Crazy Nights(At least for Us!)

This picture has nothing to do with my story, but my boys are so cute anytime I have a chance to show them off I take it. Last night we had a strange thing happen. Jared and I were doing his homework when the lights went out. They were out for about 5 seconds and flashed back on. So we were doing homework again, but I kept thinking it seems dimmer in here. Darrin came down and said Jenny look at this. He turned on the lights to our entry way and they were candle light dim. It was weird because the TV room and kitchen lights were just fine(We have the energy saving light bulbs so that's why they were so bright). Also, certain things weren't working like the microwave. You could use the timer, but not cook something. So we went outside and all the neighbors were coming out asking each other if their lights were dim too. It was kind of strange, then about 20 minutes into the "Brown Out" It turned into a black out. So we had no power for about 1 hour total. The boys loved it because they were supose to be in bed but they got to come out and run around with flashlights and friends. So we just chated with our friends till the lights came on. We still don't know what happend. We have never experienced a half power outage have any of you? Anyway, I guess it was something to brighten our day.