Celebration Panama Style

This past week we celebrated the birthday of both Steve and Zion Bliss. Now there had been talk of the "man fire" bonfire they were going to have in honor of this occasion for weeks. Branches had been collected and had been sitting on the Bliss house front lawn for a while. We were told that the bonfire was going to be "20 feet tall!!!!!!" Right.

We pulled up to their house Thursday evening for the big event, and sure enough, the branches that were collecting were 20 feet high and the smell of diesel was everywhere. Now I say branches, but really, they were tree trunks. I guess Jenni and James used the wench on Steve's truck to hoist the main trunk into a hole they had dug, and it was standing upright. The first thing I said after we pulled up was to Paul "Move the car to the other side of the house now." Next was give my children the fire safety talk and look for the location of the closest hose.

Below are 2 videos. The first one is the pre-fire dance. Check out Paul's moves on the balcony. The second one is self explanatory.

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We had such a blast that night,as you can tell from the videos. We all came home sweaty, stinking like smoke and covered in dirt and so tired from all the "fire dancing". The kids collapsed in bed pretty quickly after their showers. When I went to go and tuck Syd in, I couldn't resist taking this picture. So cute!!

Farm feet

Until I blog again.

Linda