Boys and Their Toys

What's that saying...
"The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys."

Well...
My husband absolutely LOVES to grill. 
We had a little gas grill for several years and then it broke. 
He had to go without one for a while.  Suffering through the loss and making do on my little indoor grill.  This was such a hardship for him.
 So, a while back we were able to find a very large, half smoker/half gas grill for a really good deal.

Believe it or not, I allowed him to store the thing in my house during the winter.  Now, it was brand new and we didn't have a cover for it.  However, we just bought the special cover that it takes for the size and those smoke stacks, and moved it to the deck last weekend before all of our company arrived.

(I apologize,  I am not a photographer and I am only using a little point and shoot camera through the glass door.  I leave the professional photography to my husband and his expensive camera equipment...more toys, but that's for another day.)

Tonight, my husband was able to "play" with his new toy. 
He told me that he had been thinking about it all day at work.

Another thing he loves is steak, although when it comes to grilling, he will fix anything.
So, I went to the store and bought some steaks.  When he got home this evening, he loaded the smoker with charcoal and mesquite wood chips and fired it up. 
Wow, the aroma that was wafting through the house was mesmerizing.   I would not have been surprised to look out and see the yard full with neighbors drawn to our place by the wonderful smell.

As he prepped the grill, I cut up the potatoes and onions and made little foil packets for him to put on there with the steaks.

There will be a lot more about these things in the weeks to come.  They are great.  Tonight, I simply cut up my potatoes and onions.  Put them, some seasonings, and some butter in the middle of the foil and wrapped them up into pockets.

Before long, he was telling me it was time to eat, as he came in carrying the food.

The taste was out of this world!  You will just have to take my word for it. 

I knew all along that he was great but tonight I started calling him

the Grill Master.

 

 And remember those little foil packets.  Well this is what was in them.

Yummm...everything was so good. 

My tummy was saying stop but my taste buds were saying more.

 

After dinner, he went back out to clean and pamper his precious new toy. 

Meanwhile, I cleaned up the very few dishes that we had in side. 

 

I am going to take advantage of this new toy,

especially on those really hot summer days.

He'll come home from work and I'll be like, "you're grilling tonight."

Of course, I know he will not mind...

Playing with his toy.