First of all, thanks to all our friends who checked in on us last week to make sure we—and our families in New Jersey—were okay after the storm. Thank goodness everyone is all right. Our families lost power for the better part of the week (they all have it back now), but they were prepared […]

Noon, Tuesday. This morning we were out for Mass—the church is at the end of the block, and we weren’t hearing winds like we did yesterday. Our street is littered with leaves and smaller branches. One larger limb seems to have fallen between two cars. A few of the shingles look to have fallen off […]

Eight p.m., Monday night. While there was wind and rain all day, and we certainly didn’t want to go outside, we’ve yet to see anything extraordinary. Apparently, that part comes tomorrow. We were excited to have John home for the day today—Jacob, especially. All day, Jacob wanted Daddy to do everything, didn’t want to let […]