Collin's First Thunder Storm

Yesterday, a major storm system rolled through here. Bryon really played it up. In fact, for a few days, he kept talking about how it would rain all weekend, and how we were predicted to get major storms. Then, that afternoon, he kept talking about how, at 3 o'clock, it would start to storm.

At 3 o'clock, when it was super sunny out, he corrected himself and said, that was just when it was supposed to start "rolling in." Okay.

Sure enough, about an hour later, the temperature dropped significantly, and the wind picked up enough that our curtains were blowing out at about ninety degree angles. This was it, the storm!

It started to sprinkle and by dinnertime, it was raining, but not heavily. The clouds looked very ominous and we heard about two thunderclaps. After a lively discussion about thunder and lightening, Collin seemed excited to see what it be would all about.

So, I took him outside (since it was still only lightly raining--some storm, right?), and we sat on the deck and waited to see some thunder and lightening.

It never happened. We waited for about thirty minutes. We saw nothing. We heard nothing.

We got a little wet, but we never saw a single lightening strike or heard a single thunder clap.

It was the single most disappointing storm of our lifetimes.

But, it was really awesome to just sit with the boy, snuggle in the rain and chat. Since the bulk of my thesis work is done, I'm really enjoying the fact that I can just be with my family in these moments. I've missed them.

P.S. ignore my ridiculous hair. I had just gone for a run, taken a shower and was "experimenting."