Hurricane Irene 2011

Here's an update about Hurricane Irene from our experience in Newport, RI. First of all, we're okay and all is well here. We were without power for a short time, but otherwise we had a ton of fun "camping" and hanging out as a family during the storm. Here's a picture the day the storms started their way up the East Coast. This was taken at Easton's Beach which is about two streets away from our house.

The calm before the storm...

Before the storm set in we made a stop at Nickolai's for pizza, went on a bike ride, stopped by the marina we sail from and had some playground time. As you can see some people boarded up their windows as a safety precaution and overall the community took a level-headed, organized approach to their storm preparation. We were very prepared (as you all can imagine). :0)

Hurricane Irene blows into Newport

The hurricane brought in stormy seas. The picture with the house was taken from our attic window during one of the more heavy rain showers. The other pictures/video were taken at Easton's Beach. The water reached the wall where there is usually about 100 yards of sandy beach. Here is a link to an ireport I made that was featured on CNN: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-662686?ref=feeds%2Foncnn

Hurricane Irene T+1 Day

Today most of the town got their power back after about a day and a half without it (not too bad). As you can see there was a lot of debris to clean up, but other than that the damage was pretty low for the most part. By the afternoon everyone was out and about enjoying the beautiful weather. Hurricane Irene sent Newport cleansing rains, giant waves, wind and just a small amount of damage and inconvenience. We were blessed and hoping for the best for those less fortunate. The last two pictures are of Second Beach where there was a lot of surfing going on. It's business as usual (at least recreationally speaking). :0)

Olivia & Abigail visit Providence Children's Museum with their friend Aaron

Abigail and Olivia visited the Providence Children's museum with their friend Aaron last week. They explored every section of the museum and there was a special exhibit...a Providence police car and police officer...the kids loved climbing around the vehicle. All three of them loved the dragon...we printed it out and it's on the playroom wall now.

Providence Children's Museum

Olivia & Abigail miss their Gram

Gram & her grandbabies in Newport

EAST HAVEN, VT...go there if you can!

East Haven VT camping

We had the opportunity to go camping at a cabin in East Haven, VT. It was relaxing and just what we needed after a busy few weeks of traveling across the country. We did the standard...hiking, reading and we found our first geo-cache.