A fire and football on the big screen in the back yard. It would only be better if Michigan State was playing! We’ve had a fire in the new Yukon fire pit three of the four days since it arrived!!
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It’s a good night for a fire.
I might be sitting in front of a fire under a blanket because it is nice out…but still a bit chilly. Tom loves me. 🥰
It’s a nice night for a fire!
And s’mores. The kids wanted them so I told them they had to get it all ready. I never saw them move so fast!!
The best kind of friends?
The ones where you are texting about nothing important at 4:30 on a Sunday and you think it’s such a nice day it would be great to have dinner outside and have a fire and why not invite your friends? And they say great, we’ll bring ribs, corn, and hot dogs—and I say perfect, we have beans and alcohol, see you at 6:30! We did a quick 20-minute pick up so they could get in the house, threw another rack of ribs in the sous vide to heat up, and that was it!
All the kids were super excited and we barely saw them all night! We had fun around the fire, ending the night with a few fireworks and s’mores.
Someone loves me…
Our last fire of the year…
Our first fire in our new fire pit.
Our first and last fire!
We have a new fire pit so for our first fire of the season we burned one last fire in the old one.
Also, for it being Spring Break Day 2, it wasn’t too bad—just a few minor issues with the kids. But I was still going to have a margarita, though. Because duh.
The kids liked my new egg chair.
It’s time, y’all. My first drink of the holiday weekend.
😣 Christmas lights were a fail—half the strands were dead.
😣 Realized both Christmas wreaths are too thick for the front door and the storm door won’t shut. (Obviously didn’t care last year?)
😣 Spent all day in the basement looking for the Christmas light projector Tom bought me a few years ago…so we didn’t have to buy new lights…
👎🏼Broke three nails.
👎🏼 Hurt my back.
👎🏼 Had to play peacekeeper with the kids because they couldn’t stop annoying each other.
😣 Never found the projector so started researching a Black Friday deal…then found the projector in one of the very first Christmas boxes.
😣 We have no good place for the tree since we have a new litter box end table where the tree was last year. Tom and I can’t agree what we should do.
😣 Weather was nice so we decided to have a fire…and the wind kicked up so this will be over soon.
Maybe tomorrow will be better. Tonight is looking up already due to this lovely margarita. 💕
And then drink number two. Totally dark at 5:07. I hate this time of year.
I. Am. In. Heaven.
Tom really really loves me… This is our first fire since we moved in. 💕🔥
Life is what you make it.
After a fun
(the kids finally got their phones back to play Pokémon for the morning)
and then challenging day with the kids
(it was basement cleaning day 😣 plus Katie’s reading drama),
this is what I needed
(a fire and a drink with hubby).
💕
Yes, the kids were out with us for awhile, too.
Free wood cost us damn $75!
Someone on NextDoor was giving away free wood—plus they actually delivered it—so we were excited because we can always use firewood. However, the pieces were soooo big that there was no way Tom could chop them with his axe (he tried, and after 30 minutes he just had a few shards off one piece). So we had to rent a log splitter. Four hours and $75 later we have a huge pile of wood! 🙂
Owen helped but he wasn’t thrilled about it.
Hot dogs on the fire!
Owen is now obsessed with the fire, so we thought we’d let the kids cook hot dogs tonight. Owen was ALL about it but Katie wanted no part of it (you can see her pouting).
Owen did it but complained that it was too hot.
Happy boys having fun!
Playing with fire!
Under direct parental supervision of course. We are trying to get them to not be crazy scared around it…but still have a healthy fear. And having some fun!
The princess roasts her own marshmallow.
I love being able to work anywhere.
Introducing the kids to my childhood!
I had Gramma search for her old Tonka makers (pie irons) and bring it! Tonight we had dessert—another day we’ll do pizza sandwiches!
Apple and Reese’s Marshmallow.
A nice day means burning wood, playing outside, and s’mores
It was a nice day so Tom was burning some scrap wood and playing football with the kids…
And a little dance:
Which meant when I took a break from my Facebook party, I was sitting out there enjoying the smell. And getting the coals ready (I’d already run to the dollar store to get marshmallows for roasting).
But before s’mores there was a costume change:
And then it was time.
Relaxing by the fire…
Grandpa build a fire downstairs to take some of the humidity and chill out of the air and Katie desperately wanted to be down by it. So I went down and sat with her and relaxed…for about five whole minutes until she got bored.
Ahhhh. A hot toddy and fire-roasted hot dogs!!
Tom had some wood he needed to burn so we decided to have a campfire and cook dinner in it!! But first, something to help warm the insides…
And the kids were playing with huge ice chunks from the water table we left outside!!
We ate them right off a fork by the fire!
Marshmallow selfies and drawing by the fire
Cuddling and reading by the fire
They wanted a campfire.
Guess how long they sat there? Yep, just long enough for me to request a picture and eat one toasted marshmallow.
A relaxing end to the weekend.
And Tom could watch football from the fire!
Last campfire before school
We wanted to have a fire with Papa and Grannie but needed some firewood so we actually found some free on NextDoor… Yay!
The kids caught a few lightning bugs (it’s in there, trust me).
After we made s’mores we got the fire going a bit crazy.
The kids finally settled down and were cuddling of their own free will.
Then they were trying to read by bug light.
Dinner, wine, and s’mores with the neighbors.Â
Our two next door neighbors could not be more welcoming. Aside from letting our kids play together all the time, this happened tonight…
Stacey came to collect her kids and I happened to mention that Tom was gone so I was ready to pop the wine and she said her husband was going to be really late so we should do a patio dinner. Yes, please! She would do hot dogs and pizza sticks and I’d bring wine and fruit. She even had frozen peaches for the wine! The middle neighbor, Ines, joined us and felt guilty for not bringing anything, so she offered s’mores at their house after! Yes, please!!
It’s starting to feel more like home.Â
Bonus points if you see it. 🙂
Sparklers!
Papa and Grannie’s new fire pit!
Hauling it down to the landing!
Tom snuck this picture of us.
“Yup. This is what happens on a cold rainy Sunday.” 😀
I don’t think I can ever move back to Michigan.
The house is 72°, I have on a long-sleeve tee and a Columbia fleece, wool socks, and am under a thick blanket with a dog on my lap in front of the fire. And I’m cold.
I don’t think I actually fully warmed up for about four hours.
