Some of My Favorite Things, cont.

I'm not sure why I'm typing this instead of being out mowing the lawn.  But I shouldn't be mowing the lawn today.  It was supposed to be done yesterday, but yesterday it was raining torrents, every bit as much as it was the day I took this picture a few weeks ago:

Some days are just not made for yard work.  But working in the yard is one of my favorite things.  I would work outside ten times over inside, but unfortunately, my lot in life is to mostly work inside.  I should learn to make that a favorite thing, too, shouldn't I?

I like rain, though, and I love the sound of it when I'm inside a tent and don't have to go outside.  I love the roar of it when it rains hard on the roof.  I miss the sound of it since we installed our new windows.  I'm always surprised when I walk past the window and see the trees nearly bent over by the wind, and rain or hail pounding the ground in sheets.  I miss the sound of rain.

I love the sound of water when I'm lounging in my soaker tub.  I love to hear it bubbling and dripping slowly to keep the water warm.  And I love the sound of water in the form of soft, foamy, warm bubbles popping around me in the tub.  I love my soaker tub.

I love soft rainfalls, as well.  I love being out in that kind of a rain.  We don't get them very often in this desert Utah, however.  More often we get the cloudbursts, the run for cover and pray you make it deluges that dump from the clouds as they crash with bolts of lightening against the mountains.  But when we went to the pumpkin patch last night, we had a soft rainfall.  And Kamryn loved carrying the umbrella until the rain stopped.  I like the sound of rain on an umbrella, too.

And totally unrelated to water, I love celebrations.
Even when it's for me ... or should I say especially?
The kids threw me a birthday party on Sunday, when we had everyone here except Sean's family.  Dan flew in from Branson just for this.  (Well, not really, but it did sound good, didn't it?)  I wanted to get a picture of all the family together, but without Sean's crew it made it easy for everyone else to find reasons to not.  But even if I don't have a good family photo, I made sure I took lots of pictures.  I loved having everyone together.  I loved the commotion and all the business doing a large meal entails.  I appreciated so much all the help from the kids in putting it together.  All was yummy.  The company was the best.  And that's what I love about celebrations!

 For other pictures from the birthday dinner, and I promise you there are some cute ones, click here