Newest Addition

The newest addition to the Scarborough Family...

Lil' Bill

BAHAHAHAHAHA!

I received this in my inbox today. Enjoy!

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Pictures from the weekend

I found these pictures on Leigh Anne's blog and thought I would share here, too. These are from this past weekend!

Christmastime is a coming!

Well, I can't believe it, but another year has gone by! Joey and I have been busy with Christmas parties this week. On Thursday, we had the Scarborough and Weldon Christmas party at Casa Napoli in Wetumpka. On Friday, our friends Brad and Ashley Moon had a Christmas open house at their beautiful home. We took Georgia Anne, Jack, and Daniel along for the ride. I wish I would have thought to take some pictures! This morning, we saw all of the family at Breakfast with Santa! Tonight, we went to Johnny G's and ate with the Butler clan. It has been busy, but we are finally in the Christmas spirit! Joey and I enjoyed listening to Christmas tunes all day!

Merry Christmas from the Scarboroughs!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Enjoy these comics from www.nataliedee.com.


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Recipe Tag

Jammin' Tarheel Chili
So I was tagged by my sister-in-law, Leigh Anne, on her blog to share a favorite recipe. As a challenged cook, and also someone who doesn't really like to cook, I thought I'd share a favorite of ours that not even I could mess up! This is great when you have to feed a large group! Note: I did not use mushrooms and you can substitute light beer for the dark beer. (The beer really gives it a unique taste so I suggest to leave it in! It is what makes it different from just regular chili!)

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds ground beef
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 stalks celery, diced
2 large onions, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (29 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 (6 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
1 1/2 cups dark beer
2 (16 ounce) cans chili beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1/4 cup chili powder
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 dash Worcestershire sauce

Directions

In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef until brown. Drain.
In a large pot over medium heat, cook celery, onions and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent. Stir in beef, tomato sauce, tomatoes, mushrooms, beer, chili beans, kidney beans, cumin, chili powder, coriander, cayenne and Worcestershire. Simmer over low heat 3 hours, until flavors are well blended.


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Carrier

Several months ago, Joey began watching a series on PBS called Carrier. Carrier is a reality (but really reality, not one of those with a bunch of crazy people running around) television show that takes place aboard the USS Nimitz. Joey and I found Carrier on Netflix and have enjoyed watching it this past week. Our favorite character is Chris Altice, if you watch, you'll know why. He's the All American "kid". I cried about every episode, but I recommend you catching this on PBS or renting it on Netflix if you have that option. Click on the link for more information about the Carrier Series -- click here.

Milstead Farm Group

Check out the video (link below). WSFA did a segment on farmers and the recent rain and some video footage was taken at the gin that Joey manages. (The video is to the right of the screen.)

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=11481377

Halloween

Joey, Tracey, and I sat at the house and handed out candy to trick-or-treaters. We had a few visitors. Here are some pictures of Tyler, Brodie, and Olivia Kate Ellis. :)

Atlanta Day 2

On Saturday, Tracey wanted to visit a museum so we found the Atlanta History Center. The Atlanta History Center houses the Atlanta History Museum, Centennial Olympic Games Museum, a great Civil War Museum, Swan House, and Tullie Smith Farm House. Everything was very interesting and the Swan House was a great backdrop for pictures. It is said to be one of the most photographed places in Atlanta. It is the house of the Inman family, heirs to a cotton brokerage fortune. We really enjoyed the Atlanta History Center and if you are ever in Atlanta for more than a day, I think you should visit! It did take us over 5 hours to take in all of the exhibits. You can read more about all of the Atlanta History Center by clicking here.

Woodfire Grill and Kings of Leon

Tracey & I headed to Atlanta yesterday. Leigh, Christy, and Leigh picked us up at our hotel and we headed for dinner. Leigh Parker is a fan of Top Chef and one of the current season's contestants, Kevin Gillespie, owns a restaurant here in Atlanta. The food was delicious, the service was great, and we had such a great time. You can visit Woodside Grill's website here.

We also went to a Kings of Leon concert. It was awesome!!! They sounded the same as they do on the radio (which is very rare when playing live). The effects were very cool, too!

Here are some pictures and video (shaky video, sorry!)

Marshall's Birthday Party

Marshall's birthday party was today at the Pumpkin Patch in Clanton. We had so much fun. Here are some pictures from the fun day!

Marshall

Marshall spent Saturday afternoon and night with JoJo and I. We had so much fun with him. Saturday we hung out at the house for a while and then went to Niffer's Place to eat where Marshy ate fried dill pickles (well the batter, not the pickle), grilled cheese, apples, and caramel pecan crunch ice cream. Then Sunday morning, KK took him to Hardee's for a biscuit! We had so much fun and hope that Marshall comes and stays with us sometime soon again!!! Enjoy the videos and pictures!!



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SMILE!!!

We thought you might need to smile today!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Just the other day I received my October edition of Self Magazine and there was a whole section of items that you can buy and a portion of the benefits will be donated to organizations that focus on Breast Cancer Awareness and finding a cure. I thought I would share a few items on the blog in case you wanted to splurge. I thought if anything, why not buy something you already need/want and have it go towards a great cause.


Guess Watch www.guess.com



Sutter Home - For every capsule you send from a bottle of Sutter Home wine, the company will donate $1 to City of Hope. - www.sutterhomeforhope.com


Thursday's with Mom and Michael, cookbook - 100% benefits BCRF www.anitarosenberg.com

Labor Day

Joey & I took a river trip on Labor Day. We put our wave runners in at the Tallassee boat ramp (behind AES) and went to the Montgomery Marina and back. We had so much fun, it was nice to just have nothing to do, but enjoy the scenery. We are regretting one thing though and that is that we forgot our sunblock - Ouch! We're both very sunburnt and mad at ourselves for forgetting. Enjoy the pictures!

Funny Comic

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Shep's Going Away / B'day Celebration

Here are some pictures from Shep Morris' Going Away / B'day Celebration. Shep and Joey grew up together and Shep will be deployed. (He flies a chinook for the Army Guard.) We will miss Shep, but look forward to his return home around this time next year.