RAIN!!! YEAH

Dragged out of bed this morning around 5:00am not wanting to get up but knowing there was much to do before church. First on the list to do was to get the roast started for tonight's dinner. Carrots were peeled and 2 large onions added to the crock pot along with the roast and then it was full! Still needing to be added is potatoes and more carrots but that will be done after church. By 5:30am the dark before dawn was starting to give way to enough light to begin the outside chores. Of course Sangria needed to be fed first. She is so demanding! Once the horses were fed and checked over the show fancies were gathered up from the arena and apartment and put away. It is great that we have enough equipment and fancies on hand for plenty of horses. Rain was predicted to start falling by 7:00am and by 8:00am just a few sprinkles had fallen. We have been praying for rain and by the time we left for church we were getting a nice soft shower. By the time we got home from church we had probably received less than a quarter inch but still we were thankful. The rain started in earnest as we were hauling the dinner over to mom's house.

It rained through dinner but even rain doesn't stop the volley ball players from showing up. They played game after game in the rain.

Below is Rodney and Kristin's daughter Ava, just as she found out Braelyn & Addyson are her cousins. We thought her reaction was pretty funny.

Below is the cheering section:

In the picture above the ball is outlined, it was moving so fast it was a blur. It was hard to get pictures peeking out from under the umbrellas. The cheering section got rained out before the volley ball players quit. The picture below is one of the players trying to wring out the shirt.

And still they played. After the games were done Karin came over and helped test Jewel. She is not due for 3 more weeks but she had to be tested and if close brought in, there is just too much mud for the first time in MONTHS!!! Thank you GOD for the rain. Jewel had no calcium show up on the test. She will be left in any way only because I don't want to slop through the mud to put her out.