Easter

It's warm and rainy here today, unlike Easter when it was cool and blizzarding off and on. Weird weather. Paul looked up the record highs and lows for St. Louis on March 23rd and learned that the record low was -3 and the record high was 96 (degrees Fahrenheit). We were right about in the middle of that enormous range this year, but with an unusual sky assault featuring snow, rain, sleet, tiny balls of ice, and other anomalies.

We were greeters at church Easter morning, and, of course, we have pictures of the girls in the their finery both before church and hunting plastic eggs in the living room later in the day (thanks to Nana for the dresses):


We've been having some strong weather around here this spring, including lots of rain and resultant flooding. (Note to Lisa: the nearby flooding has been in Valley Park. Which is, you know, a VALLEY. Though we live quite nearby, we're on top of a large ridge, on high ground, and have had no trouble with excess water.) (Note to everyone else: Lisa likes to tease me about our neighborhood.)

We did, however, enjoy getting as close as possible to experience the unusual event. (Note: the levies held! This was a non-tragic flood event.) The building in the background being licked by flood waters in this photo of Ellie is the Kirkwood water department.


Finally: note update to contest below (last paragraph). People I know: you have been warned.