PHOTOSHOP CS5 ADJUSTMENT PRESET? *Expert*

Im currently working on wedding photos right now, and i have a nice color theme to go by.
Is there a way i can set a whole preset or apply these settings to a batch of photos instead of making changes one by one?
(settings I'm doing below)
*activate photo tab in photoshop cs5 window*
-Smart Sharpen
-Brightness & Contrast
-Hue, Saturation (saturating)
-New Fill Layer (Exclusion)
-Resize
-Flatten
FINISH
is there any way i can apply these changes to a batch like you can in Camera Raw?
or can i set some sort of preset??
i know about the tools preset but that doesn't help with the changes I'm making.
also, each setting DOES save the latest value i use, but its still inconvenient to open each adjustment the same time for EVRY photo, even using shortcuts.
considering the power of this program, there MUST be some convenient way to edit more than one photo if I'm applying the same exact setting each time,
am i missing something here or do i actually have to do these one by one?

You may also be interested in integrating Camera Raw into your workflow so that you can use it's presets .
See Russell Brown's
CS5 Script: Edit Layers in ACR 1.1.5
Episode # CS5_039
http://russellbrown.com/scripts.html
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