It was a fun day......

This weekend wasn't a complete wash (no pun intended). It rained and rained and rained and then rained some more on Saturday - which made for a whole lot of fun when taking out Max (sarcasm intended) - and, our house was in need to blow off some serious steam - let's just say there was lots of energy and no where to put it. It wasn't bad, don't get me wrong - it was good, just not top five :).

SUNDAY, despite the forecast for rain, rain and rain again, started out sunny and bright. We packed up the kids, and Max and took the Explorer for a drive north to Milo, and then west to Dover-Foxcroft, two places with small parks to enjoy and let Max continue to get used to us and vice versa. We had snacks and lunch and it was a really nice day.

When we got home, Jay needed to get some things moved off the cement pad because they are going to lay our foundation (2 foot block wall) for our garage this Thursday - HOORAY!!! Our trusses are being ordered today and construction on the garage itself is going to start next MONDAY - HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY!!!

(essentially, our garage will look a lot like this ... this is what we modeled it after - however, we're unsure what color - our house is white, but we will be residing next summer - so we're playing around with color ideas right now - any suggestions!?!?)

We were blessed yesterday. When we came home, we noticed there had been Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued for our county - and that a severe storm was passing through Lincoln which is just 10 miles north of us. Jay really needed to get some work done, and as he did sans the rain and storm, I watched the radar and storms pass to the north and south of us with a perfect clearing right over Howland - it's like God knew we needed family time in the morning, and Jay really needed to get some garage things done too and kept us dry :).

To end our day, we watched Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. How cute is that movie!? It received mixed reviews - but honestly, it was a nice, clean, simple story, with beautiful colors and wonderful imagination and allowed for your imagination to take over, not be directed. I liked it :).

And - Lexi and Max continue to be pals :).