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.

Abigail & Olivia visit Illinois, Colorado and Missouri

Here are a few pictures from our visit to Illinois. It was our last stop on a long (long) trip across the United States. We had a great time in Colorado with Larry's parents and the quick stop in Illinois to see his extended family was also great fun. The girls loved playing with their Great Grandmother Grace and all of her fun toys! We need to say a very sincere thank you for all of the hospitality of everyone who we stayed with and had the chance to visit. This move (which is about 80% complete) has been less stressful and a more fun because of it. We'll be moving into our house in Newport, Rhode Island in the next couple of weeks and look forward to a fun year! (Pics from top left to right: Abigail and Olivia play in their Great Grandmother Grace's front yard in Fairfield, Il, Grace took Abigail for a walk around the neighborhood, Olivia stands on the super Jeep in Denver, Abigail goes trout fishing with Bernie, Ruby and her Gram, Abigail and Olivia up to something in their Great Grandmother's back yard, Abigail growing as fast as the corn, my girls and me standing by the St. Louis arch.)

Colorado Jeep Trip

On our 4 day Jeep tour of Colorado we crossed 14 mountain passes and only 5 of them were paved. We almost died only twice. Dad, thanks for letting us use your Jeep.