Fire Pit Folly - Part 3

It's finished. Finally! After taking 3 weeks or so off for travel and Halloween, we finished the fire pit on Friday morning last week, just in time for some weekend company :) Matt had Thursday off last week for Veteran's day so we rented a brick saw and Matt got to work cutting brick and block. I pitched in and set them after he'd cut them and believe me - it took all day. Poor Matt was out there in the cold running a brick saw which of course uses water - his hands were so raw when it was all said and done, and I tell you - 40 is no joke - I swear neither of us could stand up straight for a few hours. But - it was worth it! It's finished, and it's fabulous. We had our first fire Friday night after I returned home from picking up Laura at the airport, who came to visit us for the weekend. On to the pictures!

I can't take a straight picture to save my life, apparently.

Jason enjoying a marshmallow!

Our first s'mores as a family. No one liked them with marshmallows.

It wouldn't be a fire without a glass of wine or two

We realized some things Friday night, one is that mid-November is COLD and even sitting next to a fire you're pretty chilly - so if you come over to sit with us, bring your UGGS and winter coat. And a hat, and possibly gloves. Also - buying firewood in small bundles is not cost-effective, talk about burning through cash! So I guess we'll be looking into buying wood in bulk & figuring out a good place to store it. Also - the ghetto poker Matt made out of rebar and masking tape will have to be replaced with something a bit more permanent.

We REALLY had a great time around our fire Friday night, and I'm looking forward to many, many more in the future. We need to back-fill behind the wall & get the lawn recovered from the construction, but I can just picture it all back together with some pots of flowers on the patio and maybe a nice set of chairs to relax in. We'll get there. Now hopefully the kids won't break anything when they try to sled down the hill this winter...

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So this is the week I'm going to get caught up on everything - Jason had a birthday last week that I need to share, and I have a TON of things to catch up on around the house but I'm looking forward to things being a bit more relaxed this week before we roll into Thanksgiving and the Christmas chaos. Why do I feel it's chaotic? Too much to do in too little time? Too many things to remember? We say every year we're going to keep it simple but in the end, I think we miss it - but maybe that's a post for another day...I hope you all have a great week!