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Flashback Friday - Wedding Edition & Fun Phone Photo Friday

Happy Friday to everyone!

I'm so thankful it's the weekend. It's been a long week. And, yours truly indulged herself in a glass too many of wine last night. {What else is new? I swear I'm not an alcoholic!} My good friend Claire is moving back to England in a couple of weeks, and we wanted to have her, and her husband over for dinner last night. Boo. It makes me sad.

Tonight, our fabulous neighborhood is doing their annual Lighting of the Green. This holiday tradition includes:

A Singing Santa & the Elftones

Holiday Goodies & Hot Cocoa

Photos with Santa (we shall see how Bobby reacts. He was not a fan last year.)

Holiday Carousel

Clydesdale drawn wagon rides

The local elementary school's Choir

And, of course... the lighting of the giant Christmas tree in front of our Welcome Center.

How lucky are we?

Let's just hope we don't freeze!

Onto this Friday's fun topics!

I took a break last Friday due to Thanksgiving. This week's theme for Flashback Friday - Wedding Edition is my Bachelorette Party! Check out this post, and this post for the details of how it all went down! {And, again, please excuse the mess of these posts. I was a newbie blogger back then!}

Next week's theme: Ceremony Rehearsal

Want to play along? Just leave me a comment telling me so, and link to my blog in your post. Remember, I am doing this to showcase the rare, unseen photos from our wedding, that will never be put to use anywhere else! {i.e. getting my money's worth from our wedding photographer!}

Ok, so who doesn't have a ton of cell phone pictures on their phone, that is also never showcased anywhere (aside from your family, or close friends...)? I definitely do! So, in keeping with my FF - Wedding Edition spirit, I am joining in on Webbisode's Fun Phone Photo Friday!

And this my friends... is why I love living in Birmingham! Being a former FL girl, I never really got to experience the change of leaves, or all four seasons. I love this time of year... the leaves are a beautiful array of different colors, and it is gorgeous! And, as weird as it sounds... I just love how they all fall to the ground too. Winter is definitely right around the corner, as trees are starting to become bare; and, the grass is going dormant.

The trail in our neighborhood.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Birthdays and Broccoli

First, and foremost...

Happy 30th Birthday Jo!

Photo courtesy of Bob Ross, I

My sweet sister-in-law, JoJo is joining the Dirty 30 club today! Here's hoping you have a wonderful day from your family in Birmingham! We wish we could be there to help you blow out your candles! xoxo

Now, onto broccoli. {Quite the transition, eh?}

I hate broccoli, along with most other vegetables. It really is awful. And, it's really going to stink when I decide to start eating cleaner (New Year's Resolution for 2011, perhaps?). The only time I can eat plain broccoli is if I load it with salt. And, well, that just defeats the purpose. But, last night I decided to try a Broccoli & Cheese Soup recipe, and it actually turned out yummy. I'm sure you've made this before... but, if not, here's the recipe {along with some really cool pictures. NOT.}

Ingredients:

1/2 c chopped onions

14 oz frozen broccoli florets

2 14 oz. cans chicken broth

8 oz. Velveeta, diced

2 t olive oil, 1/2 c milk, 1/4 c corn starch, 1/2 t garlic powder

Bacon Bits

Directions:

1) Saute onions in olive oil in a large stockpot over med heat.

2) Add broccoli and broth and bring to a boil.

3) Slowly add cheese, stirring until melted.

4) Blend milk, corn starch & garlic powder, then slowly add to soup.

Do not spill corn starch all over the place, like so...

5) Let simmer until thickened.

6) Top with bacon bits and serve!

Don't forget to include the little one(s)!

Bobby's First Plane Trip

I shamefully never blogged about Bobby's first airplane trip! So, just two months later... here we go!

Better late, then never.

Bobby and I traveled down to Orlando by ourselves back in September. We went to visit my dad after his surgery. We flew early morning going down, and evening, coming home. Both times were easy-peasy. I couldn't have asked for a better behaved child! Seriously, I was so stressed about flying with him, and even more, because I was alone. On the return flight home, I stood up holding him, once we had landed. Several passengers around us commented that they had no idea a baby was sitting there. He didn't make a peep! I think the generous woman sitting next to me helped a great bit too. She let us play with her iPad. We also had a very nice man that sat by us on the way down too.

The only mishap we had, was that his diaper leaked all over me on the trip down. He had not had a leaky diaper during the day since he was a newborn, so it was a shock for me. I think it was because of the way he was sitting on my lap. Anyhow, I highly recommend an overnight diaper for flights - no matter the length of the flight.

I just hope all future airplane trips with him will go just as smoothly!

The Regal Pup's Makeover

First, a bath...

Next, a blow-out...

Notice the "fluffiness" that ensued...

Perhaps a shave?

An ear trim is a must!

Bob is in it to win it!

Time to clip those legs!

I'm so thankful there is hardly any dog hair in my bathroom!

NOT.

The finished product...

THE REGAL PUP!