Bowling Night

Flooding in Fircrest - OH MY!

Last night the rain poured down in buckets. On the news they compared it to water shooting out of a firehose ... I didn't think it was quite that bad, but it was seriously WET. Anyway, around midnight Stephen and I heard a really loud noise outside our house. We went to see what it was and there was a firetruck, several police cars, and a bunch of people in rain slickers standing around just up the street from our house. Apparently, the rain had caused a flood.

We had heard that the river down from our house overflows when the rain is really bad, but last year we didn't have any flooding. Last night we got to experience it first hand. Our house sits on a hill so it isn't affected, but our poor neighbors were out in the middle of the night filling up burlap bags with dirt to soak up the water. So, Stephen and I pulled out our rain panchos, laced up our boots, and headed out to give them a hand. The rain was coming down so thick I could hardly see in front of my face! It was crazy wet. We filled a bunch of bags for about an hour with our neighbors across the street, Gary and Chris. Luckily, the rain started to die down, the water-level in the river stopped rising, and our neighbors realized they probably wouldn't even need the sandbags. Thank goodness! At least we did our good deed for the week and we got to get to know our neighbors a little better. It was a pretty fun little adventure...

Chili, Cornbread, Candy, and Costumes

We stayed in for Halloween this year and had the Horwaths over for dinner. I made chili and cornbread (ok, Stephen made the cornbread, I just made the chili - baby steps people!). I was very proud of myself for not burning, undercooking, or otherwise ruining the chili. We decided beforehand that we would just order pizza if it didn't turn out. But it turned out delicious!

Good food, good company, and lots of candy ... what more could you ask for?Jon and Angela with Ella "Bean"

Jack-O-Lanterns

We waited until the last minute to get pumpkins last year and ended up with none. So, this year, we wanted to have fabulous pumpkins greeting our little trick-or-treaters. I have never been one to create elaborate pumpkins (mine usually consist of triangle eyes and a smile), so I was very excited about how our creations turned out ...Stephen's Headless Horseman
Carly's Friendly Bat

NOT a Halloween Costume

I had a little incident last night with the Baby Kitty. I wanted to hold her. She didn't want to be held. She won. My face lost.She struck with great precision and managed to hit a vein - thus the beautiful black eye...
We spent the evening at a plastic surgeon's house. Fortunately, no stitches were needed and he just "glued" it back together.