Did anyone order some crazy wind?

Yesterday as we were driving home from church Jason and I noticed how dark the sky was and how strong the wind was blowing. We were all ready for a crazy thunderstorm to be raging as we enjoyed the Colts game. Instead as soon as I finished Sawyer's nap routine and walked out to spend some time with Jason and Priss watching the Colts our power started flickering. It surged probably 6-8 times within an hour and then power was completely gone. Jason opted for a nap, Sawyer woke from his nap in a very naggy mood and Emerson wanted entertained since she could no longer watch her Strawberry Shortcake dvd. So I thought long and hard, and since it wasn't raining just windy the kids and I headed outdoors. The three of us sat outside watching the blustery wind blow our neighbor's tree in half, another neighbor's entire trashcan contents down the street, and then we each tried to walk into the wind. Priss and Swee sat on the front porch underneath their thick blankets watching the crazy wind blow anything, not cemented down into another zip code.

Following the wind watching (they lasted about an hour) it was time to figure out something else to do with our time. The kids wanted to see how many times they could open the refrigerator but Jason and I were worried that everything would spoil so we nixed that idea. We finally settled on a drive around our town to see if anyone had any power since we were going on 3 1/2 hours without any. Jason opened the garage door using the emergency pull lever and we were off. Some homes had lights and other's didn't. When we returned about 45 minutes later we still were without. Priss had come up with the idea of creating a tent in the living room and I suggested that we read some books by flashlight. She selected, as Jason put it, some of the longest books from our personal library. Following tent story time it was bedtime. Just as I was walking out of Sawyer's bedroom door getting ready to read Junie B. with Priss the power came back on. Jason was so relieved because he was starving!

In the midst of being without power we were able to do a lot of neat things with the kids that had we had power we more than likely wouldn't have. I do think that we need to invest in a generator since we lose our power a lot here.