Monday, August 8, 2016

August is here!

August is awesome around here. It still gets hot, but it also means that there is an abundance of fresh apples, pears, blackberries, wild plums and other stuff. Fruit just falls to the ground which means I don't have to buy groceries! 

Ben will be 7 months already this month! He has started full on crawling and pulling himself up to a stand! It happened in a matter of weeks, but he has gotten quite good. It also makes it harder for me to keep him from eating things. He is also eating a lot more real food. He doesn't really like the pureed stuff from the store. He likes real food that tastes good :) especially beans. 

So picture catch up from the past couple weeks.

6 month appt. He was 15 lbs 1 oz. and 26.5 in. 10 and 25 percentile.


loves his munchkin

eyes about to close to fall asleep on a walk

getting the jars ready for canning

I dont know why I think he is so cute in the cart. He loves to smile at people.

little turtle



outside waiting for Papa to come home

Jackson County fair.


they had baby jaguars!

Ben's face was pretty funny when he saw a goat for the first time.


why are the best ones blurry?

watching the band at the fair.

Manolo giving Jamir a love paw

Jamir claims that he hates Manolo

Best buds.


Those dang chickens wont leave us alone.

stripey and all curled up

Benji loves mornings in mom and dad's bed



very interested in the guitar


already getting into trouble.

pear picking at the lds orchard (we have to do at least 10 service hours) but it's fun :)

Ben was with Sis Gitzen. It was a relaxing evening


whitey laid her first egg.

Ben steering the cart at costco

the chickens always want to come in the house. I can't leave the doors open anymore

look at me mom! 
Some fun dslr pics. Manolo and Benji playing

Ben tries to follow him around. Which isn't hard because Manolo usually hangs out by Ben.




Manolo is laughing.

Those dang chickens. We grew a watermelon! And of course the chickens couldn't stay away

He doesn't like them as much as Manolo


These watermelons are orange on the inside. And we think they taste like cucumber. Ben likes them. I like them in a salad.