Bonfire

We have been saving "trash" out in the field behind our house for over a year now....we had 2 Christmas trees, the stairs that used to lead out our back door before we built the deck, cardboard boxes from large items that we have bought and other misc. items. Dan kept saying that he wanted to burn it all and I kept telling him that he was crazy and that we were not going to burn all that junk. Well, I lost that argument and thank goodness for that. This weekend we invited some friends over and had a HUGE bonfire. And when I say huge I mean it.....at one point the flames were over 7 feet tall. Dan was very safe and raked the wheat and weeds away so there was a break, and he had the hose out there and was doing fire control and everything worked out really well....safety wise. It was SO much fun! We roasted marshmallows and made s'mores although the fire was so hot that you could hardly get close enough to roast the marshmallows without feeling like your face was going to melt off. The kids sat on a towel and watched the fire and we sang songs and just had a really great time. I think we are going to try and make it an annual event and maybe next time we'll cook hot dogs as well as the s'mores. I saw our neighbors peeking at us through their windows and I swear they thought we were going to burn our neighborhood down. But we didn't. Dan put the fire out before coming inside and it rained very early the next morning so everything was for sure out. I would rank the bonfire as one of my top 10 favorite things we've done as a family!!

Daddy and Maddie

The girls watching the fire

This is my favorite shot!