After the rain

The other day it poured rain, of course I had no idea...I was sleeping through the night.  When I awoke the next morning there was lightning, wind, rain, even talk of a tornado...in Japan??

So the kids` preschool got canceled and we had to go find something to do for the day.  We drove by the park that we often have BBQs and we were surprised to see what we saw.  In my five years of living in Japan I have never seen this before.  We could go swimming at the park for the first time ever!  Not a good idea in December though...

Just one of those sudden surprise of life I guess.  Certainly got the kids excited.  Maybe me too :).