Auger's Birthday

Auger is now 4 years old!

 

We celebrated his birthday Sunday night, but his birthday was really on Monday (16th).

 

He loved his cake, and the toys on it.

 

 

The Thomas Tank Engine Umbrella was possibly his favorite gift - he was so happy to get it.

 

He also loved his handcuffs - see them on his hands ... and his feet?

 

 

We gave him this front loader and he was happy to have that too.

 

 

I bought him a dump truck, but learned that he already had one that a friend gave him, so I quickly made a change of plans. He probably would have loved it too though.

 

 

He had a great birthday and enjoyed all of his gifts.

 

And, we enjoyed the company!

Shawna and David came to visit us for a while that evening.

 

While they were here we had a wind and rain storm, but as hard as it was it caused no major damage for us. We were happy to be inside, but thought it was perfect that Auger got an umbrella on such a day as this. 

 

When David and Shawna got back to Othello they learned that the city was without power and the next morning they learned that trees were blown over in the park behind their house and in other yards in town. We have heard of downed trees and power outages and other damages caused by that storm, but ours was pretty minor compared to that.  We had a some moisture on the floor inside our French doors and had to dry that up before it caused more of a problem.

 

 

We're feeling pretty lucky!  Last thing we need is something else to worry about right now.  knock on wood! ... Like that would help anyway!

 

 

Weather

We've sure had some stormy weather this week.

Monday while the guys were out baling (and I was waiting up at home because they were only going to be a couple hours) the weather turned on us.

We witnessed lightning and rain and more rain. It was pouring, and coming hard from the east.

I knew the guys wouldn't wanna get out of their tractors in this terrible rain, but I wished they were home.

I tried to get a few pictures that would show how bad it was, but none of them really show all.

 Eventually our power went out and it was very dark outside.  I waited for some lightning so I could snap a photo of how it lit up the night. It was so dark to so bright.  On about the third try I clicked at the right time.

Good news is that they got the hay done (well, except for a tiny little amount on the corner south of our house. But, we have neighbors that didn't have the same good luck.

We've had rain storms come and go since then, and today it included hail - some the size of marbles.

Amazing weather - but we have more hay we need to harvest.  When will it stop?

I do love the sound of thunder and lightning can be so beautiful, but we really do need to have some dry weather for awhile.