Big Creek . . .

That rain last week was a bit much.  I'll take clear and cold over gray and rainy any day.

During one of the rainy nights the creek near our house flowed over it's banks.  Thankfully there's a big gully for the over flow.

The creek overflowed it's banks in 2010 too.  2010 Creek Flood.

12 Days until Christmas

Even though I have a documented count down I'm still a bit shocked each morning and have to count the days to make sure I write the correct one.  With less than two weeks until the day there is still much to do.  Thankfully our tree is up and the boys have settled down about that. 
The creek near our house was an exciting thing to watch yesterday.  This is the before picture.  The water normally flows 4-5 feet below this level during rainy weather and 10 feet below this during the summer. It really is a quiet little creek most of the time.




These pictures are about 30 minutes apart.  The water is now running through the ravine.



It's definitely crested.  About 1:30 pm.

Josh said the ravine needed a good scrubbing out anyways. I think it got a good scrubbing.

This morning when we checked in the day light the water had gone back down and the big logs are beginging to show again.  Here's a link to summer photos.