Ode to the Birthday Boy(s)

This past Saturday was Ryan's 27th birthday.
It was also my brother Ben's 21st birthday.
(How convenient is that??!)

To celebrate, we had planned on going to Dollywood (Look!  I made a link thanks to my bff cousin Erika! Look!  I did it again!!) in Gatlinburg.  However...we didn't.  See, apparently there was a bit of rain over on the east coast (aka Hurricane Irene), and a bunch of people decided to come visit the hills of Tennessee for a few days.  So when we got to watching the news Friday night--watching the reporter interview hotel owners who were out of rooms to rent--we realized that these people weren't just going to spend this lovely Saturday in their rooms.  Why, no.  They were animatedly going on and on about all the exciting places they were going to visit...on Saturday.  Great.  Sooooo...ex-nay on ollywood-Day.  :(

However, Saturday morning we conference called the family and took a vote.  The resounding result?  Putt-putt!!  Suh-weet.  So we totally got our Tiger Woods on (minus, you know, the 16 strippers) and headed out to meet the green.  Fun?  You be the judge:

Judging up the putt

Jenn and Carter

Sister wives!

Ryan and Val

Ryan's pretty purple confection!

Sp apparently there aren't standard "male" birthday cakes--so we went with the more masculine purple opposed to the hot pink.  Granted, he still would up with butterflies.  But hey--it tasted good!

After putt putt and an amazing dinner at Sonny's Barbecue, Ryan and I headed on over to EarthFare.  It, mi amigos, is home of my very own crack cocaine.  No, seriously.  Feast your eyes on this:

HEAVEN in a bottle.

This is Homestead Creamery's chocolate milk.  And it is to-die-for.  As in, when I don't have in for a few weeks, I start dreaming about it.  I daydream about it.  It's delish.  So get your booty off the computer and go try some.  You'll thank me, I promise.

Hope you guys had a great weekend!