Quilts & Cookout

This was the weekend for parties.  Our two children who live in North Carolina came up for the parties with their spouses and Grant  and stayed with us at the cabin and motorhome.  It was cozy with everyone here but all worked out well.  Cassie & family came up for the party on Saturday along with Darlene & Tom.   What a madhouse it was then, but fun.

Darlene received some quilts from her grandmother many years ago and decided to share some of them with Barbara & Larry since they hadn't received any from her.  Barbara had first choice and selected this quilt.

Darlene & Barbara

Larry Jr wound up with this beautiful blue quilt and was pleased with it.

Tom, Darlene, Larry Jr. & Jane

We all enjoyed some drinks in the afternoon and finally it came time for the great chef (me) to fix steaks, hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill.  Everyone gave me their order on how they wanted the food prepared and I set out to fulfill the orders.  Due to careful planning and dedicated service I managed to fix everything to perfection.  The truth of the matter is that everything came out perfect more to blind luck than my skills.   In either case, the food was great.  

In order to keep Grant busy and out of trouble I had him gather some firewood.   He happily carried out this task and made a teepee stack of wood about 3 ft high.  It was too high to start easy, so I poured some gas on the wood and let it soak in.  Then with a match and a whoosh the fire was started.  Of course this drew everyone out of the cabin to sit around and prepare marshmallows on the open fire.  We all sat around the fire for 4-5 hours and told war stories and had a great time.  I wish we could do that more often, but distance and jobs keep us separated most of the time.

The gang around the firepit.

 We did have an exciting moment when Grant who had been sitting close to the fire jumped up and said he was on fire.  A spark had jumped out and landed on his shorts and burned a hole through them.  He was jumping around and dancing a jig to put the flame out.  He wasn't injured or anything like that but needed some ice cubes placed on the wound.  Live and learn they say.

The weather held out and we had a beautiful day and very cool evening to enjoy the fire.  About the time the sun went down it cooled down very much and blankets and jackets came out.  

All in all it was a fun time.