For the past few years we've enjoyed hosting some of our local friends for New Years Eve. We play games, eat great food and talk the night away. This year was no different, except that around 10:30PM there was a loud pop, and the house went DARK!
The wind had been howling terribly for much of the night, so it really wasn't super surprising, until we looked outside and all but 1 other house around us still had power.
Candles were lit immediately, Caden was EXCITED and on top of that part. And Keith got the generator hooked up and plugged in some work lights from the garage to light up the dinning room and turn the TV on for the ball drop.
We all gathered around the TV minutes before the ball drop, and the crowd of kids were on the floor near the power strip and extension cords running power from the generator, when one of the girls fell to the side as the 10 second count down begin and knocked the power out, again!
We laughed and celebrated anyway. And the fun continued until about 2AM.
The girls went to bed hesitantly just after midnight, not loving the dark. Ruth fell asleep in my lap and Elinore slept in our bed.
By morning, both girls were in our bed scared of the dark, and the power didn't return until about 9AM new years day.
Our friends were great and text us that morning with offers of bathrooms and showers and power if needed, but fortunately it was restored for us.
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