"Reconnected"

As you can see "a storm is a brewin'" near our house. It's about time too! I heard on the news the other day that it has been the hottest and dryest summer ever in the Houston area in a long time. Makes me feel like I am back in Southern California with the dry weather and the near 100 degree weather for 2 months straight! I hate it! I love the Texas storms that roll through here during the summer and have felt kind of robbed this year.

Praise God though becuase it rained yesterday! It was awesome to hear the thunder and see the lightning again. We have a little tradition/ritual that has spawned since moving out here to Texas. Anytime there's a summer storm you can count on me to run out with my camera and Jason to open all the window blinds so we get the best view. Its awesome.

You might be asking about how the kids and our dog handle these storms. You have two extremes in our house. You have Josh who excitedly yells out "I see the thunder!" and you have Jenna who can't let either one of us out of her sight. In fact, she had to be sitting in either mine or Jason's lap during the storm last night. Ginger just cowers and walks between your legs the whole time. She stays close to Jenna because she knows that Jenna is scared.

The coolest thing about this past storm was that we had lightning hit close to our house. The thunder came immediately after and was so loud that it not only shook the house, but made me jump too! It hit our street close to the speed limit sign that is posted in our front yard. It was awesome! Here's a few pictures:

Ground where it hit:

View from the kitchen window...that's the speed limit pole it hit next to