. "hail" of a day .

let me get right to it.  it rained this afternoon.  and hailed.  i was trying to think of a funny title.  i'm a little lame, i know.  i'm used to it.  i was totally expecting it to storm at 1:00 this afternoon.  it blew in about 12:45 and was a doozy.  it POURED and hailed horribly all at once.  our sidewalk flooded and our front yard looked like a typical texas snow day.  only the snow was "ice cubes" as the kids called it.

my camera didn't really capture the hail that was bouncing off the ground.  but it was there.  and here...

it was piled on the front porch.  and here ...

i'm telling you.  typical texas snow.  it piles here and there, but the ground below looks like springtime.  it's a tad ridiculous.  i was shocked that it came down so hard and so much at once.  and i almost let karsyn go play in it.  the rain that is.  then, just as she stepped foot outside, i realized it was hailing and called off the troops.  she was a little disappointed, but this is how we entertained ourselves for the next few minutes ...

yep.  "lift up your shirt and put your belly on the door to see if it's cold!"  we're real educational 'round here.  they thought it was fun.  no, i didn't participate.  it was quickly time for nap, which i was a little nervous about since it was storming pretty wildly outside.  there's nothing better than a nap while it's raining though.  the littlests (is that a word?) napped and the biggest played in the puddles as soon as the rain and hail stopped. 

poor knobby kneed girl.  i had to take a picture of this.  her legs are so skinny, her knees bang together when she runs.  i'm assuming that's normal. 

it was a crazy day.  for some reason i had my mind set that since it would be raining, it would be calm.  very mellow.  everyone in pajamas singing kumbaya.  it was quite opposite.  but it was fun and no one got hurt.  yup, i set my goals high.