Happy Birthday Andrew!

The Little Brother turned the big 2-0 today ! We decided to have a little get together at our house to celebrate. Andrew wanted ribs for his birthday dinner, so we had ribs, four racks of ribs.

We also steamed a half of bushel and shucked oysters in the backyard. It was fabulous. My parents have just been bitten by the oyster shucking bug and love it. It was such a beautiful day outside - the perfect Sunday afternoon! Even our neighbor next door joined in on the fun.

And by all this "we steamed" and "we smoked" ribs ... Wes did it all. The rest of the family enjoyed his hard work.

All ready to go! Wait a minute .... we are missing something ....

There we go. Much better. However we are missing one person in this photo - Brother Nicky. He had to head back to Charleston before the ribs were finished cooking, so he missed out on the deliciousness.

Birthday Menu:

BBQ Spare Ribs (prepped with a dry rub and smoked to perfection)

Cornbread Casserole (the healthiest ingredient in this recipe is the low fat sour cream)

Firehouse Baked Beans

Pav's Special Coleslaw

And as we attempted to push ourselves away from the table it was time for a Goodberry's Ice Cream Cake. Andrew insisted he wanted an ice cream birthday cake and no one was complaining after sinking their teeth into their slices of heaven.

Happy Birthday Little Brother! ! !