School starts Monday

School starts Monday and I am so not ready to get back in the swing of things. I want more summer!!!! The books are ready, the computers are set-up, the schedule is pretty much ready to go. Not me!!! Not the boys!!! Summer goes too fast. I am ready to have Ethan home though. He has been at his dad's for the last couple of weeks and boy do we miss him when he is gone. Tucker has kept pretty busy this summer, but he still has such a hard time with his big brother being gone so long. He gets pretty sad at times and it just breaks my heart cause I know just how he feels. So if school starting means Big Brother is home than I guess we are ready!! See the silver lining!!!!

Bath time!

Bath time!! Ellie was absolutely flithy! It has been raining here and she goes out and gets muddy. I have had many dogs and I have never had one that acts so ridiculous during bathtime. You would think I was killing the dog and it doesn't get any better at blow dry time. The end result is a clean, adorable dog though!!

Boys will be Boys!!

Rusty and some of his buddies have decided to enter a car in the derby races at the Fair this weekend. They are in the process of tearing it apart and Tucker wanted to go lend a hand.

Looks roadworthy, don't ya think???
Surveying their handiwork!
Tucker removing the metal
Father and son
What??? Am I not supposed to rip this out???
Dirty hands!!!

School room and supplies are ready to go!

Ethan's desk
Organized supplies! Oh, and the dog!!!
I couldn't get a pic of all three desks! We haven't tried this set-up before, but I am hoping it will work! I am in the middle to easily help both boys and they can't bug each other!!!!!
Whiteboard and calendar area
Tuck's desk and books
Our school room is ready to go! I repainted, took the nasty carpet out and replaced it with vinyl, cleared out all the books and junk we don't need and rearranged. Both of the boys books are here and the LMS is set-up for them. Tucker has already done a couple of lessons. School officialy starts the 25th. Ethan won't get home till the 26th so we will start a day late with him.

Leavenworth vacation w/ Rusty

Rusty and I took a mini vacation to Leavenworth, Wa this weekend. We stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast called Enchanted River Inn. The couple were very kind and had a lovely home. The breakfasts were wonderful and they served us in our room!!!! How spoiled is that??

The tub was huge and so wonderful. Our view as you can see was spectacular and we could hear the river all night. We had a wonderful weekend just relaxing and enjoying each other. We went and saw the play "Kiss me, Kate!" It was so good. They did an excellent job and it was the perfect place to be at 2 in the afternoon when the heat outside was 104! We had great food, great company, and just a great time focusing on each other.

Look at this breakfast! This was only one course! It was a 3 course meal! Sorbet, cinnamon rolls and then this delicious plate. Yummy!!!!!

The fireplace in our room!

Just some pics in the park! I was taking the pic myself so it isn't the best.

This is a huge bee's nest that we saw when we hiked around one of the state parks. Can you see the bee in the one on the left?

This is the view from the room at the bed and breakfast! Isn't it gorgeous!!!

T & T that's Tristan and Tucker

Tristan and Tucker were having fun dressing up in their camo!!!