 5 months old.Oh how i look forward to just that one night!Even if we just go to the movies and out to eat ALONE…Ahhhh.

Sienna found a new use for the swing.The cat loves it but unfortunately i don’t allow him in it.

i don’t know anyone who tills their garden barefoot except for my husband!