Fun and crazy weekend.

Well, I will start with the crazy and move to the fun! We had some great big storms move through the area Thursday and Friday. This is what we found outside after D made it back from his trip. Our small trickle of a stream had become a monster. If you can see in the picture below, it is coming up the bottom of our hill. usually our creek trickles just beyond the small tree in front of the yellow siding home. The big tree is where the kids like to swing, and ALL of our small trees were completely under water. Our oak tree had tipped over and was getting a great bath from the current. I was sooo sad and thought for sure our little trees were gonners. . . WELL, good news. They survived. I couldn't believe it. they were all there, hanging out when the water receded. :) Happy day for me. I love those little tulip and sycamore trees. The kids LOVE to check on their 'own' tree and see how much it has grown. Anyway, of course, D wanted to get out a canoe and head down the 'rapids.' :) I don't think this picture does it justice, but it was some seriously flooding. I'm glad we live on a hill. :)


Next the fun stuff. Saturday was a TOTAL neighborhood day. It was crazy and fun. The neighborhood was having a garage sale, so all the neighbors were out. Some neighbor girls were selling lemonade and J had been working very hard at some 'art' to sell, so she took her pictures out and sold many of her pictures. I think she made about $4. :) I remember trying to sell ROCKS as a kid to the people passing by. She had fun sitting with her friends and making money. :) L roamed the neighbors garages and talked to people/played with their toys that were for sale. :) Z-man just slept and hung out for the most part.

It was SUCH a hot day that after the garage sales ended, all the kids got in their swimming suites and played in the sprinklers/ water for hours!!! While we were all visiting, we decided to have an impromptu neighborhood BBQ. So we headed home and everyone fixed something to bring. It was fun to hang out with neighbors. We eventually put Z-man to bed, L got tired and crashed watching a movie in the house, but J was so excited to be allowed to stay up late socializing with the neighbors and watching the stars come out. It was a hot day, but so much fun to spend with our great neighbors. We really do have GREAT neighbors. D and I stayed and hung out until about 12:30 (WAY past our bed time). . . .. . but so much fun.