Gorgeous Scenery

We woke up this morning to the beautiful sound of rain tinkling on our roof and a view of gorgeous droplets of water cascading down our windows.  In the stillness of the morning air we could hear the musical drip, drip, drip as the rain rolled off the roof and into the gutters and downspouts.  The crystal clear water ran in silent streams across the yard and into the streets and greeted us with welcoming dribbles as we walked outside.

You with your warm weather and blue skies and fiery sunsets, don’t know what you are missing.  Just look at these views and tell me which you prefer.

We went to the store and it was raining.

We came out of the store and it was raining.

It rained on Dutch Brothers…

…and it rained on Papa Murphy’s

It rained on the neighbors….

…and it rained on us…

It even rained on Grumpy Russ!!!

But we did find some goodies in the store.  Our son John has his first trucking assignment and so we thought he should take these items with him so he doesn’t get hungry:

Oh yum, John, can’t you just taste it…and the smell of old gym socks…mmmmm…

Well, if you don’t like that, how about some CHEESE???  Yes, it IS cheese, see it says right there on the package!

Well, gee, there’s just no pleasing some people.  Guess you’ll just have to go to one of those old truck stops and drink some “Billy” coffee and eat a burger!  Stay safe, John.

For us, we got something to combat the rain…we gotta get our sunshine somewhere!

Yesterday we had a bit of fun.  Took Therapy and the fur faced kids and went to visit Russ’s sister, Alice and her husband Elmer in Grand Ronde, Oregon.  That’s about a 2 hour drive (longer when you have to stop for the kids) so it was a good workout for all of us.  We met Alice and Elmer at the Spirit Mountain Casino and had lunch at the buffet.  I love this buffet…it never seems crowded and they have a very good selection to choose from. 











Russ was not going to have dessert, but after looking at the sugar free items for some time, he magically lost 20 lbs. so he had dessert after all.

Before

 

 

 

After…that’s what you call the Photoshop diet.  Works well! 

(Don’t look too close, I didn’t take a lot of time with this!)

 

 

 

And finally, a photo of the two people we went to see, Alice and Elmer…

Like all of us, they have had their heartaches and trials, but through it all they always have a smile on their faces and are such fun to be with.  We couldn’t love them more if they were family…oh wait, they are family!!!  Alice is having some surgery on her back on Thursday so prayers would be appreciated.

Good night all and I really haven’t gone around the bend…just going a little stir crazy with all the rain.