Rained Out

Eric and I have been itching to try out the fire pit with our new patio furniture as we are both fond of a good blaze! So we planned a fun dinner of roasting hot dogs, macaroni salad and s'mores last night. By late afternoon the clouds started rolling in but we thought we'd be able to beat any rain (if it actually rained since we haven't had any for several months) as it was still mostly sunny outside. We got the fire lit, the rest of the dinner on the table outside and the kids happily situated on blankets when it started pouring down rain! No warning at all! We were laughing like crazy trying to run all the food and children back inside. We were quite the spectacle and I am sure the neighbors all enjoyed watching Eric trying to roast hot dogs in a quickly dying fire while getting soaked to the bone. It was no use, the fire was out in about 30 seconds and we ended up having to microwave the hot dogs and eat them on soggy buns. We salvaged the rest of the dinner and enjoyed watching the the downpour (that only lasted 5 minutes or so but just long enough to soak the the wood and the patio furniture) from our warm dry kitchen table. Oh the best part of the whole situation was that Nathan kept repeating: "This is the worst day of my LIFE!" The rest of us thought it was quite funny!