rain, rain's gone away

Well, we didn't float away if any of you were concerned. We definitely had our share of rain earlier this week, however not as much as some. It's been nasty, especially south of us. We've got dry sunny weather now though, so hopefully that'll help the flooding come down.











































I only got a few shots of the kids out in the rain. This is actually almost the only time we got outside... and it was just enough of a break in the heavy rain (it was still sprinkling a bit) to be able to take the camera out. I've realized I'm facing a dilemma if I want to get good puddle pictures of my kids this spring. We basically have no puddles around here unless it is currently pouring down rain. We have a storm drain right beside our driveway and our street is just ever so slightly at a slant, so it all drains really quickly. Once it stops raining, the puddles disappear pretty much right away. And unless I somehow rig an umbrella hat of some sort, I can't really take my good camera out in the rain. We're going to have to do some scouting of a spot with good puddle retention where we can go after good rains!! I suppose it's a good thing we have good runoff here, but it was just so fun last year at our house in Michigan to be able to play for a day or two after the rain in the huge puddles that stuck around on our big driveway. Not to mention the small lake that formed where our driveway met the road. The kids had such fun wading and splashing in that! Now the only puddles we get are in our yard, under one of our trees or under the swings. And I'm not really a fan of playing in real MUD puddles... I like cleaner on cement rainwater puddles!!

Did I mention we got a lot of rain this week??