Yet Another Rainy Day

It has been one wet, rainy spring, there's no doubt about it. It is raining here yet again today. We had maybe 3/10 last night but it looks like it could have been 3 inches with all the puddles that appear instantly due to the ground being so saturated. It has been raining off and on all day so there's nothing going on at the house. The guys were there working like crazy yesterday trying to get things done before the rain today. The floor joists are finished and the gravel base for around the house was done yesterday too, it looked like a good day in my opinion. There may have been other things accomplished too but when I stopped by there yesterday afternoon to drop off muffins for the guys they were so busy I didn't want to bother them with my questions!The forecast looks like it has cleared up for the rest of the week, let's hope they're right this time.

Now I'll go into a bunch of family life stories for those who are interested! I have a bunch of pictures below and I'll just explain them as I go.

We were looking at the progress of the house last Wednesday, it was a beautiful day, when Bethany decides she wants to climb a dirt pile. I warned her that it was mucky, "I don't care" was the reply. Well, needless to say, she got stuck! Ron rescued her flip flops from one spot then rescued her from another. She was not happy with how muddy her feet were. The top of the ground looked dry but with as much rain as we've had I knew it would be rather sticky underneath. She cares now!

Larissa lost her first two teeth! With the first one she was rather calm, the second one however, was a bit more of an ordeal. She had been brushing her teeth when the second tooth started bleeding, so she started crying and Ron pulled it out, which produced more tears. By the time she went to bed and was reminded that the tooth fairy would visit she was all (toothless) smiles!

Nathan is our soccer guy. This was the only picture I managed to take last night, I'm hoping I can snap more tomorrow. He's the guy in the black pinnie. He played in net for the second half of the game last night and made some pretty fantastic saves, if I do say so myself!

This is "Krahn Lake", the low spot between our house and Ron's brother's house. It had been pumped out in early May but with all the rain we've had there hasn't been a chance to pump it out again and the grass somehow manages to still grow. In spring while it's thawing the kids canoe in it, it's maybe two feet deep, but it has lost it's appeal. The longer it sticks around the more tired the kids get of it, they now know it means that we'll have a great crop of mosquitoes this year!

Bethany is obsessed with the umbrella, she was out first thing this morning in her raincoat and rubber boots just so she could use the umbrella. She uses it on sunny days too to block the sun!

This is getting to be a really long post so I will sign off for now. The rest of our week looks like it's life as usual and with the sun coming out and possibly sticking around hopefully things can dry out. I will try to update on the weekend.