Happy Birthday Sis! (One year closer to AARP!)

Happy Birthday to my OLDER sister, Tamara!

One thing I must say about her is that she will always be older than me. See, it's nice to be able to play this card becauase Debbie plays it on me all the time! "You'll always be older than me." What kind of brother would I be if I didn't blog a very happy birthday to my sister? Or try to embrass her? (NOTE: I already have done that once on the blog, just go back to the post where she thinks doing the YMCA in Yankee Stadium is cool. Click here to see it again!) Anyways, to get back on track, I have gone back through some photos and tried to find the best ones possible... Don't worry Tamara, you'll have your opportunity to get me back during the wedding in a few weeks! I mean, these are some classic shots! (You are a loyal reader to the blog, so what better way than do a little mockery tribute, right?)

Check out my brother Tim hitting her! (NOTE: he really didn't hit her, it was posed, but some people in the parking lot didn't realize it! It was so funny!)
Here we have Tamara with her boyfriend Tim doing what they love best...being immigrants? I don't know...see I associate them as hippies...driving the Prius, wearing organic shirts (granted we got her one for her bday, we're no better), etc etc! Now this one is a classic shot of Tamara in her youth, oh so long ago! This is 1987 and in posting this, I really throw myself under the bus too, and my brother too. We all look silly!
Well Happy Birthday Tamara! This was you a few years ago during one of your birthdays...you know, when you were in your 20s. :-)

Debbie, the "Blogmaster"

So last night Debbie was catching up on the blog and realized I had asked her to post pictures of her little sister, Madison, when she tried on the flower girl dress earlier this year. Like I said, I didn't want to go through our digital photos because I didn't want to stumble upon any pictures of Debbie's wedding dress. Anyways, I look over and I see she's editting MY post from Sunday! I was like WHAT!!!! It appears that as "blogmaster" she has the "rights and ability" to do this. Since I was only "invited" to the blog, I can only post.

So Deb is the blogmaster and the boss...what do I bring...besides the Kadlec name?

I guess this is what married life is like, huh? Just kidding, Deb! :-)

Update:

Yep I'm the boss! :-)

What we eat...

With the wedding coming up Terence and I have both been trying to eat better. I somehow talked him into doing the South Beach Diet with me and his gym motivation has finally worn off on me :-)

So for two weeks it felt like all we ate was celery! This was the so called "Phase 1" and I think we both did well...here is a pic after grocery shopping one day. I have never bought so many fresh vegetables!

This obviously isn't all we eat, but this is the majority! We became pretty adventurous with recipes...aka Terence tried recipes that I found, like cauliflower mashed potatoes and shrimp scampi! Phase 2 is now in full swing and the more weeks that go on the better it gets and the more people I talk to about it the more I learn. Like cheese chips...just bake some low-fat shredded cheese on a baking stone and you've got chips for dipping that are Phase 1 friendly! Thanks Kristine! Oh and thank you Sam's Choice for your frozen stuffed chicken breasts!

Wish us luck in the next 4 weeks!

Flower Girl Preview

With the wedding just over a month away (WOW!), we sent Cesilie's flower girl dress to Florida for her to try on. We didn't want any surprises come the wedding day of "uh, it's to small" or "it's huge!" Granted those are great TWSS comments, we're talking about my niece here!

Here are a couple pics:

I don't know where the ones of Madison, Debbie's little sister and elder flower girl, are. I don't want to stumble upon any wedding dress pictures (which I know are stored on the MAC).

Update: (from the "blogmaster")

Pics of Madison when we went shopping in April...

My Shower!

A few weeks ago I went to STL for another wedding planning trip, except this one was a bit more fun! Well nothing is as fun as trying cake and ice cream all day, but....I had my bridal shower! My sister, mom, and aunt all planned an awesome party for me with so much of my wedding ideas thrown in. They bought flowers from my florist, cake from my bakery, and ice cream from Serendipity, it was like a wedding preview! So many friends and family were there as well and "showered" me with some totally awesome bridal gifts. Thanks again to everyone!

Here is a pic of all the family ladies...