Thundering Through

Madison took this photo today of the rainbow outside.  We've had such huge rainstorms thundering through as of late, one after another, wave after wave of torrential downpours.  It's been quite impressive.  It seemed inevitable that there'd be a rainbow following one of them, and here it is.

Looking down at the sidewalk, I spotted this leaf and snapped a picture of it, with fresh water droplets on the surface.  It was a humid and wet day!

Tonight, Ye-Ye and Nana came over for dinner, and it was wonderful.  Mommy prepared potato salad, corn on the cob, macaroni salad, and her delicious coleslaw.  I got to use my new cooking on the grill implements, which came in this fancy metal box, all of it stainless steel.  I was just grilling some hot dogs, but it was still great to be grilling outdoors.  I was able to do that in between storms, and it was just nice grilling out there.  Dinner was great!

Madison and I were off shopping today, first at Wax-Mart, where we haven't been since maybe February?  It's funny how that's been even off lately - we've really just been to grocery stores, and to the hardware stores from time to time.  Anyway, we were there to pick up a photo that was scanned of a great-grandparent, and also pick up some groceries and items for dinner.  After that, we stopped by the church, and then a quick trip to the gas station to fill up a portable tank.

Madison was playing some piano today, and of course enjoying the company of the grandparents.  We watched a few more episodes of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." tonight, which she's enjoying a lot.  Always at the end, there's this moment where she wants to just go ahead and watch the next one, and then the debate as to what is too late in the evening, and what is not.  She said she wishes she can just watch them all back-to-back, as she's really liking the show.  She likes Mockingbird now, although Daisy is still a favorite.  Or, rather, Skye.  She's not officially Daisy yet... or Quake.

We did some reading, and we prayed for a friend of Madison's who is in the hospital tonight with a ruptured appendix.  He's going to be fine, but that sort of thing is super painful, as Ye-Ye can attest.  Mommy had hers taken out around the time she had surgeries for the cancer.  No need worrying about that as well.

Anyway, we were reading and praying tonight, and doing hide-and-seek, and throwing pillows and plush animals at each other.  It's a quiet time right now, but things will pick up soon enough.