Rainy Day and Yatzee with the Staff Kids

Around 6:30 this morning I heard our night guard calling from the front door saying that another dust storm was quickly approaching.  Since looking out of the windows of our house  means we only see cement walls, we can't see the changes in the weather, so we are thankful for Weatherman Rabiou!  With windows closed we awaited the smell of dust and the sound of the wind.  Instead, after a very minor dusting, we heard the wonderful sound of raindrops on the tin roof.  It poured and poured and we found all the leaks around the windows and doors and kept busy "squeage-ing" out the water from the living room.  After an hour or so the hard rain let up and it rained gently for a couple of more hours.  Wonderful.

We definitely needed our bridge across the raging water in our drainage ditch!  The rain started to wash away our driveway.  

The neighbors were having a high time playing in the water. 

What could be a better activity on a rainy day than playing yatzee with some of our staff kids.  Our director and his wife have 4 boys.  We invited the 3 older boys to come over and play games.   The peanut butter cookies were a big hit and we had many laughs playing together.  Great boys.