A day at the park..before the clouds opened up!

Today was Sawyer's last day of preschool so we decided to stop at the park for a while. It was beautiful out...about 70 degrees, windy with rain in the distance. We played for a while when Sawyer's buddy, and our neighbor, arrived. Soon the rain began to fall so, being my mother's daughter, I grabbed the boys and we started to dance like crazy people!! We love rain. Well, then it started dumping buckets on us and the wind picked up so I decided it was time to go. I loaded the boys in the car and went back to the playground to collect Soy's shoes. Well, I found only one. I searched and searched. He told me he buried it so I dug at any large mound in the sand to no avail. Mind you, it was pouring!!! It felt like standing in a shower. I checked again with Soy who said it was in the grass. I looked again but couldn't find it so was about to give up when I saw something in the grass on the other side of the playground. No sooner had I started in that direction that hail began to pummel me!!! I ran, grabbed the little shoe and feebly attempted to use it as protection until I made it to the gazebo. I stood there, dripping, watching my two little boys in the car watching me and then joined them once I the hail subsided. It was an adventure. Not to mention I had left EVERY window in the house open. The carpet is still drying out in many places. :)