An unusual summer weekend...

So last weekend, St. George was finally experiencing it's monsoon weather. The rainstorms were actually dropping some rain IN town. This made for an opportunity to go to the long forgotten park after 10 in the morning. During the summer, you can't go during the day because not only is it hot, but you can get third degree burns from the playground equipment. Because of this, Cara really hasn't spent as much time at the park as me. I love the swings and I don't think Cara even remembered what they were. Looks like she remembered really quick! (As a bonus, it was a Saturday so Daddy got to come!)




It was actually really windy and it would sprinkle little tiny drops of rain on us and Daddy kept wishing for a down pour that would send everyone racing for cover. He got his wish later that afternoon when we checking in on Grandma's doggy. It was so much fun! He actually got his wish probably 4 more times in the next 48 hours!


Look! You can still see our blue skies!

Later after we assumed the rain had calmed down (we ended up being wrong and there was a huge thunder storm that night), we set up a tent outside for the first time! I loved it. Of course, I couldn't calm down in the tent at bedtime since it's still light outside so I opted to sleep in my bed. It was a good thing we had the rain fly on though because our stuff would have been wet!



The dogs really loved the tent and when it would rain, Mommy would let them in the grassy area of the yard and they would curl up in the vestibule under the rain fly.

Or when the tent wasn't up, they would use my house as a dog house. They normally get kicked out in the dirt patch because Roxie tends to destroy things by digging holes in the middle of grass areas. Of course, she's eaten the insulation off the piping that goes from the AC unit into the house because that's left out in the dirt patch too but hey it's all about choices!