Wicked Weather

The monsoon season was a BIG disappointment this year. Come to think of it, it seems like the past few years have been a disappointment. Mother Nature made up for it with the storm she sent our way on Tuesday! It was pretty amazing!  My mom and I were shopping at Kohl's when the storm rolled in.  I don't even think I realized it was going to rain!  All of a sudden we started hearing thunder claps and then this roar of rain falling on the roof.  Pretty soon, that rain turned into hail.  We went up to the front doors to see it in action.  There were so many people standing by the doors just watching the storm!  Obviously we weren't the only ones taken aback by this unusual weather! 

We were being held hostage inside the store so the only thing we could do was shop some more!  It was a nice excuse.  We really didn't want to venture out into that storm.  It was too intense!  You rarely need an umbrella here, except maybe to shield the sun with!  When we were finally released, we saw the remnants of that crazy storm right near our car.  Luckily I parked far away from this tree.  That would not have been a fun discovery!  Driving to pick up Hunter from preschool, we saw signs of the storm everywhere.  Trees had fallen down, tree debris was all over the road, garbage cans were on their sides in the middle of the street..it was so crazy!

 

 When Jacob's bus came, I had to wade through this stream to get across the street to collect him.  He didn't even make it to the sidewalk before he started splashing around in the water.  He asked if he could go get his swimsuit on and come back out.  Unfortunately, Hunter fell asleep on the way home from preschool and missed all the fun.

Jacob had a blast running up and down the stream while waving to every car that passed.  He was concerned that if it wasn't raining anymore then his puddle would disappear.  I told him it would dry up, unfortunately.  I finally dragged him inside because I was tired of standing out front watching him.  He settled on playing in the smaller puddles in the backyard.  Ah, to be as carefree as a kid again!