Our first grilling experience

So I am totally ashamed to admit this but it's true.  Kyle got a wonderful grill for christmas from his mom...2 christmases ago.  That's right, he got it christmas '07 and we had yet to use it until last night!  Basically we're just really lazy (and we all know what a wonderful cook I am) and always go out to eat but since it was Memorial Day and we weren't around all our friends to just tag along to one of their BBQ's, we realized we had to fend for ourselves if we wanted something on the bar-b.  Our biggest excuse was, "We don't have a propane tank."  Finally yesterday we went to Wal-Mart and bought us a propane tank!  Now it's even cheaper to have them refilled, although I'm convinced it's going to take some time for us to use up the entire tank.  (Propane tanks don't go bad do they!?)  We decided to start simple and just grill some burgers, and I must say he did a great job!  We also bought some corn on the cob (I shucked corn for the first time in my life pretty sure) and some beans.  Kyle wanted pork and beans and I like the ones with brown sugar so we had to buy two tiny cans but it was worth it because his were disgusting.  

And of course as our luck would have it, it started pouring down rain as we dragged the grill out.  We have a very small covered patio and at times I was holding the umbrella to block the rain from hitting the grill.  But overall it was an excellent first grilling experience and not to my surprise during dinner Kyle said, "we should grill out more often."  (I told you so ;-) )  At least now I have him on board to cook things on the grill and I can handle the sides.  Maybe this whole cooking and eating dinner at home thing might actually happen.  Or maybe he's just really sick of chicken nuggets and spaghetti O's!  Either way we both win.  

Kyle grilling (notice the rain...it's been like this for over a week now...I know you are all jealous we moved to FL now huh!)

Dubbers was barking at the thunder!

And the final product!  Next time we'll grill the corn on the grill too.  I accidently shucked it and then realized I needed to leave it if I wanted to cook them on the grill.  Oh well...how's a girl that's never grilled out much less shucked corn before know that!

Pretty sure we're going to grab something for dinner tonight, but it was a good effort!  We need to keep more meat in the freezer so we have it to grill now.  

On a side note.  Today is officially Baby Girl Zem's due date!  I can not believe it is already here.  When my sister told me back in September I thought May would never get here.  I am really sad I won't be there for her birth and to hold her as a newborn, but I will be home soon enough to meet her!  Anyway, I could go on forever but trust me you will all know when she is finally here!  Say a little prayer for a healthy and uneventful delivery for BGZ and my sister! 

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday night!  We're going to watch the MAGIC beat Lebrone tonight in game 4!  LET'S GO MAGIC!