We have all been battling rainstorms for so long I thought I would share what we have seen since they stopped.

While driving around I have been looking at flowers, shrubbery, and trees and all the changes the rain has brought. The flowers are larger and the colors are more brilliant that I've ever seen. The shrubbery and trees are greener and just so beautiful and gardens are growing so fast it looks like the plants are jumping inches overnight.

Last Wednesday, Sweetie Pie and two of his friends flew over the mountains in a helicopter so they could get a closer look at the mountain tops. He said they are more beautiful this year than he ever remembers. Most of the time the summits look dry and thirsty even after rain because the water runs off so quickly but not now. The rivers and lakes are still up a bit but they just add to all the beauty of nature. He said he saw things too beautiful to describe and a camera couldn't begin to capture it all. Even through the flooding there were wonderful thing being born out of the adversity.