Colds!!!

This weekend Rusty and I both have colds. I feel much better today than yesterday, but Rusty isn't feeling so great. It is kinda nice to hang out on the couch though. I did give Ellie a bath and mopped the floor. Ellie was flithy. She loves to go outside and run with Duke but comes in MUDDY!!! Amber and the kids brought Tuck home and visited for a little bit.

Not much has been going on here. School is going better and both boys are doing well. It is a lot of work, but it's their job. Tucker is learning more Christmas songs and lots of cords. He really is very talented on the guitar. He is playing a lot. He played for Grandpa Arnold at Cody's birthday party last week. Grandpa sure does enjoy listening to him.

Well I just don't have anything exciting to report.

On bike trip down the Hiawatha

On Saturday Mom, Kylee, Ethan, Tucker, and I went and biked the Hiawatha Trail. It is a 16 mile bike ride through the mountains. It starts off going through about a 1 mile long, very dark tunnel. Mom said the tunnel was very light compared to last time, but I really didn't enjoy it much. You wear head lamps, but it is still kind of freaky. There are several other short tunnels and some very high tressels that you bike over. It was a nice ride, but I am very out of shape. My left knee was pretty achy by the end of the ride. We took the shuttle back to the top and it takes about 30 minutes. The ride is just long enough for your muscles to tighten up. We had to go back through that awful tunnel to get back to the car. It really was a nice ride though. The day was gorgeous.

Rusty didn't want to go on the ride so he stayed home and cleaned the chimney, installed power to the chicken coop, cut an opening for the chickens, and other household tasks. He also gave me a nice back massage when we got home. He is such a nice hubby!

Today I have chores to get done. Fall is here and it is time to winterize.

Various pictures

Here is some of the mess from Tucker's room. He had a closet/dresser clean-up day on Thursday.
Ethan wanted me to get a picture of him holding his yo-yo in this position. Not sure why? It was part of a trick he was doing.
Tucker reading his Social Studies assignment. I don't get a chair when Tucker reads in this fashion. He was hiding his face from me.

Cool bon-fire picture

Blog correction

Mary brought it to my attention that I posted Ethan went fishing with my dad. He went fishing with his dad. My brain and my fingers do not always connect. He had a cold the whole time and a sore neck, but he still had fun.

Rainy Days

Today is rainy. It seemed like a good day to do nothing. I have been running all week and today I am sort of relaxing. Rusty and Tuck ran to the store to get stuff to make stuffed chicken breast and alfredo sauce. YUMMY!!!! I am getting the desk cleaned off and scheduling the school week and then I am going to ignore the rest of the mess and watch movies. At least that is my plan.

Some pics

I can't get Tuck's guitar on here. It just keeps saying error so I will just post some pics instead.

Time to breathe again

I haven't had any time to blog lately. I haven't even taken many pics. I did video Tucker playing his guitar, but I can't remember how to get it on the blog. I have been messing with it, but it keeps telling me it can't upload. I will figure it out later and post it. Tucker does great on his guitar, but he gets obcessed and plays the same song over and over and over until I am bonkers. Most of you know it doesn't take much to make me bonkers. LOL

Ethan went on his fishing trip with my dad and some friends on Wednesday evening. I hope they are having a good time. Tuesday morning Ethan woke up with his neck out of whack and could barely move it and then Wednesday woke up with a cold so I am hoping he isn't totally miserable. The weather is at least nice to them.

I am still working on get a good routine down to our school days. It is going a little better. Tucker pretty much has his down. Ethan's we are still trying to find that grove that makes the day go best. We moved the school room again last weekend. It is so much nicer being by the kitchen. I can at least get something done.

Cassie is enjoying being with us. I taught her to use the laptop the other day and she had fun playing some girly computer games. We did puzzles the other day and once she got over the frustration she had fun. She is very sweet and it is fun having a girl around. The other day at dinner she said, "Brenda, I love your hair, it is beautiful." SO CUTE!!! She is very serious when she says these things. She says them often.

Well Rusty and I are going to take a walk so I will post some pics and hopefully Tuck's guitar playing when I get back.