Who turned out the lights?

During the winter months of grade school the above was a common saying, as long as it was tied to a joke. One kid would pull down another kids hat in front of his/her eyes and say, "Hey, who turned out the lights?" Well, last week Carter and I were graced by the visit of his parents and my parents. We had a few technical difficulties though. On Wednesday we were hit with a big wind and rain storm. This was our street...

We went to Carter's game on Wednesday night and we returned home to no power... until FRIDAY morning. We were one of the last 32 homes to get their power back... out of 21,000!! What a way to treat our guests!

The house got pretty cold, especially by Thursday night. We went to get some hot coffee from Starbucks and they don't brew decaf after noon (that seemed very backwards to me). Thankfully they brewed us a special pot so we could keep our guests a little bit warmer! Also, we had no hot water, so on Thursday night we went to Ball State to get cleaned up in the locker rooms! I told Helen and Jay that we just wanted to put some more adventure in their lives. Really though, we still had a blast with them and were SO THANKFUL they came out!

Helen and Jay by candle light...

The flash of the camera was the most light we had all evening!