Super Bowl Sunday Weekend!

On Saturday, February 7th,, the local brewery that Dan and I frequent on our date nights, was having an IPA fest on Saturday.  As soon as we found out, Dan immediately texted Peter and he said he wanted to come home to attend with us.  Unbeknownst to us, until Friday night, they were also having a Jerry Garcia cover band playing all afternoon.  When I told Peter that, he was elated.  He's a huge Grateful Dead fan so this was icing on the beer cake!

The band was playing from 2:00 to 5:00 so we decided to get there right at 2 to make sure we got a spot.  HA!  It was already standing room only.  The bar had 13 of their own IPAs on tap and they had 14 guest taps with other IPAs from all over the country so a lot of people were there for the beer but I'd say more people were there for the band.  They were fabulous and I'm not even a big Grateful Dead fan.  

The band's name is Jerry's Dead and they are out of Asheville.  They sounded great and they just rolled from one song right into another. They didn't stop to talk between songs they just played.  And at the end of their set, they said they were going to play another so we ended up staying there until after 6:00.  It was such a great day!

And Sunday, our sweet Sarah came home to join us for Sunday lunch and to watch the Super Bowl with us.  Even though the Patriots lost, it was still awesome to watch the game with the family. I made my Pepper Jack Pimento Cheese toasts, a giant pretzel, candied kielbasa, and a fried pickle dip.  Here's the only picture we took:

Dan and Peter are wearing the Patriots sweatshirts they got from Dan's brother's family, for Christmas. We were hoping the sweatshirts would bring the Patriots good luck.  Oh well, there's always next season

and itt was such a great evening hanging out with my favorite people, watching football, and eating! 

And on a side note - my mom rescued two adorable kittens, and we cannot get enough of them.  They are so cute!  They were a mess when she got them but they are looking better and better every day.