One thing about living here in Missouri that you have to kind of expect to be crazy is the weather. Today is a beautiful 74' and tomorrow is expected to be in the high 90's with an advisable heat warning for the next 5 days.
There are beautiful horrible storms on days that began without a cloud in the sky & there are days that begin thunderously and end up clear and bright. I am used to storms that build and leave with clear, crisp, cooler weather behind... here it is often the opposite. It will be just as hot and muggy after the storm, if not more so.
One thing I do love about the weather is that you can watch it coming- the skies out here are so vast and you can see so far that you can literally watch a storm moving towards you. Sometimes it is like they show in movies where you look up to see a storm off in the distance and within minutes it is overhead- which is amazing to watch happen. Other storms linger in the distance, slowly making their way toward you and give you enough time to finish your yard work, clean up & get inside.
The clouds are beautiful even when they are swirling in different directions over head- which is a good sign that you have perfect conditions for a tornado & the lightening storms, while fierce, are a beautiful display. The worst thing about the weather our here is the wind. Some nights it sounds as though it is going to take the roof off or blow the windows in on top of us- LITERALLY. Those are the nights we usually spend time in the 'safe room' or all of the kids end up in our bedroom. The wind is the worst part for sure.
The kids love taking pictures of the clouds so we thought we would post a few of our favorites from the storms this month- enjoy!
One thing about living here in Missouri that you have to kind of expect to be crazy is the weather. Today is a beautiful 74' and tomorrow is expected to be in the high 90's with an advisable heat warning for the next 5 days. 
There are beautiful horrible storms on days that began without a cloud in the sky & there are days that begin thunderously and end up clear and bright. I am used to storms that build and leave with clear, crisp, cooler weather behind... here it is often the opposite. It will be just as hot and muggy after the storm, if not more so. 
One thing I do love about the weather is that you can watch it coming- the skies out here are so vast and you can see so far that you can literally watch a storm moving towards you. Sometimes it is like they show in movies where you look up to see a storm off in the distance and within minutes it is overhead- which is amazing to watch happen. Other storms linger in the distance, slowly making their way toward you and give you enough time to finish your yard work, clean up & get inside. 
The clouds are beautiful even when they are swirling in different directions over head- which is a good sign that you have perfect conditions for a tornado & the lightening storms, while fierce, are a beautiful display. The worst thing about the weather our here is the wind. Some nights it sounds as though it is going to take the roof off or blow the windows in on top of us- LITERALLY. Those are the nights we usually spend time in the 'safe room' or all of the kids end up in our bedroom. The wind is the worst part for sure. 
The kids love taking pictures of the clouds so we thought we would post a few of our favorites from the storms this month- enjoy!
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