Green Acres

Green Acres is the place to be, Farm livin' is the life for me...

Last night, while Matt was at school, the kids and I went to the neighbors for some good ole’ outdoor fun. We roasted hot dogs in the fire pit. With all the fixins'. Out of about 20 weenie’s, 6 either fell on the ground on the way to the pit or fell off the apparatus IN the pit. It was pretty funny. Of course, with all this drama it took a bit to get everyone fed. I think Ethan even ate his with a hint of ash on it. Nice. The fire was so hot, I got a nice facial and some scorched brows. No biggie. Apparently, at some point Corbin got tired of loosing his dinner so he then decided there was no need to heat his and ate it FROZEN. You may think these are terrible parenting practices, but in my defense, I didn't know until it was 3/4 the gone and he told me I could eat the rest. Naw, I think I'll pass. I'm good.

After we ate the "main course", we moved on to the "best course". Smores - fireside. Oh so very yummy. What's better than graham crackers, a hershey bar and marshmellows? That's right folks, nothing.

What makes this such an adventure is that while going along with our roasting festivities, a storm was begining to rear it's ugly head. No big deal. We have plenty of time. Enjoy yourself. There, as we carried on the wind was picking up and and it started to sprinkle a bit. We still have time. No need to rush. It began to sprinkle more and more and before we all knew it, we(3 adults), were trying to get 6 kids and 2 dogs under a porch. By this time it was literally raining SIDEWAYS and leaves were moving faster than cars. The wind was incredible. Finally, after about what seemed to be 20 minutes, we managed to get everyone in safe and sound. And just slightly wet.

The craziness of it all, is that even with all the face shaving by the rain, trying to keep the kids and all the food from flying away in the wind and eating unnessacary leaves...it was a relaxing, enjoyable night. One of those nights you wish to have everyday. Good food, good dogs, good friends and good kids...That's my kind of night.