Birthday Celebrations :: Round One

I felt it was only appropriate to kick off my birthday recaps on the day of my sister's birthday with our family celebration! Happy Birthday again Jess, I love you so much and I am so thankful to have my sister be my best friend. Looking forward to seeing you again on your turf :D

The highlight of this celebration, besides the obvious of being around my family, was the fantabulous food! Now, I grew up in Southern Maryland where seafood is plentiful and old bay is right by it's side. The quote from Wedding Crashers that rings so very true is "Crab cakes and football. That's what Maryland does!"

While we didn't have crab CAKES, we kept in theme...


This is also where my sister and I learned why my Mom doesn't like picking crabs: she is scarred from picking so many for Jess when she was little! Wow, didn't see that coming. To make sure Momma had plenty to eat while we were grubbing, we also had these bad boys...

YUM!

We also had the best salad ever and Mommas delicious macaroni salad, but the ending note was our version of "birthday cake," which transformed into "birthday PIE." Homemade peach pie to be specific...

Let me tell you, this meal was one for the memory box! Good stuff indeed! (Have you noticed that I'm a big fan of food?)