Here Comes the Rain

The rainy season has come with a vengence! Over the last several days we have had tons of rain and wind. It has also been quite a bit cooler, although, I am sitting here in shorts and a t-shirt so I can't really call it cool. Yesterday I wore a sweat shirt for a while but ended up getting too hot while picking up the house. I almost want to wear pants and a fleece just to reminice.

Because of the rains work has slowed down some. We are praising our Awesome God though, because the rain will not cause any problems with the construction just drag it out some. Right now the men are pouring columns and installing the grills that make up the front of the wall.

Last night the heavy rain and howling wind kept Josh and me up. It was so loud! Not like a nice little Montana rainstorm more like one of those severe thunderstorms we had last summer. I still can't believe how it can rain here! God was so creative when he designed all the different climates on this planet!

Josh went to see if his drain pipe that runs the length of the retaining wall was working. It is! He was very excited to see clear water pouring out of it into the lagoon this morning. It is so fun to watch my engineer husband get so excited about stuff like that!

For some reason blogger wants this to be a vertical picture! You can see the water running out of the pipe. Josh says that the screen covering the opening is just temperary and he will put somthing more permanent on soon. It is great to know that the water will not just be pooling up against the retaining wall.

Our family is doing great. We have had no illnesses and the kids are in heaven. I am so spoiled as they play most of the morning and afternoon with their friends here. I am spending my time cleaning, cooking for Dan due to possible food allergies, and I have also had some great time to read God's word. Josh is still at the construction a lot, but he is in our house doing paper work a lot too. We have had quite a few power outages (brown outs) lately. When it is pouring and the internet is down we have had some great family time too.

A few weeks ago Josh and I celebrated our ninth anniversary by taking the family to the beach! It was a two hour drive on a very windy mountain road. Even though we gave everyone dramamine, Clara got car sick. She didn't loose her breakfast but was very uncomfortable. She cried for the last thirty minutes of the trip. It was very worth it though. We had a great day playing in the waves.