Big Kids Christmas

Shay and I didn't get each other presents for Christmas, we are just happy to be here! But due to our delayed container we were getting tired of cold food and sandwiches. Shay went on a search for a grill, because it is something we didn't bring with us and we would use later. He found the only one in Bani. After a few days of haggaling over the price he came home with it! Now you have to remember we are in the DR, so it came with no screws and missing a side. We are trying to have a new side made and we found an owners manual on line and got the sizes of the screws and Shay found a hardware store and bought them and it is sitting on our sinks in the back yard.
This is our first meal - Hamburgers of course! They were delicious!
We have lots of pots and pans coming so we didn't want to buy any, but since it has a little burner on the side we decided to buy just one pan. So it has been used for everything from boiling water for coffee (soooo good to have coffee again) and turned upside down to make pancakes (isn't my husband a genius!!).

Do you see the little jar of water on the grill? When we were in Costa Rica the little grill on campus kept a plastic bag of water hanging in the door way of the kitchen. When we asked what it was for they said to keep away the flies, we thought they were crazy, but it works and here in the DR we see glasses of water in the stores and resturants. So we have started doing it too and it is so funny to see the flies go away instantly!!
Needless to say Shay and I love our Christmas present to each other!!