Bryan's Bean Blossom Birthday Bash

Every year for the past eight years my family and many of my parents' friends have gathered for a weekend of blues in a small town just north of Nashville IN. In the begining the Bean Blossom Blues Festival was two days of blues bands playing to a small crowd. But, it has evolved in its 11 years to include almost three days of bands, a beer and wine tasting and a BBQ cook off. This year the organizer took another huge step forward...he changed the date to include Bryan's birthday and he hired Kenny Wayne Shepherd as his headliner for Saturday night.

Bryan and I missed last year, due to the fact that our babysitters religiously attend this event. But, this year we just couldn't resist the draw of a birthday/anniversary spent at the Blues Festival. Things have changed for us a little as far as the Blues Fest is concerned. Instead of making 200 jello shots, renting a cabin for the two nights and spending the whole weekend parked in a camp chair, we enlisted the help of a trusted babysitter, packed a small cooler with a few beers and some water and headed about an hour south of Indy for a day trip to Bean Blossom.

Bryan shows off his birthday cookie cakes. A closer view of the cookie that didn't get inhaled. The cookies were so cute...and appropriate for the blues festival.

Dad's gift for Bryan. While at a small dive bar in Wisconsin, Kristy bet Bryan $20 that he wouldn't eat one of the pickled turkey gizzards that had been on the shelf since the begining of time. To Kristy's dismay, my shame and no one's surprise Bryan actually liked the disgusting thing. As Bryan munched away on his new favorite snack Wes envisioned an opportunity to snooker my dad at a later date. Long story short...a joke was born and my dad ordered a jar of pickled turkey gizzards as a birthday gift for Bryan.

I won't name names, but Bryan wasn't the only one to enjoy a pickled turkey gizzard at the festival.

Special Shout Out to Mandy, Lilly's best friend. Thanks for coming over on Saturday. Bryan and I had a great time and were able to relax knowing that Lilly was in good hands and having a great time!