..... to reality.
The above picture is from our honeymoon (the water was crystal clear blue. The picture has aged ... a lot). We always loved the beach.
Well, it looks like the poll results indicate that most of you prefer hanging out on a beach rather than freezing your noses off on the slopes. Good choice.
I've never skied in warm weather so I can't add anything there. Although there would still be the propensity to fall down. At least for me.
I had a very relaxing time in Cabo. J, D and I enjoyed just hanging out and not having to go by a clock, but just by whatever the heck we wanted to do at the moment. It was very difficult to leave. I truly would've like to stay for a month.
Thank you, L, so much for this time. I can't thank you enough for your generosity. The condo was beautiful .... we loved it.
I needed it.
Here are some pictures that prove why we all enjoy being at the beach:
The waves were huge .... bigger than any I'd ever seen up close. The sting rays were constantly flying through the air and belly-flopping down. It was so neat.
We had great food, great conversation, great rest, great reading and great music. Too bad real life has to butt back in.
Son #1 left for the youth trip to Colorado today. He'll be gone a week. Daughter #2 is volunteering at camp this week. And tomorrow V is coming in for a few days! Yay!
I get to go enroll Son #2 in Sumer School tomorrow for 3 out o the 4 classes that he failed. He seems to be taking it all in stride. What a gift.
The kids did seem glad to see me, though, after a fashion. The kittens definitely seemed glad to see me! So yay for them!
Which remind me, anyone know that latest scoop on George? Did he meet someone while I was away? Didn't find him anywhere in Cabo. Sigh.
Here's my deep thought for the day: (you get a warning in case you want to stop now)
Yesterday I took a walk on the beach by myself. After walking quite a distance I decided to sit down and just watch the waves. Well, soon I noticed that quite a few sand crabs were digging their way to the surface. Then more and more of them were all around me. But they were a bit leery of a big creature in a polka dot suit with white sunglasses. They'd pop up, stand up their eyes on antennae, see me and then drop quickly back down. I also noted that every time a crab came out it would face away from the ocean. So it couldn't see the waves coming that would fill up its hole. But yet, each crab had some kind of built-in sensor system. It would "know" when a wave was coming and about 2 seconds before it hit, the crab would sink down its hole, safe and sound. I watched this for quite a while before it made me a bit sad. I thought, "Why does God seem to love the crabs more than He loves us ( I know he doesn't, it just sometimes feels that way)?" Whenever a huge life-altering wave would start to hit them dead-on, they'd feel the sense that told them to duck down, to get to safety. Why doesn't He do that with us? It seems as if He's sent several tsunami waves right at me over the last 6 months and He didn't give me the intuition I needed to duck down and protect myself. He just watched while I got smacked down and tumbled around and around and around by these waves.
I wonder why?
OK, I'm tired. Went too deep, I guess.
Pop in and say hi and tell me what you've been doing while I was lying on a beach.
:)
8 comments:
I've been working, going to class, and doing homework.
Woo hoo summer.
BTW- how freaking hot are my parents? Good grief! Look at you two in your little swimsuits. Why didn't I get that gene?
Glad you had a good time! I miss you and love you very, VERY much!
Talk to you tomorrow?
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Good evening my darling daughter. Or should I say good morning. It's so good to have you back. I missed your daily blogs very much, but am so glad you enjoyed your time away. I love you very much and hope to see you soon. Enjoy your visit with V and give her my love.
If we always see the waves of life coming, I think we would waste too much time trying to dunk away from the inevitable. Your story reminds me to take each day and live it to its fullest because we don’t always know when those waves will hit, and they will. God provides for the crabs, indeed all his creation, but especially for his beloved children. Although the waves have been as large as those in your pictures (even larger) and have crashed down hard on you lately, think of your friends and family (even people you don't know) holding on to you ever so tightly so that you are not swept out to sea. Although your life on earth will never be the same without Jim, as in the third picture, there will be calm seas again and slowly, joy will return. I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know but sometimes when we get so caught up in our emotions, we can’t see the light of day. That's when others can come along side and pray for us. I’m praying for you and holding on with love. Garnett
Doctors appointment. for Daughter #1, dance recital for daughter #2,the library and pool. We had an daughter #1's BFF for the week. That was my week. Somewhere along the line I caught a cold. Oh, don't forget laundry. That did get done.
How old were you're kids when they started cleaning the kitchen not just clearing the table and rinsing the dishes?
Lisa B
Well I've been dealing with a kid who had her wisdom teeth out, and a child who has been running a high fever for *5* days and now has an ugly funky rash. I bet you wish you hadn't asked huh? LOL, glad you had a good trip, I'll live vicariously through those gorgeous photos.
Rebecca
Hey J,
Just got in last night myself. I flew to St. Louis and had a great visit with my friend, Barb, who lives in Illinois, while Ally was at camp last week. So glad you had a great time in Cabo!!! Ally has dance and Jessie Jones(NCL) this week. We are counselors for 5-6 yr. olds. I'm thinking I will be exhausted by the end of the week. Will is heading to Birmingham to visit with the guys that he will share an apartment with at Auburn and Gerald is going to be in Dallas
and San Antonio working. Summer is
starting out to be as busy as the school year. I thought this was the
time of year to lay back and relax.
It was so good to see you at graduation. You looked great I saw you through my binoculars, but I did not get to see you in person. We also camcorded Will but we just purchased a new camcorder and it was not on.....so, no graduation memories were recorded, oh well....
Didn't get to comment on the beach/ski question so I will now.... I love the BEACH the most, but also like to snow ski. Lake Tahoe at spring break is the best because I am a cold freak. It is so beautiful there!! I would love to see it in the summer. We have been to a lot of different beaches from the pacific coast (California and Hawaii)to florida and the Carolina's and Mexico and the Carribean. Some of the most beautiful beaches to me were Cancun, St. Thomas, St. John but just as beautiful is the Florida gulf coast that we keep going back to year after year since Will was 2 The Destin, Seaside, Rosemary beach area feels like home and is the place where I find so much peace and tranquility and feel God's presence. I loved Positano, Italy not for the most beautiful beaches, but for the way the village and houses were positioned into the side of the cliffs along
the ocean. It was so quaint and I loved the old world look of the architecture.
Still tuning in and reading your
blogs at least every few days if
not every day. Would love to see you and catch up with you. Let me know if you guys are heading out to a movie or dinner or drinks anytime in the next two weeks. I would love to join you all. We will be here until June 23rd. We are going to Will's orientation at Auburn and then heading on to Rosemary Beach and will be back July 5th. Take care girl!!! Love ya, ~Gina~
Hey sis,
Well I wrote on here earlier but I guess it didn't take so I'll write again. We've been spending the last 10 days showing J. Hammer around. He brought his daughter and her and M2 played together the entire time. He got to catch halibut, saw Orcas, Humpbacks, a beach with at LEAST 40 Bald Eagles, walked on a glacier, and on the last day (yesterday), they got to see a momma bear and two cubs at the bottom of our hill. As they watched, two moose came running out of the tress and the cubs were chasing them. Just another day in Alaska!! J. Hammer has taken up photography as a hobby, but his pics are pretty much professional grade. Copy and paste this address if you'd like to see the pics he took while he was here.
http://jhammer.smugmug.com/gallery/5059260_HvKim#309496358_MoEkC
Each picture takes him 15-20 minutes to process, so new pics will be added every day. So I invite ALL of you to look at his pics, and leave comments if you like them. Also, there are several pages of pics, 8 last time I checked, so be sure to change pages by clicking the arrow above the thumbnails.
On a side note, my back has gone out again and I was sent home this morning for the next two days. I was walking like a Neanderthal and taking baby steps to try and minimize the pain. I've been awaiting a phone call to get my epidural injections via fluoroscopy but in the meantime, they've given me vicadin. Flexeril didn't touch it, so they changed it to the vicadin, but I'm pretty sure all it's gonna do is knock me out.
Oh well, enough of my whining...I love ya and miss you all VERY much. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself as much as possible while in Cabo. But remember, we only have three summers left here in AK so you need to get up here again before I leave. J. Hammer loved it so much he's already setting up plans for next year!!
Ta ta for now!
Little bro
J-M1 took M2 with him on a weekend trip with J Hammer and his daughter. So K2 and I hung out, went to the movies to see "The Strangers" (dumb!) and just watched videos. (and called D to vent about things)
Then, I called a friend from my old neighborhood trying to find out the fate of a family friend who supposedly fell, got brain damage and is on life support. Only to find out that he didn't know how THAT friend was doing, but another friend of ours is terminally ill with breast cancer. (double wave)
However, today we found out the the friend with brain damage may be ok, but, his father died.(triple wave...does this mean a tsunami is inevitable???)
I just prayed to God to keep them all in his care. (just like you and the kids ;) )
sigh.
What a week!
Love you.
K in AK
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