Blame It On The Rain

We had an amazing thunderstorm tonight. The boys and I watched to storm move in as we were coming home from the store. By the time we got home, the rain was really coming down. We stayed in the garage and marveled at the thunder and lightening and the rain that kept coming down. Jaxon decided to have a little fun, which inspired the following:

Jaxon went out into the rain and danced and ran around. This is one of the first times that he ran out into the rain.

This was the result. He was mostly soaked.

After a few minutes, a river began to form in the gutter in front of our house. This is Jaxon standing in the gutter. The amount of water was amazing. Jaxon even lost his shoe, twice. He had to run down the hill and chase it. He was successful retrieving his shoe both times. There wasn't one dry spot on him by the time he was through.

McKay was to chicken to go out in the rain without an umbrella. His shorts got quite wet when he stood in the gutter. He went in the house at once to change and his rain playing was over until the storm let up.

Jaxon (left) couldn't get enough. Here he is showing Josh (right) his surfing skills.

Josh was just about buried in the water. I was afraid it was going to sweep him away.

Kayden even was daring and went for a short run in the rain.

Kayden then found an umbrella for himself and was able to enjoy the storm quite a bit. Every time there was a flash of lightening accompanied with thunder he would say, "Wow!"
We had a great time playing which resulted in groceries not getting put away and dinner not getting fixed. The scouts were on their way over so we unfortunately had to grab some take out and have a picnic in the basement. I blamed the rain.