Thunderstorms & workout torture

After a week with extremely high temperatures that reached into the lower 100's (39C+), I did not mind being woken up early on Saturday morning by thunder and lightning! That morning, we had two decent downpours before I got up at 7:30am! The rain (at least temporarily) brought the temperatures down to a more comfortable level. Once everybody was up and ready, we headed to our gym for our regular Saturday morning workout. We arrived in time for a workout class, one that we haven't taken for a while. The good news is, I survived the class. The bad news is that I now have several muscle groups that are very unhappy with me....

After the workout class, we stopped at a nursery on the way home. It was actually a fun family outing, walking up and down the various "lanes", with Josh shouting, "Wow! Look at the flowers! They're beautiful!"
By that afternoon, the sun was shining again, and with all the moisture around, it was extremely humid. Thankfully, the pool is available to us to escape the heat and humidity. All four of us spent time in the water, seeking some relief from yet another scorching summer's day. I later fired up the grill and we had our dinner outside on the patio. During the meal we noticed the clouds building up on the horizon again. As soon as everyone had finished we moved inside, and not more than five minutes later, thunderstorm number four made its presence known!

Sunday morning was a typical one with us attending a church service in the morning. When we got home around lunch time, I mowed the lawn for the first time since my mother left! Having a pool in the back garden to jump into afterwards, made the experience much more tolerable! A little later, we went for a family bike ride around the neighborhood, and afterwards, the boys headed straight to the pool again. Liesel had arranged a babysitter who arrived right after the boys had their dinner, allowing us to go on one of our rare date nights! We headed to Crocker Park and had a delicious dinner at one of the restaurants. Afterward, we browsed through a local bookstore that was closing down. Liesel could have spent all night there, but since we wre paying the babysitter by the hour, I almost had to forcefully drag her from the store! Overall, it was another great summer weekend in Ohio!