by the fire

What perfect weather for a night by the fire! Crisp, cool, a little windy... Kaiden had a blast running about finding the perfect roasting sticks, making burnt hot dogs, marshmallows, and experimenting with throwing things into the fire.

We let the dogs join us and boy were they excited! We shared our hot dogs with them(we went through 2 packages!) and they were more than happy to pick up our burnt marshmallows that dropped to the ground. Charles was a bit concerned about the fire due to an incident many years ago that has obviously done some emotional damage to him! He wanted to make sure that every marshmallow that caught on fire was out and spent most of the time in our lap making sure we weren't being hurt.

I'm so happy we made this little pit. It was so relaxing sitting by the fire, all curled up in our sweaters, just spending time together doing something so simple.