Discovering 2014

January began a new adventure for us as a family.  As we go to explore a new year we have a new word that will frame our focus and our word for the year that is focussing us is DISCOVER.  This word is made for our family!

We like to discover new places to eat.  We like to discover new beach spots. We like to discover new things at Disneyland we've never seen before.

A big part of this year will be Discovering who God is, who he created us to be individually and what Jesus is teaching us as a family.  
We believe that Jesus has big things in store for each of us.  We believe that we'll Discover unique & life altering things about Jesus.  

We know 2014 will be full of new & many changes.  Each day will give us a chance to discover what life will be about for our family!

All Star Season! :)

Well I am going to tell you a story of a my All Star Season. I was so glade to be on an all star team because it meant that I was one of the best out of all the kids that played in the AYSO league. In all we played 4 games, but the sad thing is that we only won 0 of the games. But the good thing is that I got to play with 1 friend that I new from school, and he was good at soccer. The also good thing is that we got to dump water on our coach. My coach was very nice to the kids on my team and me. The position I played on the all star team was defense but I usually played forward and that is my favorite position. I learned that you need to give it all your best on the field and have fun. I had so so so much fun on that experience and defense is still not a favorite position.

Welcome 2014

We began this new year with a road trip to the Northern California Coast.  There were many adventures to be found with great friends exploring new places.
This was the first road trip in Danny's new road trip vehicle.  There was plenty of leg room for all of us.
We decided to visit two love birds living close to Carmel and we went to the beach to watch the sun set.  Of course the boys were up for an adventure wherever we went.

Jumping into a new year ... or just jumping off a sand cliff -- either way make that jump great!

After jumping off this cliff many times, pretending they were running away from some creature from the Hobbit movie these crazy boys thought they could see how close they could get to the water.  Of course both of them ended up in the water drenched.
Cody learned a great lesson of why it is not a great idea to leaver your iPod in your pocket when you are running and jumping off sand cliffs.  Luckily he found it in the dark when Daddy and Sergio too him back to look for it. 

What is it in a boy to not feel the cold waters and air of December 30th in Nor Cal?  When they were done playing in the water they were a little cold and ready for dry clothes which were back at the house.

For the last day of 2013 we did some beautiful hikes.  The first one we saw whales, otters, seals, and dolphins.

After tailgating for lunch we took off for another amazing hike.  It started out very dry and deserty and then before you know it you end up in a lush redwood forrest.  Cody said it was like finding a magical forrest.  

We took Thor with us on this hike and he loved running free and exploring too.

To end the year and day we went to a cute small theater to watch the Hobbit 2 with our friends.

2014 started with hiking through the caves at Pinacales state park.  We all had so much fun exploring how these boulders created caves to journey through.

Thor is really a mountain goat dog.  He must have thought he was at doggy Disneyland as he got to hike through the caves with us.

It was a fun start for whatever lies ahead for us in 2014.

Goodbye 2013