Living Every Minute.....

Hey Everyone!  This is Dan. 

We are in beautiful San Diego California and are enjoying the magnificent weather (not to hot, not to cold) and the amazing surroundings.  I have always wanted to take Amber to San Diego.  I visited with friends on spring break in 1992 and dubbed it the most beautiful "big city" in the USA.  Now that I finally made good on my promise to bring her here (thanks to Ammon) she is a believer.  The Ocean, the city, the temperate weather, the flowers, trees and folliage everywhere even in the freeway medians just make the city.  Amber will probably blog about the trip when we get back but I just had to tell one thing Amber did today that is indicative of her approach to life now.  We drove over a huge bridge to Coronado Island to Coronado Beach today.  The city of Coronado had these huge motorized handicap beach chairs to get people in her condition out to the water.  She drove it out there and laid on a beach towel to relax which is her favorite thing to do at the beach.  The kids were all out on in the water and rolling around in the sand seeing how much sand one swimming suit can hold and playing in the water intermittantly.  Amber decided that despite her condition she was not going to miss out.  She strolled out to the water and walked right in.  I thought it was just to get her feat wet and be closer to me and the kids so I went back to watching Ammon chase the birds and throw sand at them.  A couple of minutes later I hear what I thought was Amber screaming and went into full "Bay Watch" mode to go save her.  As soon as I caught sight of her I realized that she was squealing with delight (and from cold water I assume) and laughing as she frolicked in the waives.  I called out to her to be careful because it was deep enough, and the waives big enough, to cause her to lose her balance with her weakened hip.  Afterall I am not as fast running and swimming as David Hasselhoff although I would go for it if needed.  She ignored my pleas just like the kids had been doing and added giggling to the squealing and continued playing in the waives all by herself as the kids also watched in disbelief from the shore.  She actually did lose her balance on an extra big wave and lost her footing and lost her favorite sunglasses.  But there was no "I told you so" from me because if I live to be 100 I will never be able to erase the sight and sounds of my sweetheart living every MINUTE like it is a gift because to her it truly is.