Daquila Days: August 2008

Well we had a very busy July. We spent lots of time with our families and friends. The beginning of the month we celebrated Forth of July with my mom, Tom, Leanne and Drew. It was a fun afternoon with great food: boiled peanuts, Texas caviar, Dave's smoked ribs and other traditional cookout foods.

The next weekend we worked on stuffing and mailing Leanne and Drew's wedding invitations followed by their engagement party the following week. I pickled okra, more to come on that.

I went to Orlando and Hollywood, Fl for a girls weekend. The weekend started on a Thursday night in Orlando, we celebrated Traci's birthday over dinner at PF Changs. The next day we headed to Hollywood, FL to stay at the Westin Diplomat. My friend Gina is an accountant for Starwood and we got a great hot rate at the Westin. The weather was very warm and free of rain for the 2 days we were there, awesome!! We also visited the Hollywood Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. (The place where Anna Nicole Smith passed away.) We returned to Orlando on Sunday afternoon.

During that weekend, Dave's sister Pam flew in with her daughters to visit with us and the family for the week. On Monday I met Dave, my sister-in-law, nieces, and in-laws at Seaworld. We enjoyed Seaworld from 10am till 10pm, what a fun day. The following day we visited Aquatica, Seaworld's water park, it is very new and it was very crowded, but it was a good time!! On Wednesday, we celebrated Emma's 5th birthday at our house. Dave's mother and grandmother drove up from St. Pete and the entire Daquila family was there to celebrate as well. We wrapped the week up with more Daquila family time and lots of food. The week went by so fast, we enjoyed spending time with everyone!!