Ernesto came and went yesterday, bringing lots of rain and wind. We got up to 10 inches around Norfolk, causing plenty of flooding. We took a walk around the neighborhood to check things out and found this.

The sea wall for the river is a few feet beyond the tree that you can see in the background.

With the start of football season, Kate learns about life in a house divided!

Here are some of our neighbors. They can act like real baboons sometimes. Okay, so they're not quite our neighbors but the Virginia Zoo is really close to our house. We finally went to check it out today and had a lot of fun.

Quiz: What color is a giraffe's tongue?

How many people knew the answer was black?

The African Elephants were chomping loudly on the branches.

Where'd everybody go?

Bad hair day?

Kate gets up close and personal with a goat in the petting zoo.

Okay, time to head home and see what's happening with the Georgia game!