They say something good comes out of a bad situation. I can attest to that. Thanks to Irene my family had a unexpected gathering.
My son and his family weathered out the storm as it began its decent toward NY. Everything was going along fine until his basement took on water, thank God he has a water alarm. Then the electricity went out. So they packed up their gear and headed on over. Son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter and let us not forget, Owen.
OK, this is not bad, this is good. Then my sister called, no lights at her house and she needed to do her hair. So my sister and my niece came on over.
We spent the day hanging out and eating away…the best part was when my son and his wife decided that the best thing would be to stay over our house…a sleep over, how wonderful is that. This Hurricane was beginning to look better and better. Now the fun began.
Here Grandpa and Christian decide to dual it out. I think you can guess who won..
You guessed it, CHRISTIAN!
Sophia decides to prance around in my daughter’s boots. I had a visual of Greta Garbo, don’t know why…
The rest of us gather to bunker down for the evening. A tight squeeze, never…My sister did end up going home along with my niece, for they ended up getting back their electricity. My son was a tiny bit jealous that my sister was granted her wish…to get her lights back on, and they didn’t. But, my sister was not the only one that had her wish granted, I got mine too…for my son and his family ended up staying over. 
YIPPEE!
So, Irene, if you thought that your huffing and puffing was going to blow us away, you were most certainly under a misconception. Your huffing and puffing only blew us together.
Thank you, Irene
Picture taken by Sophia Brennan.