We have a Fire Pit!!!!

The weekend that I went to visit Sarah, Jim kept himself busy..... he decided to suprise me with a fire pit!!! I had been wanting one ever since we moved into this house... I don't know how he ever managed to get it and put it in all by himself. He did borrow Jeff Katseanes tow truck to help lift it into the hole he dug. But while he was trying to get it even into the ground (by jumping on the sides) he slipped and hit his hip on the side. He only got a really colorful bruise... but good heavens I"m just glad he didn't hit his head or anything and knock himself out and then sit out there baking in the sun while he was here all by himself. But thanks to his struggles and efforts we have a fire pit and it looks lovely!
We had to break it in so I think the following Tuesday after I got home and Jim didn't have Young Men's (they had a regional stake dance) we decided to have ourselves a little weenie roast to try it out!
I had hot dogs, chips, fruit, and all the garnishes anyone could want on a hot dog. Jim got the fire going.... and just as soon as I got things out on the picnic table and we sat around the fire to roast our hot dogs

 

...... a powerful wind came up (of course!) not a very flattering pic of me... but it was windy!!

and we saw these ominous clouds on the other side of our house!

 Good grief... only in Idaho! But we persevered... we roasted our hot dogs  with ash flying all around us...

and then sat at the table on the deck to eat... it really wasn't too bad there, it was sheltered from the wind. And mother Nature held off until we were done eating and had taken everything back into the house. And then it rained.... and put out our fire for us. :o)  Then the most beautiful double rainbow came out as if Mother Nature was trying to apologize for just about ruining our first weeinie roast in our very own fire pit..

Anyone up for a weenie roast??? and ghost stories by the fire???