The Night the Lights Went Out

I still think it's fun when the electricity goes out at night for a few hours.
While Barry was deployed I was super sensitive to be prepared and ready for such an occasion, but it never came.

Every year, as winter approached I prepare for the possibility of a black out, but it never came.

This year, it came!

It was Friday night and I was getting the mixer out to make pizza crust dough for our traditional 'Friday night pizza dinner' and click--out went the lights. At first I thought it was just a blown circuit breaker, but then I heard Ryan, who was on the computer in the other room, groan loudly, "hey what happened?"
Well that confirmed that it wasn't a blown breaker.
Luckily, Barry was home and since it was pizza night, we decided to still get pizza--it was to cold to cook on the grill--so off he went to the local pizza parlor.
While he was out, he saw what had caused the black out. Someone fell a tree on a main power line--oops! He also found out that we'd be out of power till ~2 am.
We hunkered down for a cozy night.
The kids found all the candles placed throughout the house and pulled out the flashlights.
We spent the evening reading books, eating pizza and playing a game called Wits and Wagers that Ryan got for Christmas.
With hot water from Beulah to warmed Brianne's bottle, we used the extra to make hot cocoa.
Yep, I still like it when the lights go out for the night, but I like it when they're back on in the morning too!