Our Summer Holiday in the Dominican Republic

A few weeks ago, Brad and I ventured down to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic for our summer getaway. We arrived on Sat night and stayed through Wednesday. What a beautiful place with crystal blue water, white sand beaches and palm trees everywhere! We were both really excited about the trip we had planned several months for. However, we only really enjoyed one full day there. The rest of the trip, Brad and I did not feel very well. Sunday was great and wonderful, but come Monday, I began to feel sick and that night, poor Brad came down with something horrible. Despite the way we felt, we still spent our time on the beach or by the pool, as we felt better when we were in the water, strange enough. So, this would somewhat explain why we are so late on updating the blog with our photos. Neither of us could bare to upload our photos and funny enough, this is the first time I've seen them!

Regardless, the trip was amazing and the resort was gorgeous. We even got to take a canoe out into the ocean and test our endurance...not so well! Ha! The two of us had such a fun time out there, trying to maneuver this boat against the current and just laughed! We had only hired the canoe for 3o minutes and half that time we were trying to make it off shore...ha! We did it though and loved it. The people were really friendly and they had a market right on the beach with local artists and vendors selling stuff from the island. The resort had a plethora of activities always going on which kept us visually entertained. Punta Cana is visited by so many different people and believe it or not, we were in the minority and it felt great! We haven't heard so many different languages since we moved from London. We will likely never go back b/c the memories aren't the greatest, but we're so thankful we had the chance to see this place that so many have boasted about...it certainly does resemble paradise! So, enjoy the pictures!

Seth loves to go cross-eyed without warning!

Ben with my dad.

Lindsay and Ben

Drew and Seth

Seth on his motorcycle!

My Neice and Nephews

Okay, so it's obvious that we love my neice and nephews and while we were home this past weekend, we took a lot of pics of them! Lindsay is 10, Ben is 5, Seth is 4, and Drew is 2 1/2. They love the camera, so it's easy to get some fun pics of them while they're hamming it up! Enjoy!

Daddy's 60th Birthday Bash in NC

This past weekend, Brad and I travelled to NC for my daddy's big 60th birthday party. We had been planning this for about 2 months and wanted it to be something special for him...it's not everyday you turn 60! So, we invited his entire family and close friends to come over to my brother Brian's house to hang out. We had BBQ catered in from Wilber's BBQ that is quite the place for NC BBQ, along with fried chicken, potato salad, cole slaw and yummy desserts. It was a typical party back home...pig pickin's aren't unusual in that part of the country (although, we didn't eat the pig straight from the cooker).

Later, my dad, uncle and his son played the guitars and sang a little. Playing the guitar is just part of being in the Daniels family...most of the men in my family do. So, it was like being at a blue grass concert, or maybe more like a honkey tonk! Ha! My dad was overwhelmed by the turn out, over 30 people came, bringing banana puddings (daddy's fave) and shocked him with gifts. It was really a great night for my family to get together. We had rain, but at least it waited until we all had a chance to eat outside. Then we had to move the party indoors. Thanks to everyone who came...it was great to see all of you! Not to mention my awesome neice and nephews that Brad and I adore!