A walk in the woods + a stormy night

After dinner I was feeling restless and wanted to get out of the house. We decided to go for a walk near our local river/dam. After a little bit of disapointment on Jonah's part that we weren't going to the park we did some exploring. It was just starting to rain a little, but that couldn't stop us. The boys had the most fun finding rocks to throw into the water. What is more satisfying than hearing the plunk of a well tossed stone?! (Josh says it would be more fun if it were a raging river and we were throwing boulders, I agree). For now the boys can cut their teeth on this little Indiana river. We stopped at every little pocket through the trees we found to throw more stones. Then a walk through the woods took us back to the dam and we were headed home with two sweaty and tired boys.







As we were putting the boys to bed the big storms started rolling in. Jonah started off saying he was scared, but tiredness won out in the end. By the time the storms were at their worst both boys were sound asleep. I kept saying to Josh that I was really surprised that we hadn't heard anything from either boy. Around 10:45 we heard our sump pump flushing (is that what you call it?), so we ran downstairs to check if there was water in that room. There was a good amount, luckily that room is the low point of the basement so it doesn't go anywhere else. We were stumped as to why the water was coming in where it was because we've never had it happen there before. Josh decided to go out and check the gutters. So at 11 p.m. with lightning and thunder crashing all around him, he was out there cleaning out the gutters. It stopped the water in the basement so it was worth, even though I think it just reinforced his desire to move out of here as soon as possible.