So back to birthday recaps.
While I am at it I must also apologize for my lack of posting and commenting. I believe I shall make up for it with today’s posts. I think I will end up with three total which is a record for me. As for the lack of commenting, well my google reader was just beyond me. I read everything, but I could in no way comment on everything. Please accept my most sincere apologies. And check out these pancakes I ate for breakfast.
Carrot Cake Pancakes!
Katie, this is my official entry into the Pancake Challenge!
I based the main pancake recipe off of Kath’s yogurt pancake recipe.
I added:
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- brown sugar instead of regular sugar I also used a bit more sugar
For the topping I mixed:
- Vanilla greek yogurt
- TJ’s light organic whipped cream cheese
- powdered sugar
These tasted just like carrot cake! Unfreakingbelievable!
After that amazing start to the day (really does it get better than pancakes?) Mama D gifted me with this basket:
Guys, I want you to know that Mama D and lil’ sis Sabrina made all those soaps and bath salts. It was perfect, along with the $$$ she gave me to go toward my new Garmin. Ohhhh yes.
Then Linden, Matt and I headed to the lake.
We did make a pit stop.
I had some birthday fries.
Then lake time:
Ok, those pictures are not even from my birthday. We are so lame about taking pictures while on the lake it is pitiful.
Matt was there though:
This is not from my birthday either. It’s actually from last year on the 4th. I adore it though. So manly and such.
We did get some chopsticks out of the boy:
Apparently Matt and Jake are accomplished pianists. I couldn’t tell.
And, yes that picture is actually from my birthday. Unlike the previous three.
Then what we’d all been waiting for:
Chocolate Zucchini Cake?
Topped with vanilla ice cream and strawberries. What a way to get your veggies. The cake + the pancakes may have been all the veggies I consumed all day. Hey it’s not every day a girl turns 23.
So the rest of the day was pretty relaxed. We hung out and I ate some more cake.
Then Julie arrived, and we had a bit more cake.
Plus I consumed some a sandwich, some pickles and some watermelon.
Then we went to see the The Proposal. What better way to end your b-day than with a little shirtless Ryan Reynolds?
Yes I realize that is the second time he has shown up on my blog in the last month.
A girl can never have too much Ryan Reynolds in her life.
Or chicken dumplings.
Grandma made them especially for my birthday at Sunday lunch.
Most delicious. Especially with cantaloupe, grapes, bread, okra, peas, corn and salad.
Yum, but I was very stuffed. I let it settle for 3 hours a bit and then went on about an hour bike ride. Exactly what the doctor ordered after a foodie filled weekend with little to no exercise. I don’t know what happened to that 7 mile run I had planned for Saturday morning.
Nope. No idea.
omg, can you please mail me those pancakes? i know it’s your birthday and all, but um, giving is better than receiving? haha they look fantastic!
glad you had such a fun birthday weekend!
You look so pretty and full of life in that last pic!
All the b-day food and fun is sounding truly amazing!
whooo girlfriend knows how to have a good time for her birthday!! happy 23rd lovely!
Happy birthday! I just wandered over to your blog, but I definitely agree.. never too much Ryan Reynolds! 😉 Your cake and pancakes look amazing.. hope you had a great birthday!
Glad you had a great birthday!! That cake looks awesome!!
Wow carrots in a pancake?! Interesting. 🙂
(And Ryan Reynolds was definitely the best part of The Proposal…especially that scene.)
Oh my gosh, those pancakes look ah-MAY-zing! It sounds like you had a great birthday. love the cake, too 😀
Happy Belated Birthday!!!! Those pancakes, that cake, everything else in between… sounds like you had a great one 🙂
Looks like your birthday was super fun! Those pancakes look incredible.
Wow, carrot cake pancakes? Yum!
Hey – your blog looks fantastic!! Happy (belated?) birthday!
And those pancakes….girl, I’m drooling!
omg Ryan Renolds makes my heart melt 😀
carrot cake pancakes!!?? mmm heck yes!
haha that picture of Matt is too funny!
matts picture hahaha
i loveee it!
You look so happy! I’m glad you had such a great birthday Whit! 🙂
I LOVE the picture of Matt with pigtails!
So glad you had an awesome birthday weekend 😀
Oh MY goodness!!!!!!! Wow, they look so good! I was hoping someone would make carrot cake pancakes, and yours look better than I could’ve imagined, girl!
Can I feature you in my next pancake update post?
Oh, and happy birthday!
“A girl can never have too much Ryan Reynolds in her life.”
A truer statement has never been written.
Happiness Awaits
ah that scene in the proposal made my drool all over myself — what a studmuffin!
i am definitely putting money on those pancakes — they look straight up gourmet whit! you can make ’em for me anytime 😉 …
..no, like.. seriously.. move in with me ?
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