BYOT 6

Was a roaring success!  It rained off an on the whole day, but we did not let it dampen our fun.  After some breakfast and a couple of cups of coffee, I finished cleaning/setting up the house while Vince hung a huge tarp up in the trees to provide shelter for all of our guests while we watched the trees burn.  He also dug out the firepit, and got a fire going so that it would be nice and hot/ready for later in the evening.

After lunch, Vince met with 2 clients, and I got Bella bathed/dressed/packed and ready to head to her Grandparent's house.  Nathan and Keri showed up around 3:30, and Keri rode with me to drop off Bella and get a few more things for the party.

Once we were back home, we all blew up balloons and put glow sticks inside of them for extra fun.  We had a small helium tank that we used to fill up about 30 balloons, and those we put out under the tarp by the fire.  The unexpected fun thing about that was, after we lit the first tree, the extreme heat sucked all the balloons out from under the tarp, and into the air where they randomly popped as they flew away.  It kind of sounded like gunfire, and it gave us all a little scare and a big laugh.

15 friends + 20 trees = a whole lot of fun!  We started out slow only doing one tree every half hour, the first tree being lit at 6:30.  Then, once everyone arrived, they went much quicker.  At 10pm, we lit our last tree, and once it finished burning, we all made our way back inside to hang out and stay dry.

It was a great time, and I can't wait to do it again next year!