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The Week of Scott and Shelby

 It's been a super fun and very busy couple of weeks, as per usual when Scott and Shelby come into town. We always make fun when they say that they could never live here because of all the familial obligations but really it's them coming that brings us together an abnormal amount. But either way it's been fun.  We postponed the Great Brimley Bake-Off from the holiday season to last week so they could participate and I think it was actually our best year yet. The theme was fancy items served at Brunch and the spread was shockingly good. My parents were the judges (though they say it was their last year and next year we will need to find someone impartial).  Nicole made an African egg and pepper sort of dish that you scooped up using a toasted baguette. Apparently recreating a breakfast dish that she had in Boston.  Delicious.  Derek and Ali made two kinds of sweet bread - one was a sort of a Nutella breaded bread and the other was a raspberry, pistachio, white chocolate brea