Better Than Fireworks?

Tonight the four of us were reading an audio book together. We noticed some intense flashing outside. We turned off all the lights, ran into our bedroom and piled on the bed to watch. Every second (literally) lightening was lighting up the sky. It was amazing! After watching for over 30 minutes, we finally had to carry the kids to bed. It is now an hour later and it is still going on. I have never seen anything like it. It was like tree branches across the sky, lighting up the clouds that were darkened by the night. Stella asked if we could do this every time there was a storm, I said, "yes", she said, "thanks mom." We all agreed it was better than fireworks.