Shirre's 28th Birthday in Orlando

I took my wife Shirre to Orlando for her 28th birthday, and it goes without saying that we had a good time. We lunched at Bahama Breeze, and tried out a couple of their new entrees, a Fish Taco dish and a Calypso Shrimp Linguini dish that was awesome along with Jamaican Grilled Chicken Wings which were awesome! Our waitress was named "Happie" and certainly lived up to her name. She told us about the good-natured ribbing she gets from customers and co-workers alike.

After lunch, we went shopping at the Orlando Premium Outlets, browsed several shops including Ecko, Guess, Guess Accessories, etc. Certainly when you go to Orlando, comfortable walking shoes are a must!

The day was also memorable because last year on Shirre's birthday (2/2/08) we officially became engaged! (Although we had known since late October 2007 that we would get married, we kept moving forward the wedding date, and finally decided in the last week of January 2008 that we would get married on April 26.) That day started out with my coming over to have breakfast with Shirre and the children. The children always cook an early breakfast for her birthday. Later in the day we went to Tampa to shop for the rings. Shirre already had a gorgeous set in mind, so we went and bought exactly what we were looking for after the obligatory credit check. Later that evening, we had our engagement dinner at Bonefish Grille in Brandon to toast our good fortune at our life decision. Since then it's been a whirlwind, with married life seeming to go by so fast since the wedding. We plan to celebrate many more birthdays together, and our anniversary is also on my birthday (April 26).

For more on Shirre and Kéto's engagement and wedding, please read, "(Still) Crazy in Love! Shirre & Kéto Celebrate 1 Year! ".