Storm Alfred

Sunday, October 30th

after the first night without power:

So, this is what we woke up to see the morning after Strom Alfred hit... this is after the evening of a fun snowball war with neighbors and a long eery, powerless, cold night of loudly snapping tree limbs...

This is the view from our side porch to our front tree.

 Limbs, weighed down with heavy snow...

 Sometime in the night, Donnie moved the cars into the middle of the back yard to help prevent damage from the giant falling limbs... Good thing he did this!

After I went out to take pictures of the damage... it was time for FUN!

 Kissing their snowman... (Mom, these are the candies and gumballs you bought the kids at the Dollar Tree when you were here... didn't they come in handy for this snow-guy!?)  :)

Monday, October 31st

After the second night with no power... bundled up!  haha!  Elia put these earmuffs on herself.  :)

 I played songs from my iPod that I just charged in Donnie's car and we had craft-time... Noah looked out to see the tree limbs on the ground and he said "the trees are sleeping"... awe! 

 A little wild-warm-bundled up - John Lennon lookin' chicky... man, she has style!  Look at Elia and Noah on the floor behind her with their instruments all bundled up.  :)  They are so cute!  Thankful for the battery operated toys!  :) 

I had never been so delighted in all my life to see HOT COFFEE!!!  :)  Donnie went out to "hunt" for some coffee and when he noticed the two-mile line at the McDonalds, he looked over to see there was no one at the Subway... YAY!!!  YUMMY, HOT breakfast and coffee... perfect day!  :) 

Lots more about storm week to come in Project 365... wanted to kick it off with this seperate post since I had so many pictures.