Under Water.

It has been very stranger weather around here the past week. I love, love, LOVE a good thunderstorm, but this has been a bit much. The weather has been so hot--near 90 degrees--and very heavy and humid. This is weather that we would typically see in July and August. We have had multiple thunderstorm watches/warnings and tornado watches in the past week. Last night was one of the hardest rains that I have seen in a long time......our backyard flooded very quickly. We live in the lower part of our neighborhood, and when there is a lot of rain or thawing, the water can rise above the level of the door stoop and get into the basement. That is no fun. Last night, we felt sort of helpless as the water rose....and the edges of the carpet started getting damp. And then, thank God, the rain stopped. Our neighbors weren't so lucky....we awoke to see that they had called a pump truck in, had all of their basement furniture out on the lawn, and were pumping their basement out instead of heading to church. No fun. And our back field was completely mud.....hopefully, the farmer hasn't seeded the field yet, or much of it was likely washed away. And I guess there are some positives about procrastination. We don't have our garden in yet, and our neighbors was flooded away.

Today, we attended 2 more open houses for some delicious dinner....and it rained some more. However, like everything in life, there is always a silver lining to the dark cloud. For the kids, this was the silver lining:

They had a total ball splashing around in the muddy water....and they went directly into a hot soapy bathtub afterward. It gives new meaning to the phrase "mud bath" and it made for a very entertaining view from the back deck.