Well we had our first fire..... I guess??!! Story is: Over time we have collected a small pile of wood from trimming our apple tree and tearing apart an arbor in our yard. Mind you, it was all wood, and not too much. Laura & Zane were here visiting and we thought, "Hey lets get rid of that wood pile, roast some marshmallows, make smores, and sing Kum Ba Ya. Okay! Fun!" So Paul got out the newspaper, no gas involved, and started the fire. I prepared a tray of malllows, peanut butter, and fudge-striped cookies. Mmmmm, yummy smores. No sooner had we started the small fire, that our neighbors didn't start wandering over to see the excitment. One neighbor even ran home to get their roasting sticks for us to use. (We were just using branches from our tree.) Other neighbor children starting roasting mallows in our fire. Sounds like great fun huh? Until..... we started hearing sirens. One neighbor lady joked, "Ah oh they're coming for you guys. Ha ha ha." We all chuckled and carried on. Then about 30 seconds later an ambulance flies around our corner and comes to a screeching halt next to our fire. "Ummmm..... hello?" 
Then about 5 seconds later a big water truck, and about 5 seconds after that a huge ladder fire truck." YIKES!!! Okay, this is honestly a small marshmallow party. So I was a little scared. 
What was going to happen, what fine would we pay, were we going to jail? But the firefighters were really nice and not angry. They just told us we needed to put out the fire asap. So we got the hose and said goodbye to kum ba ya. 
The firefighter explained to us that the fire was not a big deal and really not a problem until a neighbor complains, which he said ours had. WHAT?! WHO?! He wouldn't disclose. But we spotted the suspicious, most likely guilty, culprits spying out their screen door. It was cute how they thought we couldn't see them. My neighbor had me pose with them. Look closely.
The worst part about the whole ordeal.... I didn't get a smore!!
Not to mention all the comotion scared Thatcher out of his sleep. :(
4 years ago