A Special Evening.....

hmmmmmmmmm.... so much to share and so little time these days it seems.... my mind is a blur with thoughts, plans, inspirations, duties, activities and lack of sleep.  There are so many things that I want to journal on my blog but have not been carving out the time to do it..... so from time to time I will post and will just ramble...

Last Friday evening we took a drive to Hilton Head.  Jeremy's brother had given us a gift certificate to Cheeburger Cheeburger  our favorite hamburger diner.  The girls were served their chicken fingers in baby pink Cadillac, Daddy and Peep shared a (disgusting) egg cream soda, and we enjoyed our collosal burgers with all the trimmings like Blue Cheese.... ymmmmmm (can you tell which two members of our family were across from me)

The girls enjoyed watching the lovely fountain in the courtyard just outside the diner.

 The sun was setting as we made it to our favorite nearby beach.  It was Isabella's first time to see the ocean and walk on the beach.  There would be no posing for Mama to take pictures (ugggg) nope...

("ugggg... I can't believe we are at the beach and mom is making us take pictures!)

 they were not happy when I would stop them from doing their own thing and ask them to let me take a picture...(my little Pearl couldn't stop smiling... but the other two were not too happy with me.)

(awwwwww, isn't this yet another lovely picture... hahaaa!  I very seldom take pics of my Nick because he is quite unwilling subject.  I know the Mamarattzi can be bothersome at times but come on kids!  This is the first time we have all been at the beach together, I have you all dressed in my favorite color, chartreuse.... and yet, you just couldn't humor me...)

("is she done yet.....")

  so I set the captives free.... gave up on posed pics and off they went...
my little jewels were running around in circles, jumping up and down, Hannah was skipping through the waves as they came ashore...

 (oh, sure... now he smiles)

my honey was so happy to be blessed with walking on the beach for the first time since his accident...
the Lord is healing him in miraculous ways but he still has a long way to go.  He doesn't get to be outside much because of the heat and the sunlight burn him where he was burned.  He still has to wear the compression bandages so he cannot get wet.  He can't walk far because he tires easily and is in a lot of pain from all the scar tissue... But, as the sun set, he was able walk a little ways on the beach, he threw his head back, closed his eyes, listened to the sounds of the ocean, breathed in and he praised God for this glorious miracle!  We did too!!!  Thank You Jesus for answered prayers.... it was a night of miracles to be certain.... Jeremy and our little Pearl were walking on the beach...

The Jewels of My Heart...

a very special evening indeed...