Oh,What a Beautiful Morning

Yes, it was indeed beautiful. At around noon, the sky darkened and it wasn't long be
fore the sky could no longer hold the moisture...it began to POUR...in addition the wind blew and the rain and hail came down with vengence. We were at church for a funeral and watched as the wind pushed the rain under the doors and onto the carpet. At our house we got not quite an inch. I dare say it was more like two inches of downpour at church. Now? Now the rain has gone and we can see clearly now. Oops, sorry about the words of that song taking over in my fingers.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.

It is now a Sun Shiny Day. I rather miss Johnny Cash. A messed up past but a bright and clean present and future....He is enjoying his future in the mercyful hands of Jesus.

This afternoon we enjoyed ice cream cake in celebration of a belated birthday recognition for Alexandra Morgan VanderTuin. Fifteen and made her own birthday cake. The kid is talented. While that is indeed true, I don't hesitate to give her credit for being a huge help to her mother. You rock, Alex.

After devouring the cake, the guys went out to shoot rockets. The boys came in and asked the ladies to come to be a bigger audience. Elton had a terrible time getting the thing to launch. He tried a number of times and it wasn't too long before the women became less than long suffering and turned to walk inside the house. Just about then, contact was made and the rocket was launched. It is a thrill to see just how high they can go.