Total Solar Eclipse party 8-21-2017

About a month ago Brian decided to take off of work on the 21st and pull the kids out of school and come out to our house because we were going to have 1 min and 57 seconds of totality.  We said fine we will have a party.  He invited Mike and Gen and Chris to join us.  I decided to have shirts made, Stephanie made them for us so 12 of us had shirts.  We had food, set up fans and we were set.  We all went outside at 11:49am and the show started.  It was really hot in the 90's but the fans helped.  We all had our glasses and some of the neighbors came over too.  It was a very awesome experience.  God sure put on a show.  It moved me to tears.  We were all clapping and hooting and hollering at totality.  We saw some quick Bailey's beads and an awesome diamond ring before totality.  As soon as it got dark, the crickets started up, the street lights went on, it was unreal.  Charlie spotted the snakes on the driveway but it was fleeting.  I cannot even explain how awesome this experience was, just glad I got to share it with family and friends.