Sunsets

Another beautiful sunset tonight. I guess you would have to say that we are two for two in the beautiful sunset department. For those of you who are not aware of where we are we are actually in a beach house SMACK DAB ON THE SAND in San Clemente! We are here for a week and would could not imagine a more perfect place to be with our boys.

Last year we had planned on taking the boys to Hawaii before the s%#t hit the fan. Needless to say, we have postponed that trip and now we have landed in the paradise right in our own backyard!

The beach house is owned by some amazingly generous people in our church family and we feel so so so so lucky! It is so easy to relax here and just get lost in the smell of the air and the sound of the waves CRASHING right outside the door. This house is so special and we feel really special just being here.

The boys were body surfing and playing in the water all afternoon today. The weather is beautiful and a little less humid today than yesterday.

Gary had the entire morning to himself and LOVED it. He said that being alone and relaxing here is much different and BETTER than at home. I was so happy he enjoyed himself.

We had a great dinner last night with Jeff, Joyce, GG and Toni. Jax was quite the "Shut Box" player last night. My family is full of card playing people but last night we played a dice game called Shut Box. Jax LOVED it and Zach played too. I love playing card and dice games. I could sit on the beach all day playing cards or dice games.

Tonight we had a great dinner with the Mucks. Evans???? Where were you????? Briwicks (at least the females) did American Girl things all day in LA. The Marvel's are probably loving camping in the Sequoias right now with all of their friends! Our home group is so great and we enjoy hanging out with them. We originally thought we would try and have our home group over here for dinner tonight and then we remembered we had Cole and Tressa's party this afternoon. So, we cancelled and never got to the actual planning stage. Then, I decided that the boys and I wanted to stay here today with Gary and so we sadly did not go to the party BUT happily enjoyed just being here with Gary and the people from our Home Group who showed up!! Feel better Sam!

Tomorrow the boys are going to Balboa with Jeff, Joyce and GG for the day while Gary and I go to the doctor office at Hoag. The boys should have lots of fun!!!

Gary and I are watching Family Jewels and listening to the waves crashing and the trains passing by. Going to sleep with that in the background is music to my ears. There is no place I would rather be - especially with Gary!

This morning Zachary woke me up at 5:35 AM. He was sooooooo excited to tell me that there were hundreds of dolphins playing around in the waters right outside the back glass doors! How exciting and what a great treat to wake up to. The other boys want me to wake them up tomorrow morning so that they can hopefully see some dolphins, too.

Zach was on the rocks with the kids and he thought he had a pebble in his mouth so he spit it out quickly and then discovered that it was his TOOTH! He lost that darn tooth. He lost another tooth a while back at Surf Camp and Nate swallowed a tooth in the pool last summer. What's up with our boys and their teeth? I never remember losing a lost tooth or swallowing it. Weird kids.

The boys got their hair cut at Stew's today. Jax wanted a buzz cut and the bopsy twins got long haircuts. They all look cute as usual and I am glad they got their hair cut finally.

I must go now. Please pray that tomorrow we are able to get some answers as to why Gary is so incedibly uncomfortable. He is really struggling right now.

Have a wonderful evening.

Remember to keep the faith always!
Love, L