Drip Drip Drop Little October Showers

I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but I started another round of the 8 week challenge that I did through Facebook. We had a two week break and then I decided to do it again. This time I got Ryan's siblings to do it with me... kind of. They didn't want to buy in, so we started our own group and I tried to be the leader and motivate them. They all did pretty good for the first couple of weeks. They at least each chose something to work on and made improvements in their lives which is a great thing! Ryan actually managed to lose 17 lbs in the first 3 weeks. It was awesome! 

This first picture was taken down on the Bosque trail. Ryan and I have now gone down a couple of times for date night to go for a run together. It is awesome to have him doing this with me. 

Also random, but here is a picture from our street taken of the last day of the Balloon Fiesta. Living in New Mexico has some awesome perks. 

One Sunday we decided to go for a family walk. We headed out the door, but only made it partly down the street before we got caught in a storm. So we headed home to wait it out. These storms are usually pretty intense, but over very quickly. This one even included hail. As Pierscen peddled into the garage he yelled "It's raining ice!" 

In the mean time, the kids got to play in the puddles. 

After a few minutes, the rain stopped and we headed out for another try. This time we made it to the arroyo. I was nervous about being there because even though the storm had stopped, we've been warned the one place you don't want to be during a storm is the arroyo. It floods really quick and can be super dangerous. As we were walking, Ryan looked over at me and started laughing. He said, "Your hair is crazy!" I asked him what he meant and he said it was sticking up all over. I totally freaked because if my hair was standing on end, that meant there was tons of static electricity in the air... which means lightning. Ah! This picture was taken after I actually pushed my hair back down. 

So we headed home once again. There was a huge full rainbow and a partial double rainbow. Absolutely beautiful. 

When we got home I walked in the backyard and snapped these incredible pictures of the sunset. No filter. Just raw, amazing beauty. 

God's creations are incredible. There is no shortage to His wonders. 

Even though our family walk was thwarted not once, but twice, I'm grateful for our little adventures together.