Our Family: It's Fall!

First, Pie's school picture! Melt my heart!

Technically I'm not copying... just posting on my blog :)

Fall is officially here, and we've been experiencing some cooler weather thanks to a big storm that blew through on Friday.

During the storm, we lost power. We ALWAYS lose power. So, instead of dealing with a night of darkness, I called my mom and asked if we could all spend the night. Preston loved running around with the flashlight in our house while Brian and I quickly packed pajamas and a change of clothes. It actually was kind of fun. My parents have three empty bedrooms now that they are official empty nesters, so we had several rooms to choose from :) We staying in my old room and Preston stayed downstairs in the guest room/Joe's old room. We also had an incredible breakfast and lunch the next day since our power stayed out until mid-afternoon Saturday. My mom, Preston and I ran some errands Saturday morning while Brian and my dad watched football. We happened to run to a fabric store next to Home Depot, where they were celebrating Fire Safety Week. We had an impromptu visit with the fire truck!

When we got back to our house, Brian went to use the restroom in the half bath in our main hallway. He noticed water on the floor, and saw water coming out of the bottom of the toilet. After turning off the water and cleaning up the mess, we noticed the other bathroom downstairs was also overflowing - toilet and bathtub. I was running the washing machine, so Brian turned that off and the overflowing stopped. Clearly, a major backup had occured. There was also grass and broken leaves in the water overflowing.

Flood!

We had some painting supplies in the tub downstairs, since we don't use it. Gross!

See the mud and grass?

We figured out the issue (a partial blockage in our main sewer line) and we're having it fixed tomorrow. Until then, we're stuck with 2-minute showers and minimal toilet flushing. :) Unfortunately, dealing with that ate up almost the entire day. Bummer.

Sunday was cool and sunny, so we decided to head to the zoo. Pie is so funny these days. He was super excited about the elephants, giraffes, monkeys, and the "once upon a farm" area. We love having a membership there, because we never feel bad about going. It paid for itself long ago, and it's a great, free day of fun. After the zoo, we grabbed lunch at Fresh Slices and headed home for nap and football.