Winter Inside

Heat is so commonly took for granted but WOW we learned our lesson.

What a blessing heat is.

After a few days of icy temps and our heating struggling to keep up one cold night it gave out. 

We woke to cold toes and goosebumps. We busted out blankets and jackets and got Con to school. Shea stayed home to help remedy the situation! But before long we knew staying downstairs was not an option, it was too hard to keep warm. Even with the portable heater and heated blanket. So we elected to have a party in the master bedroom. It's on the top level and it's warmer up there naturally, heat rises and all. And it is the smallest level of the house, and there's not many windows. So with the heater going and blanket we were actually quite toasty. My mom offered us to come stay the night and we thought a lot about it but after already getting the bedroom so warm we didn't really need to. After picking up Con we got fast food and had a movie and picnic upstairs, and the kids all had a sleepover in our walk-in closet, the kids didn't want our heat to ever come back on. It was probably the best night ever for them! 

Fortunately, Shea was off and on the phone all day and got someone to come the next morning and by 8 AM our heat was running and warming our home right back up! 

It was a fun little adventure. And it can't help but remind me of one of my favorite childhood memories, camping out altogether downstairs when the power went out.

Times like those are what the best memories are made of.