Ideal midwest summer night

Last Wednesday a cool breeze finally came through central Illinois and we had a wiener roast on Luke's parent's property. It had rained the day before and so the woodpile was a bit damp. It probably made it all the more fun because it took a bit of playing with fire to really get it going. The girls played while the fire was getting going and I took a little walk around part of the property where a narrow path has been mowed but there are woods on one side and alfalfa field on the other. There were dozens of dragon flies flitting about and one big dragon fly that was the coolest one I had ever seen. I crouched and watched it fly about. As I came out of the path we listened to an owl hooting in the woods.

Kathy (Luke's mom) and the girls went to the house and got all the food and put it in the back of the trailer of the John Deere and the girls rode back to the fire in the trailer. We cooked fresh corn on the cob in a pot on the fire and roasted hot dogs on a stick. The girls ate in the trailer. We finished off the meal with some s'mores and then played with the fire more. Julia had a great time throwing in some branches with leaves and watching the leaves explode in flames.

As it started to get dark the girls caught lightning bugs (we don't have those in Colorado Springs) and walked around the path. We put the girls to bed and Luke and Kathy went back to the fire. I went out after a while to join them and had to call for Luke after I got a little bit down the driveway because it was so dark I couldn't see where I was going. He rescued me with the flashlight and we sat by the glowing fire a little longer.

Here are a few pictures.