Saturday was my youngest brother’s 21st birthday, and we made sure to celebrate it properly!  He got the nickname “Timmy Tip Toes” when he was a little baby, because if he would hear music, he’d get excited and dance on his tip toes.  We thought it was cute when he did that, so the family would all sing “Timmy Tip Toes, Timmy Tip Toes”.  As he got older, he outgrew the name, but now we brought it back, since he totallys loves being called that (not!)!!! 

Since Tim had friends coming in, my mom decided to throw together a last minute cook-out, so we could all have a nice big meal in our bellies, before a night out on the town, drinking.

I started with my mom’s pasta salad (I could honestly eat pound after pound of this, and never get tired of it!)  Two other favorites of mine – “Sausage Beans” – spicy sausage with several different beans, basically like a spicy, meaty chili, and “Delicious Potatoes” – cheesey potatoes topped with buttery Corn Flakes.  Neither of which is low cal, but both are insanely delicious!  After a few drinks on the back porch (it was BEAUTIFUL out on Saturday) – we headed up to McGinty’s – for Strongbow drafts, and other birthday beverages! 

My 3 most favorite boys in the whole wide world, Mike, my brother Matt, and brother Timmy:On top of everything going else going on this weekend, our friends Cheryl and Johnny came to visit (they live in Pennsylvania, Canada – remember them?)  Don’t I look like a creepy floating head between the two of them? 

It was so great to see them again!!!

The Birthday Boy had quite a blast, and was home and in bed before 11pm  In the morning, I had “brunch” plans with my friend Meghan – so I got to try out First Watch for the first time ever!  I ordered the Veg’d Out Omlette, and went with the hashbrowns since all the different drinks the night before had left me feeling sort of queasy.  This was AWESOME! The broccoli in the omlette was actually florets, and all the other veggies were cut into nice tiny pieces!  Great experience, I’ll definitely be going to First Watch more often! 

Last night I went to a fabulous Wine Party – I’m working on getting that recap up for you as soon as possible!