Day: March 30, 2008

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Everything Else

Wedding Pictures

On Thursday, we received 200 4×6 photos and a CD of all our digital pics. I’m so happy with them. Our photographer was Diane McKinney. We were waiting to get the CD to order our album from her. I know its going to be hard to choose just 80-100 pics to put in there. I thought I’d post a few of my favorites.
This one with my brother & cousin was taken before the ceremony.My cousin & his wife took a picture like this and I loved it. It was so fun & exciting to hold Jason’s hand knowing that the next time we held hands we’d be getting married!I was so giddy the whole ceremony. Here’s the first time we held hands. I whispered “hi”!I was so glad we were able to take pictures on the beach. It wasn’t too hot that day, but there was no breeze so flies kept biting our bridesmaids legs. They did a good job forcing smiles though!Ok that’s probably enough for now. I’ll post some of the reception later.

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Food

Blueberry Scones

I’m still on my blueberry kick! I made blueberry scones for Jason & I for brunch this morning. I’m not sure which blog/website I got this recipe from, but it certainly was a hit at our house.
Ingredients
2/3 cup frozen blueberries
2 cups flour plus 2 tbsp, plus 1 tbsp
1 tbsp baking powder
3 tbsp sugar (the original recipe calls for it chilled, but I used room temp)
1/8 tsp salt
6 tbsp butter, plus 1/2 tbsp
1 tbsp vanilla
1 cup half & half
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 and line a baking sheet with parchment (I used a non-stick baking mat).
In a small bowl, add the blueberries and 1 tbsp flour. Toss to combine then put back in the freezer.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar & salt.
Cut butter into chunks and add to flour mixture. Cut butter into flour until pea sized or smaller.
Add vanilla and half & half and mix with a spoon until just barely incorporated.
Knead the blueberries into mixture until mixture forms a ball of sticky dough.
Place dough on floured surface and pat down into a rough 9-10 inch circle.
Cut into 8 triangles and place scones onto prepared baking sheet at least an inch apart.
Take 1/2 tbsp butter and cut into 8 small pieces. Place one small piece of butter on each scone.
Bake for 15 mins. Let cool & enjoy!