Welcome "Home"?!?

We were 'welcomed' to Connecticut just in time for the biggest hurricane since 1986.... Apparently this doesn't happen very often so hopefully it won't happen again! Thankfully we were prepared. We had plenty of food and water and we did have everything that we needed - except we didn't need it. More than 1/2 a million people were without power beginning sometime Sunday early morning. As of today (Thursday) there are still over 200,000 people without power. They are saying that Hurricane Irene will be known for knocking out so much power. Thankfully, we were some of the lucky ones who's power did not go out and we didn't flood - which was our main concern due to the fact that we are in a basement apartment. We sustained no damage whatsoever from the storm. Our neighbor just next door did have two trees fall down. Check out the videos below to see what it all looked like. Here are also a few pictures of the downed trees - this is the majority of damage that happened in our area that we have been able to see.

We've now been here a week and are finely feeling a somewhat settled in. I have began the job hunt and Brett's school was cancelled on Monday and Tuesday because they didn't have power but he did go to school yesterday. We are getting a routine somewhat figured out and are excited to see what else our new location has to offer for growing experiences. We haven't been able to attend our ward yet because the storm did happen on Sunday, church was cancelled. We will be going to a ward picnic on Saturday to met some of the members and introduce ourselves. Just one more reason why being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ is so awesome - you have family where ever you go! Here's a picture of our house from the outside and video to help you all get to know our "home" a little bit better. By the way, Brett still doesn't call this home but "our place of residence for the next three years".... Silly kid!

We will keep you posted on the rest of happenings here in CT.