Summer Evening

We are fortunate to live waaaayy out in the country.  We enjoy our space.  We enjoy the great outdoors.  One of the kids' favorite summer things to do is to light a fire in the fire ring.  We don't do this terribly frequently, only on the evenings when Dad doesn't have to go to work the next day, cuz Dad is the one who mans the fire. 

Even when the wood is soaked with recent rains and creating way too much smoke, they've got to grab the roasting sticks and get some marshmallows toasted. 

And it almost goes without saying that we have to make s'mores.  The kids are pretty good at it - they get the fixin's all ready first, then they get those marshmallows over the hot coals.

It just makes a guy happy to have all that warm, gooey summetime fun in his hand.  And in his tummy!

He finished this s'more, then had to go inside.  He got a good dunking in the tub before falling fast asleep.