It was a crazy, cold, and rainy week in SB! But it definitely was beautiful at Butterfly beach in the moonlight. ~

Even though we were practically freezing, the moon was so bight and beautiful we had to see what it was like at the beach that late at night. Turns out it was a whole lot of cold mixed with a whole lot of pretty, at least this was before the storm.

Our entire back yard was flooded!~

During the heavy rains this week there was an evacuation in Montectio, that’s where I live. Our house was right in the middle of both evacuation zones, so we were told to “shelter in place,” that was apparently the safest thing to do. The rain was coming down hard Friday, and especially Saturday Morning. The freeways were flooded, the streets were flooded, and the creeks were full to the brim. It seemed like it was muddy and wet everywhere. Our family, pets and house was luckily ok, but there was some pretty serious flooding in our yard. My little siblings put on their rain gear, and played in the muddy mess for what seemed like hours. In the picture above, thats my little brother Cole, age 7, he’s very outdoorsy and the first thing he did was go straight to the newly formed swamp in our yard.

The picture above is when the rain finally started to slow down, Saturday at around noon. The yard was like one huge puddle! We couldn’t let the pony out of her paddock for days, she would try to role in the water. But at least the kids had fun splashing around in the muddy water.

After the crazy storm that weekend, and some rain earlier that week it got sunny! But not the warm beach day sunny, the 36 degrees, ice on your windows sunny. It was cold!

During this cold weather the best thing to do is bundle up and find a cozy chair, the MAD lounge at Santa Barbara High is definitely one of the best places to get away from the cold this week.

It was a cold and rainy week, but it was a fun one too, there are plenty of adventures to have even when your stuck at home, or trying to stay warm at school.

More blogs coming! Stay tuned for next week, and comment if you liked this weeks rainy day addition!

Thanks for reading my blog,

-Haley Hawkes