Ophelia, Katrina, Family Night and Sleeping Bags

The girls are completely fascinated by the fact that there is a storm out there called "Ophelia." We've tried to explain to Ophelia that it's not really "her" storm just a name that the storm was given. Still, she was concerned that the storm that shares her name will destroy people's homes like Katrina did- of biggest concern was that she'd somehow be responsible if something happened to Grandparents Martin or their house. I think we kind of understand that it wouldn't be her fault and she does like hearing her name on the news!

Tomorrow evening all of us are spending the night at Communica de Gracia, a local mission/community center turned shelter. They have about 35 evacuees staying there. We'll be available to the residents in the case of emergency, be the responsible person who can make a decision in case of emergency, answer the phone, help guests find stuff they need, clean up/close up after everyone else leaves and simply hang out. Friday evenings are usually our family night so we're all going along. The girls are pretty pumped that they'll get to sleep in their sleeping bags away from home, it's quite an adventure to them. It's a great opportunity for all us and I'm glad the girls can be involved too. Hope all of you are doing ok, leave us a comment and let us know!