Storm Round Two

This past weekend we experienced yet another storm. It was CRAZY!!! On Saturday we were over at the Maricopa County Home & Garden Show (because that is what you do for fun when you are married). It was held at the state fairgrounds. We had made it through one of (at least) four buildings and were just getting ready to head into building two when the storm began. First the electricity went out. Then came the rain.

It rained HARD! And the wind blew like crazy! The rain was coming down sideways. The roof started leaking. We saw one guy that got caught in the storm for a few minutes and would have totally won a wet t-shirt contest had there been one. 

Once the wind quit blowing so hard we made a run for it over to the second building. We were there right? What else were we to do? 

We made it into the second building where the flooding waters seemed to get worse.

So this booth....The artificial grass was claiming to soak up less water than other types...After this rain, none of them were holding much of anything!

After two buildings we called it quits and headed back to the car.

On our drive home we saw quite a bit of damage. A power pole fell into someone's second story window and broke their window. Some of the streets were flooded, many of the street lights weren't working. 

I was so glad we made it home safe! We had no idea it was supposed to rain so hard. 

We enjoyed the show. Nicole Curtis from Rehab Addict was supposed to be there, but we didn't make it far enough to see her. We did get 12 fancy light bulbs which was by far more than the price of admission. 

Hopefully all the damage wasn't as bad as it seemed. I wonder how many more storms we will be getting? Who knew we would get this much rain in the desert??

Sunday we spent some time at Mesa Riverview (a pretty typical Sunday afternoon for us). It seemed busier than usual. Here people are scouting out parking spots. They are turning for at least the second time to wait for people to leave. Crazy vultures.

Let's not forget this is a FREE park. Like, let's go play at the playground for a little bit, park. We thought it was amusing and had to share.

That's all I've got for now. Have a great week!

Home Sweet Home

Again it has been too long since I have updated everyone on what has been going on. Summer has been crazy! As you know we just went on the road trip of our lives. I plan to post one day of the trip each day from here on out. The key word in the sentence was PLAN. But before we did that, I took a vacation of my own. 

Since I have finished school forever I thought it was FINALLY time I took a trip home. It was so great to see so many friends and family! The time flew by as it always does every time I am home, but I am very thankful for the time I got to spend there. Here is the synopsis of my trip!

My flight was one interesting experience. They were late boarding our plane. They had us all go stand outside and wait. 

After about 10 minutes they opened the emergency exit in the back and all of us in the back of the plane got to board that way. Everyone else got the normal treatment. We also got to exit the plane in the same manner. It was very interesting but did save us some time.

While at home, I spent a few hours studying but found some time for fun. My parents finished their fire pit so we enjoyed some s'mores on the most beautiful evening ever. 

Summer nights were not like this when I lived in Nebraska. It was absolutely gorgeous!

We spent a few hours taking a girls' day and saw The Fault in Our Stars. I thought it was good, but oh so sad. 

I also was there for the fair but before the festivities could start the work had to be done. Jadyn and Atlee spent many frantic hours slaving away in the kitchen to finish their fair entries. I just helped taste test!

I also got to see some other things that I don't get to experience in Arizona-WEATHER!!! 

We had a nice storm roll in; I thought I better capture it. 

We are entering monsoon season in AZ but I'm not sure if we will see clouds like this.

Saturday we got to go test drive vehicles to raise money for the school. Naturally, I chose the most conservative one there...

We had a good time. Not quite like the Tesla test drive I took earlier this year, but I had much more freedom to drive where I wanted.

Atlee also had her softball tournaments while I was home so I got to sneak in a game!

Then the Sunday activities were underway and we were in full swing fair mode. We did the Fun Run Sunday morning. It was a major family affair!

Sunday night we headed to the park. We watched the band perform. They were missing many members, but they still sounded very good! I am sure this is mostly due to their amazing teacher! ;)



They also did the crowning of Miss Bertrand. Jadyn was one of the contestants, and since I missed her at prom it was so nice to see her in her prom dress.







Isn't she the cutest!?!!! :)

Tuesday was the parade. I had not been to the parade since I graduated from high school. I couldn't even tell you the last time I got to watch the parade and not participate. It was a nice change.



One of the events I was most excited about coming home for was the rodeo. I attended both nights and had lots of fun! A couple of my friends, Angela and Alyssa, joined me on Tuesday night. It was a very exciting rodeo. It was the most entries they had ever had.

I also got to enjoy a couple quick trips to the lake. They were not long enough, but it was nice to get there for a few minutes. 

It was so great seeing so many friends I hadn't seen in such a long time. And enjoying some sweet treats with some of my favorite people!