Party Weekend!

Kelly & Abbott have come to Knoxville to PARTY! Tonight we started with a "kidney transplant party" in honor of Uncle Don. His surgery is Tuesday, March 2... which coincidentally is also Texas Independence Day. Since we can't go to Houston to be with them, we hosted our own party to celebrate Uncle Don getting a new kidney, and celebrating his donor, Barbi. Now, what goes into a kidney transplant party?? Lots of kidney beans!!

We started out with Bean Puree and Avocado Shell and Bean Dip a la Dr. Pepper for appetizers. For our main course we had Texas Bean Pie. A party is not complete without desserts so we had jelly beans and Kidney Bean Chocolate Cake. Yep, we made a cake with kidney beans and it was pretty good! We had fun and joked about how many beans we ate tonight, 4 cans of kidney beans total in all the recipes. I hope the good vibes we had at our kidney party will make it all the way to Texas for a successful transplant and recovery for Uncle Don & Barbi.

We love you Uncle Don!

Top to bottom: Cranberry juice- it's good for your kidneys!, Texas Bean Pie, Bean Dip a la Dr. Pepper and the stuffed avocados are on the bottom.

An assortment of jelly beans and Kidney Bean Chocolate Cake.

If you'd like any of these kidney bean recipes, just let me know! :)

Our next party of the weekend is a baby shower for Jacey Rose tomorrow!