One nice perk from the tornado was that we ended up with a huge pile of wood for our fire-pit (from the tree that fell into our yard). We didn’t have very many good fires because the wood was too wet, but it was still so fun to hang out with our neighbors and get to know people better (that was another nice perk – I think we got to know some neighbors better than we would have otherwise).
The lack of a real fire didn’t stop us from standing around the smoking fire-pit and watch the kids run around the yard.
Oh, and take funny pictures in the dark with your awesome neighbor.
The kids had SO.MUCH.FUN staying up so late this night (and the other nights we had late night bonfires) – it was {almost} worth the pain of grumpy kids the next day!
