And then along came......

HURRICANE  IRENE!!

It has been a week long 'adventure' with one mother nature disaster after another.  First the earthquake, the tornadoes in southern Maryland and last but not least (and we truly hope the LAST) was

Hurricane Irene....  She decided to make a visit beginning on Saturday afternoon.

 We work the morning shift and finish about 1:00 p.m.  The temple closed early (around 4 p.m.) as a precaution.  It was beginning to rain pretty good as we were leaving.

 The rain started shortly after we arrived at home.....along with the winds.

 We decided it was best to bring FLOWERS and other outdoor things in to the sunroom where they would be safer.  Lawn chairs, grill, etc. made their way to the shed......kiitos Wayne!

 Saturday afternoon ended up being a great day time to hunker down, take a much needed nap and enjoy just being inside and chill in........

We had church this morning.  There were some small tree limbs strewn along the driveway and yard and a ton of leaves everywhere.  All in all.....we faired really, REALLY well from Irene.  Much better than the folks up north who got really pounded.  Now.....back to work tomorrow and looking forward to a NORMAL week.....we hope!