The Adventures of Familia Bajaboy

Happy Holidays from our family to yours! Zac, Tracy, Gabriel, and Mikayla

From November fun 2011 I couldn't help but grabbing the camera and video tapping my son, Gabriel, playing tonight.  After playing for a few minutes, he started telling me he was traveling between his house in Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico and his house in San Diego.  Of course, he needed to stay at the Baja Cactus Motel, in El Rosario.  He even went so far as to show me the locations on a make believe map.  My son's imagination is amazing.  It also makes me feel good to know that I am not the only one dreaming about our next trip down to Baja. Until the next adventure....

As fate would have it, my wife did not get the teaching position with Sweetwater Unified School District that we had hoped for....but fortunately she was still employed. As such, she was on a traditional schedule while I enjoyed a year round. Thus, as my fall break approached I had to decide whether to stay in San Diego or venture south to our place in Bahia Asuncion, Baja Sur, Mexico. The next big decision involved if I would travel solo, with one, or two of the kids. I struggled with the decision....that is, I struggled with whether to take one or both of the kids. Life is too short, in my opinion, to leave the kids at home. I ultimately decided that it would be a guys trip and I would only take Gabriel. This would be our third guy's trip in Gabriel's three years of life. Also tagging along was David, friend and coworker. My thoughts are still interwoven and jumbled together...reminding me that I need more alone time. We had a great time and I found myself closer t...

I came up with the great idea of starting a journal today since so much happens daily that I'm afraid we'll forget. So instead I may try this blog thing.... I'm not attempting to be a fantastic writer or come up with profound thoughts, more that I'm just wanting to document the day to day fun with our family. Where to start? It's been a typical weekend for us. We hit up SeaWorld yesterday and were quickly reminded why we don't go during the summer. Too busy for us! We like to sneak in for a few hours in the morning and sneak back out. But we did have a great time going on a few rides with Gabriel, seeing the new turtle exhibit, the penguins and the Elmo show. Today took us to Balboa park for a walk and some play time at the park. We always love just watching the kids go crazy at the park. Mikayla is still not quite walking but getting closer every day. As Gabriel and I were climbing the structures, it was sweet to catch a peek of Mikayla and Zac pra...