Who turned out the lights?

This morning around 7:30 am our power went off. I was actually in our room at the time, having a quiet moment of prayer when I heard this loud crashing noise and the lights went out. It sounded like a transformer blew, but as it turns out a car smashed into a power pole about 8 blocks from our house, taking out power for around 800 people in the process. We didn't realize this at the time, but we did realize that this was going to be a problem. Erik and I had been planning on retreating to the basement to work on a project he needed to finish for business while Grandma watched the boys upstairs. With no power, the internet no workie. And the basement is just a really dark place without lights. SO Grandma saved the day! She took the boys to OMSI while we went to Starbucks for free wi-fi, good coffee, and a well-lit work space. We finished Erik's document, a power point presentation that his manager needed in order to submit Erik's request for promotion. Afterward we grabbed amazing pizza, the kind your kids will never let you order. My slice had roasted broccoli, garlic, and hazelnuts with an alfredo sauce. Wow.

We arrived home at the same time as the boys and Grandma. Sadly, the power was still out. We put the boys down to naps all bundled up and called the power company. The recording apologized for the inconvenience and assured us power would be restored by 8:30 pm. I called our neighbors across the street, also without power, but with a gas oven and gas bbq. We have known Tim and Taryn for quite awhile. They were the ones who invited us to Mosaic for the first time, and we were so happy that we finally accepted the invite and joined them there. Anyway...they were delighted to have us over for dinner! Power was actually restored as we were leaving our house for theirs, but we decided to go anyway. We had so much fun. The boys played with their Corgi and enjoyed the legos, while we had grown-up time with other grown-ups. We even got to roast marshmallows and make s'mores outside after dinner. It was delightful. They even told us that we have nice kids. That's worth a power outage any day of the week.

Tomorrow we are headed to my mom's place for breakfast and the boys are going to spend the morning there while we escape for another, less work-oriented, date. Two in one weekend?!? Is that even legal?