23

I'm back. Sadly I couldn't get into my blogger account for awhile due to site troubles/glitches. But now I can post again. woohoo!

I thought I'd start with a post about my birthday :) I'm officially 23. What did I do my birthday weekend?

I woke up to a wonderful surprise from my roommate, Katie. She decorate our apartment and left a cute, singing card for me (plus we also had ben and jerry's ice cream the night before, yum!).

I ate some delicious crepes with friends at Roll it up.

And.... I went to Las Vegas!

 

Emma navigated and I just enjoyed the ride :) perks of being the birthday girl I suppose.

Emma and I baked a chocolate cake. It had chocolate chips in it and was delicious.

I also ate oysters while I was there. This for some reason made me feel like an adult. non-fried sea food + birthday = maturity? must investigate further on next birthday.

Emma and I rode the New York, New York roller coaster our last night there. Sooo fun.

The House of Blues

We also went shopping, enjoyed the sunshine by the pool, and ate yummy food. And I got to see my wonderful Las Vegas cousins :)

We stopped at the St.George Temple on the way home. My friend Karianne is serving a mission in the temple visitor's center, but sadly I missed her by 20 minutes!! Still the temple was beautiful and I was able to leave a little note for my friend.

And then when I got home I had birthday packages and cards waiting for me in my mailbox!

Thanks to everyone for making my birthday wonderful :)

Currently watching: Ramona and Beezus with my roommate.

Best line: "Who could ever love a girl named Beezus?" "Jesus?" bahaha

Banana Cream Crepes

First things first: Happy Mother's Day. I didn't see my Mom today, but luckily she was just here for my graduation so it hasn't been too long (Love you Mom!!). If I was closer by I would have made her something delicious ... like crepes (Mom feel free to remind me of this when I come home in August). Which brings me to my post today.

One day I was walking through the bookstore and found this book:

An entire book of crepe recipes, on sale, no less. I couldn't resist. However due to my crazy school schedule I didn't get a chance to try it out until recently. For my first recipe I made the basic crepe with banana cream topping. Emily helped me out.

It made for a delicious breakfast. We also had bacon (yum). Emily also had a waffle (we found a waffle that was similar to waffle treats we'd both tried on study abroad).

The filling was pretty simple. I used whipping cream, bananas, powdered sugar, lemon juice, and just a pinch of nutmeg. It came out pretty good, although it made a lot more filling than I expected (I doubled it before I realized that one serving was more than enough banana cream for all). It also had a strong banana flavor. I think next time I would do a little less banana for a subtler flavor.

We also had other crepe toppings like jam, sugar and lemon juice, and whipped cream. I can't wait to try some more of these crepe recipes.

Currently watching: Holes. Which makes me want to read Holes again :)