Glamping

We had a fun, impromptu weekend of 'Glamping' in our new house. At about 4:11 am Saturday morning (yes I was awake), our power mysteriously went out. At first I thought it was just our house, but when I looked outside and saw it was pitch black, it was obvious it affected our whole neighborhood. The cause? A drunk driver getting off the 200 North exit of I-15 in Kaysville nailed a power pole, knocking 8 down total. It wiped out power to nearly the entire city.

Luckily we have a cute little wood burning stove in our kitchen and made good  use of it the last 36 hours. In fact, it kept the upstairs warmer than when the furnace actually works. It was a balmy 74-76. Greg was overheating, and I was in heaven.

We actually had a lot of fun not having any power. No, we didn't have a furnace or any way to cook our food, not to mention our fridge couldn't keep the food cold, but that wasn't anything a wood stove, camp chef or cooler couldn't fix. It was like camping in the comforts of our own home, thus we were Glamping.

Sof had a ball helping light the fire and playing outside while we made our meals on the camp chef. She was awesome and has already requested we go back to "Bryce Canyon." Funny how she remembers  that place, but it was a pretty awesome camping trip.

As long as we kept the doors open at night, we all slept pretty comfortably.

We noticed quite a few of our neighbors had generators. I found out that the previous bishop counseled the ward to get generators hooked up to their houses if they had the means to do so. Those people who followed the counsel of the bishop were sitting pretty through the power outage. And, because it only affected Kaysville, and we live so close to the Fruit Heights border, our neighbors 5 houses up and through the block had power. Oh well, I bet they didn't have as much fun as us this weekend.

We were asked to speak in church this weekend, so while we all napped, Greg went to his dad's to finish his talk, leaving us 3 girls home to nap. It was glorious.

Naps with this girl are the best!

Sof loved the lanterns and flashlights

To pass the time, Greg and I played a roaring game of Phase 10 Saturday night. It was actually a lot of fun. I was exhausted enough to let Greg win :).

Power was restored this morning (Sunday) at around 10:00 am, which means our ward who meets at 1:00 pm was the only ward to hold church today. Greg and I were asked to speak, and were told by many people that they enjoyed our talks. And, Sof was thrilled to be able to sit next to her Grandpa Spjute during sacrament meeting. It also means that it was Claire's first time to church. She slept the whole time, it was marvelous.

I learned at church that a lot of people weren't as comfortable as we had been. Greg overheard an older lady at church say that when she woke up this morning, her house was 57 degrees. Yikes!

Greg is Sofi's best friend. When he was up on the stand today, she was so sad thinking he was going to stay there. I love their sweet little relationship.

Super cute in this dress! It's the same one Sofi wore to her first day of church.