It's Thursday

We had something happen last night that we don't seem to get much of...a good thunderstorm. We put the kids to bed and about five minutes later, Jacob comes out and says that there's a lot of lightning outside. I step out to take a look and there was lightning like I've never seen before! Gary, chief meteorologist at our NBC station, said that there was a 'gust front' approaching...look to the north and west and you should see the cloud and lots of lightning. There it was...clear as day. It was one of the coolest weather things I've ever seen. I don't know how clear these photos will be, but if you can make it out, it's kind of cool. It was like a huge blanket heading for us. It was even cooler because the rest of the sky was completely clear. I've never seen clouds like this. (The white part is the edge of the 'gust front' and the black is the clear sky)


It seemed to take forever to get to the house. About 10 minutes after it passed, the rains began. And, oh did it rain! Coupled with the thunder and lightning, it was an awesome storm and we got about 1.9 inches of rain.

The boys had TKD class with the brown belts last night because they missed Tuesday. Normally, we'd just skip it but with testing on Saturday, we wanted them to get their two practices in. They loved it. I guess it was the first time the boys ever sparred against each other. They thought it was funny. I wish I had seen it but Hannah and I stayed home. They've been asking to go to that class again.

The milk consumption in the house has slowed considerably since discovering the local milk. We were averaging better than a gallon a day (with the new milk, where as with the old milk, we were less than a 1/4 gallon a day) and are now down to about 1/2 - 3/4 gallon a day. That's more like it. I knew it was the novelty factor that was making them drink all of that milk. Now that it's in the fridge all of the time, they've slowed. They had been drinking it exclusively but have now gone back to the water/milk combo and that's better. I had been really worried about the amount of milk they had been drinking in this heat, but they seem to be okay.

It's so strange to think that a week from today, the boys start school. Where did the summer go? I find myself really sad about it all. I don't want them to go back to school. :( However, it does mean that MOPS will be starting up again and that's a good thing.