My Artists

 I was trying to pay some bills and I tossed down some pens and paper to Hes to keep himself entertained and no sooner do I turn my back then I see my son coloring my daughter, oh heavens.

He drew on Sadie's head and then colored his neck to match.

And then he colored Sadie's feetsies and she giggled the entire time. I couldn't really get mad by that time because when they laugh at each other it warms my heart!

She doesn't look like she's mad at brother for the graffiti on her toes and head.

 Until next time,
The Farmer's Wife

Pony Rides!

We heard through the grapevine that the Onyx Farmer's Market was having pony rides during the holiday weekend! Well we couldn't pass that up! So I called Auntie Kowees (Kalli) and we loaded up the kiddos and headed on down to Onyx in search of an adventure!

Our good friends Tiffani and Michelle (which are actually family) got Heston all ready with cousin Jake's little chaps from when he was the size of Heston, too cute!

I heaved Hes up onto the saddle, and he took to it like a cow to cud and a pig to mud.

 Ruby was so prepared to ride the ponies that she even picked out her favorite horsie shirt!

 Sadie joined in on the fun too! She loves Auntie Kowees and needed some time in her arms along with Ruby.

 Heston happened to find a tractor while he was there too, imagine that.

 Hi my little cowpoke!

 Look at those ears!

 Riding like a natural!

 He looks so serious!

There's sister Sadie with Charlie! Wave hi!

What good memories!




The Farmer's Wife
and mom to a future cowpoke!

Ah Nuts!

The guys did cattlework yesterday, so you know what that means-rocky mountain oysters for dinner! Tom is always so excited to eat these puppies, I, on the other hand, could just puke!

So I had nuts in my sink along with veins, blood, and other extras, but Tom kept chugging along!

 Then when Heston saw that I had the camera, he said "cheese" and then told me to take a picture of Sadie too, so here she is, staring at the camera.

 Then Tom filleted the nuts and posed next to Heston, clearly Heston is not interested.

 The before product....

The after....


I stilll haven't tried them and don't really want to, am I a true farmer's wife then?



The not-so-enthused-about-eating-nuts Farmer's Wife

The Amazing Bra Man and Some of Sadie's Faces

I was busily trying to get out of the house one morning when I turned around to see my son with my bra draped over his neck running through the house. I had no other response but to laugh and then try to snap a picture of him as he was showing off.

I had the chance to visit in Modesto for a couple days and I hardly took any pictures while I was there. I was trying to enjoy moments there versus snapping pictures, but when I came in to find my mom singing and talking to Sadie I couldn't help but capture the moment.

 

 My mom came back home to Weldon with me and when I wasn't paying attention she smothered sister Sadie in kisses and I had to snap a couple pictures.

 Then I noticed that Heston's hair was a little shaggy so I took him outside and sat him in his big boy chair and plugged the 'ol clippers in. He was happy for a little while. She here's his before picture......

 And here's his after picture. You tell me if he was happy to have his hair cut....

 We also had little Ella come to visit again. Sadie turned 4 months while she was here so I didn't want to forget to snap a picture. Here's Sadie at 4 months, and then Heston, below, at 4 months. Wow how time flies.

Until next time!

The Farmer's Wife and Mommy of 2

Tummy Time and Smiles

Auntie Kalli (Jack's wife) let me borrow this cute tummy time pillow and Sadie totally enjoys it!

Here she is just chillin' on it while Heston pulls her feet, go figure.

And she sure poses pretty cute for the camera!

When Heston found out I was taking pictures, he got up in my face and said "sheeeez" which means cheese of course. Then he made tons of silly faces.

Right after I took this picture with the kids getting along, I put Sadie in her bumbo seat and Heston apparently bit her toe (well that's what he said anyway). She screamed, I spanked Heston- he screamed, which scared Sadie even more, so she cried louder-oh heavens... I think Sadie still has a toe left, maybe I should go check.

 The Farmer's Wife

The Uncles Visit!

I headed up to Modesto about a month ago when I heard that my Uncle Gus was visiting from Japan. I hadn't seen him since my wedding which was what, 5 years ago? So it was due time to see him again! I took sister Sadie and Heston with me, so here are 2 pictures from the visit: one with Heston playing the piano at my mom's house, and the second with Uncle Gus holding my almost nakie son and Sadie just lounging around in the background!

On a side note, Uncle Gus makes silhouettes in Japan, so when Heston was about 8 months and chubby as ever, I asked Gus to make one for Heston so that I could put it up in his nursery.  So here's Heston's artwork (Uncle Gus did the one that I pasted onto the yellow canvas-top middle) and it goes in his nursery perfectly! Oh and there's the "H" that my good friend Maggie made for him as well! Each decoration has a story and a little love intertwined.

 Then Uncle Tricky came for a visit down here to Weldon and Heston just loooooves him! I mean, giggles, laughs, and looks up to him (well don't most people due to that insane height?). I made some toast and Heston wanted to be a big boy just like Zak so he partook of some of the toast as well. Look at those two goobers!


Until next time,
The Farmer's Wife

Father's Day

For Father's Day this year we did extra low key. I waited for Tom to go to bed and then I cut two ties out of scrapbook paper, taped them on glass jars and filled them with Tom's favorite candies: Hot Tamales and Whoppers. The little jar is from Sadie and the large jar is from Heston. The beer mug is from me, it's supposed to look like beer in the glass with butterscotch candies and marshmallows for the foam-Tom totally didn't get it, nuts....

And then with this fire up here, I tried to catch a picture during the night, it's so beautiful and scary all in the same breath. Here's a shout out to our firefighters!


The Farmer's Wife