Fire Pit

This weekend Kenneth and I packed up and took off for Conroe. Kenneth has had it in his mind to build a fire pit out there and we finally made it happen. We got there late Friday and first thing Saturday morning he got up to get the excavator. Just imagine, Linda and I sitting in the living room enjoying coffee when from around the corner comes this giant green monster!! You should have seen the look on her face!!There had been a burn pile in the yard for a few months so we put the fire pit in the same place. Every couple of scoops was loaded into a trailer pulled by the lawn mower and moved to low spots in the yard. What hard work that was... and I hadn't lifted bricks yet!
During one of my breaks I took these pictures of Gretchen and Fritz, Sam's cousins and Linda and Robert's dogs. It was rare to get a good picture of them holding still. I don't think they understood all of the commotion outside.
Family picture!! An even more rare event since Gretchen cannot normally stand Sam that close to her without barking and growling. I think they were all resigned to being kept inside and gave up fighting each other.

Work in progress... There are flat rectangular pavers in a trench under the brick pavers you see. The bags that the loose rock came in were deceiving, you would have thought they only weighed ten pounds. More like thirty! After lifting twenty of them and emptying them in their proper spots a girl could get worn out! Notice Kenneth and Linda are the observers at this time... hmmm!!
Linda built be a tent like structure so that I was in the shade while I worked. It was so humid out there! I was really proud of how level the pit was turning out. Every time I laid a brick the level was there to tell me if I was off or not. Tedious work but so worth it!
Kenneth on the porch admiring his handy work. He did such a wonderful job making a place that we can all come and enjoy this fall and winter. I am so proud of him and his ingenuity!!
The finished product!!! Of course the lawn around the pit needs a little bit of work... we tore it UP!!!! I can't wait to see Robert's face when he sees it for the first time, and then when he looks around the yard! Eventually there will be an extended patio around the ring where you can place chairs and still prop your feet up on the edge. Please don't walk on it!!!! I'm not sure how well the paver glue stuff we used will work yet and I really would like it to set well. Look for an invite for the first fire!!