26

Dan turned 26!

We had so much fun celebrating.

I love surprising Danny.

He gets so excited and asks what we will

be doing almost every ten minutes.

Haha! It kills him to not know 

but he loves being surprised.

So, I surprised him and we went to see

the comedian Demetri Martin.

 He was hilarious! 

It was a lot of fun to see him live.

Dan bought some hockey tickets through the 

dental school so we went to a 

Lake Erie Monsters Game.

We won! It was awesome.

 I surprised Dan again and took him to an 

indoor amusement park at the IX Center.

It was huge!

He was so surprised.

We went on so many sketchy carnival rides,

watched a circus from China,  watched a tiger show,

and Danny ate a good old-fashioned corn dog!

 We joke around and say that Danny's birthday 

is also known as 

The Annual Shrimp Fest.

We have eaten shrimp every year on his birthday.

This year was particularly fun because we bought

our shrimp fresh at the West Side Market.

He was a happy man!

 Danny loves German Chocolate Cake 

so I decided to make one from scratch.

It was a success!!

It was a long process but totally worth it.

The recipe can be found here.

I loved celebrating Dan.

I love that we take birthdays seriously in 

our family because it is so neat to reflect

on some one's life and their accomplishments.

Happy Birthday Danny!

I love you.