happy birthday pugs

jake gave a killer talk at church today.  it was awesome.  he has kind of a pulpit-pounding, booming voice delivery style.  loved it.  i can always learn something from jake.  he had lots of fans call him and tell him how great he did.  some even asked for a copy of his talk.

almost the best thing about today was that they are talking about baseball on sportscenter.  booya!  football is finally over and pitchers and catchers report tomorrow.  can't wait for opening day.

today was uncle ry's (a.k.a. pugs) birthday.  we were honored that he agreed to share his birthday dinner with us.  we had delicious hamburgers prepared by ryan and esquire.  we even had pastrami to top the burgers.  i had my standby.  a burger isn't a burger without bleu cheese dressing, purple onions and avacados.  delish!  then we enjoyed a quick game of settlers (mom won) and watched a bit of the grammies, before sending ryan, stacey, hanne and sulley off for home.