Calm Before the Storm

With today as mild and beautiful as it was, it was hard to conceive that a major hurricane is heading our way!  Since we may have a lot of time on our hands in the near future without power, we wanted to make sure that we got to the pumpkin patch to pick up some pumpkins.  (Carving will be fun to do by candle light, right?)  The kids had a blast running around, trying to find their perfect gourd.  Neve even had fun munching on all of the hay laying around.  (Apparently she is a farm animal....)  We ended up with two nice selections, one short and stout, one tall and towering (for Michael, of course!).  If we still have power, we'll let you see our creations soon.

As for the storm itself, we've made our grocery store run and washed our clothes.  The phones and Kindle are all set to charge, and batteries are in place in the flashlights.  Now we just have to wait and see.  Of course, we are hoping for minimal damage to the surrounding areas.  But we do have one extra wish:  that the rain somehow stops by trick-or-treat time.  Darn Mother Nature and her timing!  One thing about power outages at this time of year:  it does get quite dark by about 6:15 around here.  Might be some early nights coming up for us!!