40th party

Dean is 40! Dean turned 40 on the 15th of July but because we were all camping the big party was on Saturday night. The yard was prepped, the food was cut and layed out to perfection, (way to go Carol) company from all over arrived and trailers were set up in the back yard. It was in the high 20's and only a chance of a thunder storm to blow through. The horseshoe tourney was on, the kids were running crazy all over the yards, and the black clouds started to roll in. Nobody thought twice about it, but then the wind picked up. . . and the chairs stared to blow around and the rain came and then the hail, and then the power was GONE. . . It all ended by 10pm. The black clouds stayed around and the power stayed off. What do we do. . .fire up the generator, plug in the stereo, and the blender for drinks and we were back in business. The black out didn't stop the kids, they thought it was great they played flash light games all night, and the candles all over Keri's house was rather cool, she has some amazing little nooks to hold the tea lights and we were good to go until dawn. We danced all night, Tod and I danced ourselves out the door just after 3. The beeping started at 4:11am and the light was trickling through the door, the power came back on! I got up to see how many lights were on and the house was lit up like a Christmas Tree. I had to wonder around shutting off lights and then back to bed. Sunday morning came quick, we made a big breakfast with all the campers and spent a couple of hours cleaning Keri's house from all the mud tracked in, but all in all it was contained to the main floor. It was a great party, next to come are Tod and Keri. Just wait you 2 it will be just as crazy as Deans.