Hurricane Irene

Last Sunday, after Hurrican Irene did a number on New Jersey, New York and the Connecticut shoreline, she made her way to Montreal. The wind and rain started late morning and made our lights flicker more than once, but we never lost power. Since it was such a gloomy day, Arabella and Jay made yummy, blueberry pancakes for breakfast.


I then made the delicious chwey blueberry oatmeal cookies that don't last very long in our house!

It didn't take too long before Irene to pick up and before long we had to brave the elements to head out to along planned dinner. We did not let Irene dampen our spirits and we had a great time at Lucy & Pascale's house (one of Jay's co-workers who are also from the States). The rain was coming down pretty hard on the drive and we even saw a tree that fell on one of Lucy's neighbor's house. Yikes!


Dinner was delicious and the rain did not stop Arabella or Charlie from enjoying the pool!


We are very thankful that our friends and family back on the East Coast made it through Hurricane Irene safely. And we are thankful that she went easy on us as well.