our new friend jake!

tuesday was dan's 27th birthday and it was so fun! for me at least, hopefully him too. i made his favorite - candy bar cake - and his family came over for cake and ice cream. thanks skinners for stopping by! dan pooled all his birthday money together and we decided to purchase a propane grill. i have been wanting one for SO long and this works out great for dan because now he will get more meat for dinner. i am kind of picky when it comes to meat, but having a grill will fix that. what is better than char-broiled hamburgers, grilled pork tenderloin, or teriyaki chicken? i like my meat DONE, as in no red, no pink, pretty much black on the outside. dan likes his meat medium, so we'll see what happens. anyway... dan got home from work early so we went on a walk (in our 76 degree AZ winter weather!) around the neighborhood. lucky for us there were some families from our ward riding horses and they let madison and i take a turn. she loved it!! she was chattering like crazy, waving, smiling, and kept patting the horse as we went around the corral. i was a very nervous mom, but it was a blast and Jake was a very good horse. thank you Jake! and thank you julie for making it possible! we definatly want to have horses one day. thanks dan for letting us take the spotlight on your big day. we love you!!