Wow! Something New!

For those of you who are anxiously awaiting another blog post (Hi Dad!) here you go!
Summer is officially here for the Magoo family! With it apparently brings storms and bad weather. :) We have had severe thunderstorms for the past several days, and a few times where we went to the basement "just in case!" The one good thing to come of it is that the kids seem to have little no fear of thunder anymore. There have been lots of nighttime storms, and not once did they come in our room or even wake up. Mr. Magoo and I were up saying "Holy cow!" But not the kids...they have been snoozing right through them!

These storms reminded me of when I was younger. My Dad and I loved to watch thunderstorms come though! We were careful not to pay attention to those silly rules, like stay indoors during a storm, or don't sit by the windows. If the storms were coming, we were out on the front porch. If they got bad, then we would go in and sit by the window to watch the lightening. Hey- if I could ride in a car without a seat belt and live to tell about it, then what would a little lightening hurt?!? These were the "good ole days" remember.

On one particular evening we were watching a storm and both happened to look at the house across the street. To our surprise, lightening hit the chimney of that house and blew the bricks right off! That was probably the loudest explosion I have heard in my life, but of course Dad and I were like "COOL! DID YOU SEE THAT?" "What? I can't hear you!" (just kidding about the I can't hear you part) If you've ever seen lightening blow something up, you don't forget it!

The other storm I remember well was when I was about 5 and Dad was taking me for a ride in the wagon. We were walking in the neighborhood, when all of a sudden right behind us it started raining. Not all around us, but right behind us in a small location. Dad took off in a hurry and ran towards a friend's garage that happened to be open. The coolest part is that as I rode in the wagon, I could see the rain line (if you want to call it that) spread out as if it was trying to catch up to us. My Dad had it too, if it wasn't for the pesky driveway. He was actually outrunning the rain. Now I know all of you think that your Dad's are Super Heroes, but seriously can they outrun rain? Think of getting to tell that story to your friends! "My Dad was so fast, he can outrun rain!" We were just outside the line of rain until we turned into the driveway, and then we got soaked! The guy down the street who's house we ran to just happened to be watching the storm come in and was standing in the garage. So- we waited with him while it passed and then finished our walk home.

Now what makes this story even more memorable for me is that this guy who's garage we were in looks like Kenny Rogers. Not a little.......A LOT! So in my 5 year old mind the story went like this. "We were in the wagon, when all of a sudden it started raining! My Dad was running so fast that he outran the rain! Then we hid out at Kenny Rogers house and talked with him while the storm passed!" Now see- doesn't that story sound made up??? You would think! But it DID happen! :)