Grills & Chairs

I've been meaning to post these since our first anniversary but I keep forgetting.

This is the Grill I bought Sean for our anniversary/his birthday, which is the 30th. I'm pretty sure this was the best gift ever because he has grilled something for me almost every night since we got it. It eats pretty good.

I guess my gift wasn't as thoughtful as Sean's gift to me. I feel a little guilty I didn't try harder. He bought me the really cute and comfortable chairs pictured below. I really needed them too! He also bought the sweetest card and on the inside wrote "To my wife" which made me smile. It's still weird to think of us as husband and wife. Since the first year is supposed to be a Paper Gift he bought me a Twilight Poster as a joke because he knows about my sick obsession with Twilight. He gave it to me and we laughed and then he was like "OK you can throw it away now, I just thought it was funny." I was shocked he actually thought I would ever do something as cruel as throw Edward and Bella in the trash with the chicken fat and uneaten green beans.
I taped them on the inside of my closet door so that every time I get dressed I can see them smiling down at me. Sean gagged.

These are the amazingly comfortable chairs Sean got. I dozed off in them Tuesday Afternoon as I watched it rain. A small summer thunderstorm rolled up around 5 and it was so relaxing. The weather cooled off to about 78 the breeze was blowing and you could smell the rain coming. As I looked out over the pasture I could actually see the rain coming at me. It fell in sheets. At first I could see it coming over the trees next to the river. As it crept towards the house it reached the steers that were all laying down under the trees. They all jumped up and took off loping towards shelter. As it inched closer I watched it cover the horses, who were happy to feel the wet cool water on their backs and they got a renewed source of energy and started running and playing around. When if finally hit the house I could hear the slow patter of rain on the roof and feel the occasional splash of water on my arms as it bounced off the railing on the porch. The musty smell of dirt rising from the rain drops reached my nose and I was relaxed and stress free... I awoke about 30 minutes later when the sun hit my back and my body temperature rose. It was a nice nap. I love days like that.

Rain and cooler weather is in the forecast for next week, hallelujah!!

Have a good weekend!