Rain, rain, go away!!!!

AND COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY, OR ANOTHER WEEK!!! After a week of rain we are beginning to wonder if the sun will ever return. The kids have wanted to use umbrellas and have even been known to whine and beg to use them. Now they are whining and begging for the rain to go away! We did not even own umbrellas until a week ago. Who needs umbrellas in Arizona? Or winter coats for that matter. Well now we are the proud owners of at least five umbrealls and numerous winter coats. The kids are trying to convince me that they need boots. (if this keeps up they might be right)

If you notice in this picture the curbing that goes up to the sidewalk is GONE!!! We are also missing an entire lane of travel. And yet CA drivers don't even slow down. They still try to pass, it is amazing! And then they wonder why they are stranded in the fast water flowing down the street and the firefighters are rescuing them from the river. :>

Here is another area just down from our house that has the "flooded" sign out. Just in case you were wondering....... Reminds me of Bill Engvall..... "Here's your sign." (this is for those CA drivers that I mentioned earlier.)

This area also runs right below my housing area. Usually completely dry, it is currently a river basin.

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Finally...... this is Nathan's feet. For the record, today he did not jump in puddles to try and get wet, this is just from wading in the nearly knee deep water to get from the school to the van so we could venture home. We were all soaked. The kids came home got right in the tubs to warm up and we had hot chocolate. As I sit here and write this post I can still hear it coming down out there and I can also hear the shoes beating around in the dryer so they will be ready for another adventure tomorrow. Stay dry and rest well my friends!!!