Lacy & Wes' Wedding Shower

Last Saturday was Lacy and Wes' Couple's Wedding Shower. {That sentence really tested my apostrophe skills..hope I got it right}  It was fun to get with the speech girls since we've been traveling this semester.  I love any reason for a party, especially to celebrate such a fun couple!

My party date drove up for the occasion

Speech Girls
Sara, Laurin, Kaley, Christie, me, Lacy

Lacy and Wes playing Fiance Game (think The Newlywed Game pre-wedding)

cute shower invitation
(a little blurred for privacy of the hostesses)

Can't wait for April 14th to celebrate their BIG day!!!

Breakfast Tailgating & Recipes

Between tailgating for Gamecock Football and Soccer and our trip to ATL for the GT game..we've been tailgating a lot lately!

We went to ATL a few weekends ago to watch GT beat UNC.  Since it was a noon game we had a breakfast tailgate.  Our spread was-- breakfast casserole, breakfast burritos, sweet potato biscuits with ham or jelly, and muffins.  My contribution was the casserole and biscuits.  I love making the Breakfast Casserole because you can prep it at night which = more sleeping in the morning!  (shout out to my Roomie for the delish GF recipe)

Breakfast Casserole

1 lb hot sausage, browned and drained (make sure it’s gluten free on the package!)

3 cups cooked grits, slightly cooled

1 ½ cups milk

5 eggs, beaten

3 tbsp butter, melted

10 oz cheddar cheese, grated

1 tsp ground mustard

Salt and pepper to taste. 

 Mix all ingredients. Place in greased 2 qt casserole dish and bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 1 hour. 

{You can mix all of the ingredients at night and just pop it in the oven in the morning}

The biscuits were a new adventure.  Both of my sisters served this type of biscuits at their wedding reception.  This was my first attempt of homemade biscuit making, next time I'll make them thicker and smaller (more like bite-size which was served at the weddings)

The recipe is from a local caterer's recipe book--Hamby's Catering.

We had a great time at Tech, it's defiantly different than USC tailgating!  Elisabeth and I are good at pretending to be Yellow Jackets for the weekend to fit in with the rest of the alumi crowd :)

You know you're at Georgia Tech when you see exponents on a bumper sticker.

What to do when it's 150 degrees outside

-Go to the Drive in Movie Theater

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clearly this sign was from 1997--no we didn't watch the Titanic

best pic I could get out of the moon roof

yes it's almost 11PM and it's still 95degrees.

The drive in was fun...the movie and the heat were okay.  The movie obviously didn't start until dark (aka 9PM) and they played 2 movies.  The first one wasn't over until almost 11:30 so we ditched before the second started.  I definitely want to go back in the fall when it's cooler and the movies start earlier!!

-Watch 3 episodes of Parenthood

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-Walk around the shops at 5 points...quickly move from store to store to avoid the heat

-Do a progressive dinner through The Vista

{Flying Saucer then to Pearlz for Oysters Rockefeller then to SakiTumi for Sushi}

-Make Blueberry Lemon Pancakes

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They were delish, see recipe here

-Play Disc Golf

my first few tries the disc ended up in the water..

I didn't know what disc golf was until yesterday, if you're like me and curious check it out on trusty Wiki

-Picnic in the Park

smorgasbord of pantry foods

-Go see the Tunnel Vision Mural

-Borrow a friend's jet ski and play at the lake

Or maybe that's just how I spent this hot weekend in Columbia.