Rain, Rain, (PLEASE DON'T) Go Away!

Summer's in Kansas can sometimes be daunting; the tornadoes reporting for duty on a weekly basis combined with the awful heat + humidity often makes for a not-so-fun time to be had outdoors.

But SUMMER 2009 has been quite mild-- in fact it's been quite delectable. I can't recall (although my husband can recall a few times, but whatever) a tornado siren sounding in our area since...

... well, I'm not sure.

I think we've had only a couple, if any, days over 100 degrees, and that usually included the heat index.

Recently, our little area of Kansas located just east of the beautiful Flint Hills has seen some scrumptious (according to our usually scorched soil) rain. I think the Kansas River might actually have fewer sand bars that could be scrapped across by a paddle boat now. Anyway, with this rain has come a bit of a cool front, and all I have to say is I'm so glad mother nature finally listened to my request:

Please, please, please will you cool the temps so I can open my windows; make sure to eradicate most of that humidity that feels like it's sucking my breath away from me; and for goodness sake please just give us a little breeze-- no strong winds though, okay?

And with this great, though rainy, weather we

pulled on our goulashes

posed with our cute goulashes

explored a drain pipe gushing out a waterfall

got super excited about feeling rain

and splashed in some great little puddles.

So, for the first time in a long time ever, I'm happy to say that I loved our (unusual)Kansas weather this summer.

It sure made for some nice memories with my girls!