First Barbecue of the Year!

Mother's Day was fantastic. I got to kick-back in the afternoon and get some reading done.

It was super because I usually only get me-time at night, after all the dishes are done. By then, I can only read so much. I read to say, "Hey, I got some reading done!". But, it's nothing as enjoyable as a Sunday afternoon reading, with a cool glass of ice water.

It was double the pleasure knowing I didn't have to cook that evening! No cooking for this momma!

Hubby and TJ put on our first barbecue of the year! And boy, did that charred carbon coated chicken smell great!

I had snagged this great steal at a garage sale over a year ago -- a Playskool Charlie Talking Grill.

As for us, we decided to go for it last year and get ourselves a nice, lookin' grill -- Weber Spirit E-310. It has 3 burners and a warming rack. We love garlic bread, so having the warming rack was definitely a factor in our consideration. And we went for 3 burners, imagining we'd have family & friends over, so one more for an extra $100 seemed worth the investment.

As for TJ's grill, I bought it for only $10 bucks and it wasn't even used (Score!). TJ was only an infant then, but I knew it would be a great one to have, so I grabbed it. TJ wasn't old enough to appreciate it when he was 18 months (other than throwing the plastic food and knocking or sitting on the grill). So, I stowed it away until this year.

At 2.5 years, TJ totally got a kick out of pretending. Although it took quite some time ~40 minutes to get that chicken to 180 degrees Farenheit, TJ played with it the WHOLE time!

He was serving hot dogs, hamburgers and lots of corn. Side by side with his daddy, TJ had a blast. And so did I!

So, fire up those bbq grills and get some charbroiled chicken cookin'!