Fire & Fun

I debated whether to post about this. I'm slightly embarrassed and sad that this little fire took place. I decided that everyone can learn from it and remind me to be more careful (and hopefully no one thinks less of me!). I was trying to make a few different things at once. I have very limited counter space so I sometimes use my stove top as a counter. I had set the sugar bucket lid on the stove while getting out some sugar. I didn't put it on right away because I needed more sugar for another recipe. In the meantime, the girls needed to brush their teeth and get jammies on for bed. So I was working on that, too. I thought I'd hurry and get some water on to boil for one of the recipes so I got that going. When I walked by the stove a few minutes later, there was smoke and FLAMES! I had turned on the wrong burner. I quickly threw the other stuff on the stove off so it wouldn't burn, grabbed some water in a pan and doused the fire. A big flame burst up a couple feet and the fire went out completely. The girls were screaming. Ryan was so kind to be on clean-up duty. There was black "residue" all the way up the front side of the microwave. I am so grateful that the only damage was to this lid:

 

Lesson learned: the stove is no longer a counter top,  don't multi-multi-task, and be way more careful!

On a lighter note, Monday was Family Day in Canada (Presidents Day in the US). We hiked Bears Hump in Waterton. It was a pretty tough hike in the snow. Ada walked the whole way! Bonnie got to ride in the hikers back-pack. The view up top was amazing! It was a fun adventure- and we were so proud Ada endured and made it to the top!

 Cute Apple Eating Girls!