First Spring Bonfire

One of our favorite features of our "new" home is the fire pit in the backyard. Today we made use of it, burning off our twigs and other accumulated winter brush in our first bonfire of the season. Even Asher made an appearance, stuffed into his fleecy winter "sack." Gabe topped off the event by cooking his dinner, a hotdog, over the open flame and then ate it while outside in the breezy cold evening. (He told me today that he wants to be a cowboy when he grows up. So I guess this is good practice for that!) We sure are enjoying our extra hour of daylight here on the northern side of the good old US of A. It may only be in the 40s outside, but hey ... it's 6:30 p.m. and the sun is still shining! Life is good! Here are some shots of us outside, taken about an hour ago. The one of Ash in his chair, munching on his giraffe toy, was taken about five minutes ago.