S'mores

Shelly wanted to get me a firepit last year for father's day but I think she really wanted it more. However, at the time, I couldn't find one that I really liked so I said we would just keep looking. Time passed but I always was on the lookout for one that I liked. About a month ago Shelly again told me that she was going to get me a firepit for father's day and told me about one that she saw. I, of course, didn't like it that much but she said if I didn't find one that I liked that she was going to go ahead and get it. I spent a few weeks looking through ads and browsing stores but still no luck. I was finally resigning myself to the fact that I was just going to have to settle for the one that Shelly first saw when I happened to be at Target getting something for the kids when I passed the Seasonal section. There it was - and it was on sale. I immediately asked a salesperson to get one for me when they said that they didn't have any except for the floor model which they wouldn't get rid of for at least another month. I had them check the other stores and they said that the store in Murray had two. They told the store to hold one for me and off I went. When I got to Murray it took them 10 minutes to tell me that they actually didn't have them but they were "ghost" locations. Aaaarrrrggghhhh. Again I asked them to check the other stores. They said that Jordan Landing showed two as well so we called there. No one answered their phones though so I got the number and started on my way there. By this time the kids kept asking why we kept driving around and that they were hungry and wanted to go home. Right as I was reaching Bangerter Highway I finally got through to someone at the store. I asked if they indeed had two firepits and if they could hold one for me. They checked and said that they did have two in the backroom but they were already on hold. The guy then said that Murray and Sandy both have two and I should check there. I laughed and told him that the computers were wrong because I just came from those stores. He said the new South Jordan store wasn't completely set up on their stock communication system and gave me the number for them to try. I called and after a few minutes on hold they said they showed that they had one in the backroom. I asked if they would mind going back and double check to make sure that it was actually there. It took about five more minutes and by the time the girl got back on the phone I was almost to the store anyway but she said that yes it was there. I said I would be there in just a minute and gave her my name. Woohoo! After a couple of hours of running around the valley I finally was able to get the one I liked. The best part was setting it halfway in the trunk and trying to tie it down so that it would stay. It's a good thing I always keep some tiedowns in the vehicles. The kids were happy that I was happy and that we were finally going home. Yay!

The first thing the kids wanted to do though was roast some marshmallows and eat some s'mores. Adam enjoyed roasting the marshmallows and eating the s'mores. Lexi liked trying to barely get hers brown and then freaking out when it would catch on fire and then giving it to mom so she could eat the burned part. Bailee enjoyed stuffing the marshmallow immediately into the rocks in the fire and catching it on fire. Then she would give it away and do another one. We did get her to eat one but she spent more time getting it stuck to every part of her other than in her mouth.