Project 365, Week 35

I'm scheduling this to post in the morning, because I'm not sure if we'll have power then or not.  We are waiting for Hurricane Irene to make an appearance...Shaun is responsible for five houses, so he had two full days of getting everything in order....getting the generator ready, making sure basement pumps are working, taking down deadish trees, taking bricks off our chimney that would blow off with a light breeze, removing window a/c's, etc, etc.

My porch flowers are in the house and none of our cars are parked under a tree.  Yeah, I think we are ready.  There is zero chance of flooding up on the hill where we are and being so far inland, but our thoughts are with those who are.  Its mind-boggling to think that NYC is being evacuated and the mass transit is shut down.  Crazy.  

I find it fascinating how far ahead they are able to track these storms...feels like we've known about it for nearly a week.  Well those of us (Shaun) who listen to or read the news once in a while.  

August 21

Cousin Trevor slept over and we went to the park.  It was before naptime and all Avery could do was sit, poor thing.  She's lost so much weight with loss of appetite and she didn't have an ounce to spare to begin with.

August 22
Aiden was given new garden tools and got right to work digging.

August 23
More time outside...trying to soak in these BEAUtiful days.

An airplane.

Shaun's last softball game.  Traditionally I get a team photo, but it didn't even cross my mind until I was putting this together.  They had a great season but didn't make it out of the second round of playoffs.  (sorry its a bad picture of you, Shaun...I only took one).

August 24
Went to visit this precious little guy who was born on the 23rd.  Oh, the sounds, the smells...just perfect in every way.  Can they prescribe anything for baby fever??

August 25
Daddy's woodpile is a great place to eat a popsicle (Trot-free zone).

Such a nut!  She lives life large and passionately...so inspiring!

Love summer feet.  :)

Later in the day my heart was heavy for some friends whose husband and father suffered a heart attack (he's going to be ok).  Such a reminder of how precious and short life is and that we don't really call the shots.

August 26
This was my view from the top of the hill where I was standing, throwing the tennis ball to the dog.  Not too shabby!

I packed a picnic lunch and we went to a local state park, all of us together.  Such a treat!

This poor toad saw his life flash before his eyes.

August 27
Storm prep...you can see how bad the chimney is, especially compared to the one he already rebuilt.  After, we had a family brick-picking-up party.