The same sunset

"Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation and kindness and caring - Quite often the hard way. And that someone need not be perfect for you to love them." ~Pamela Dugdale

Well we are here at the beach for a few weeks. We love it here. We are blessed to be able to come, I know. We watched the sunset tonight while introducing Tilly (the dog) to water which does NOT come from a hose. She was confused to say the least - sticking one paw out in front of the other with her head cocked to the side.
The sunset was perfect. So, so glad that Jamey's family is coming tomorrow to help us celebrate Fathers Day. Jameys parents and Elizabeth (aka DJo) love the kids so much. I watched Steve this morning as he turned scrambled eggs into a transformer in an attempt to get Stephen to eat breakfast. And it worked. My mom and dad are here with us. Another blessing. My kids - who spent an hour swimming in the gulf this evening - are now clean from an outdoor shower, full from a good supper of Brick pit BBQ and Pollmans cookies (who wants to cook the night you arrive on vacation?) and snuggled up together in a lazy boy recliner watching a movie. Another string of blessings. But there is a piece missing in the picture. And as much fun as the next three weeks will be, we will wish each day for a special aunt and uncle who are miles and miles away. And hoping that one day our paths will lead us to homes closer to each other. So we can celebrate the little things together with ALL of us here. 
We all had the same sunset tonight. It was gorgeous.
Just wishing we had watched it while all sitting together on the back porch of this yellow beach house instead of spread out across the miles.

"Like branches on a tree we grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one, Each of our lives will always be a special part of the other." ~Anonymous