*waves arms in the air*

I could not for the life of me get the blog to work last night! I tried and tried! Please forgive me, enjoy YESTERDAYS blog now, and keep an eye out for a much more special blog later TODAY!!!

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It has been a truly beautiful day. We were able to get ourselves out the door to the lake this morning. It’s the long weekend, as you likely know, so we had plans to make it the longest weekend possible. But with some added challenges on our plate lately, we decided to go a bit later and just start with one night. See how it goes! 

We arrived late morning, unloaded, and joined our Dahlsjos at the beach. It was HOT out today!! Very hot. Hot enough to send all of us back to our respective campers to get out of the heat finally. Thankfully, I had taken some time over the last day or two to organize the school supplies and gather up some art supplies to bring to camp for days just like this one. It was worth it. 

We lurked in the AC for a while until it was supper time. Our Dahlsjos had invited us to join them for supper, so we headed their way and feasted on a big burger and hot dog feed, with cheesy bacon potatoes and watermelon. It was crazy delicious! 

Once the day wound down, we split off for the night. It was too hot to be outside anymore. Brady and I took the golf cart and rounded up the kids who had migrated to the park. Then we drove the loops to see who was all here this weekend. Finally, we called it a night and went back to the camper to tuck in. 

And out of absolutely nowhere, the storm started! We heard wind. LOUD wind. And then the power cut. That was that. The thunder and lightening. Rain and more rain. It sounded like it was hailing, but when I went out in the deck, it was more like branches and pinecones falling. A quick golf cart rip down to get the paddle boat out of the water proved a beautiful stormy scene. I haven’t seen waves crash like that in a long time. It was gorgeous. And freezing. And WET. It was wild. I loved it so much! 

The power is still out, and I’m not mad at it. Temperature is good. White noise works on a fully charged phone for the one who needs it. The other kids are chatting away and enjoying the storm sounds. 

I am SO happy it’s raining and storming like this!! Thank you Lord for a beautiful storm!! 

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Apparently the storm was a little too good and internet signal was nowhere to be found. With trees coming down around the campground, I was in no position to venture out to search for one. So. Here you have it. Yesterdays blog, late, thanks to the beautiful storm last night. No regrets!!