It's Raining, It's Pouring!

This morning as the kids left for school it started to rain. And it surprised me by continuing to rain and rain and rain. In Utah that doesn't happen! It rains here for 35 minutes if you're lucky and then maybe again for a few minutes a couple of hours later, but today was a TREAT! It rained for three hours -- it reminded me of home.

I think maybe I'm a little weird, but you already knew that. I love rainy days because to me it feels like a day to bake cookies and light candles and just relax. So today Spencer and I made 4 pie crusts. And Abbie helped me make two batches of pumpkin pie filling. Our house smelled delicious and the kids couldn't wait to try the pie. When they finally came out of the oven we read a ton of library books to give them time to cool because every minute or two I was asked if they were cool enough to eat.

Everything outside was beautiful! I love water drops on the plants and the water marks on the wooden fences.
The chickens didn't seem to be enjoying the rain as much as I was.
For lunch Spencer, Abbie and I had pumpkin pie, of course!
This is my bleeding heart from Aunt DeAnn.

The water leaking out of the gutter making puddles in the flower beds.

Boy were we excited to have pie.

This is the kids rock collection by our back door since they are not normally allowed to bring rocks inside the house.
I hope Ken doesn't regret leaving his work shoes outside today!

Well that finished off our lunch and our afternoon. After lunch Abbie and Spencer both took a nap until Jessie and Mark came home from school and I got to work on Spencer's scrapbook. I'm almost done with October - that means only 2 months of the year left.