Outside Entertaining

In the middle of September, Jon and I had opened our home to his coworkers (15 adults, 17 kids all under the age of 6) for the evening after their team building event. It was fun to get to know the spouses and families of most everyone he works. Plus, it was amazing there were so many kids, Brianna didn't know who to play with!

So... in preparation, we had been planning doing some outdoor work for a while, but this event kick-started our efforts. After the creek flooded this summer, the grass wasn't growing back in so we decided to use some edging to portion off the back corner, as well as put in a fire ring down by the creek. It's not quite finished, but with a little more attention and a few years to fill in, it should be a nice addition to the yard. I almost don't have to say it, but Brianna LOVED helping. She helped move rocks, plant hostas, even help daddy prepare and set the fire ring. There is just no keeping her away from us when we are working, especially if we are outside. And yes, she was working in a skirt!

We got the fire ring in place and had our first bonfire that evening with our friends/coworkers. How wonderful it is to be able to enjoy the outdoors with a twinkling fire and trickling creek!