For years and years Mom and Dad got free natural gas from the well on their land. BP decided they no longer liked this arrangement, so they paid for their house to be converted to all-electric, and are paying x amount per year of their electric bill. One issue which came up was what would happen in the case of a power outage since they would have no source of heat. Not to worry, said BP, we will bring you a generator if the power goes out. With this in mind, we were all expecting to spent New Years at Mom and Dads, with their generator heated and watered home. We were a little disappointed when the gas company brought out the generator shown below.

Luckily my cousin Heather offered to house us at their home in town. It was really nice to have a shower and a toilet that flushed. Anna had a great time playing with her second cousin, Madelyn.