2012 Highlights

Hello and welcome to the 2012 edition of Padilla Family Highlights!

January 2012

Mo takes boys for a weekend in San Diego ~ Shayley continues her piano lessons ~ Ama participates in a Hip Hop dance class and after-school soccer team ~ Rebekah continues to be a Docent for Hands On Art program at Ascension Lutheran School

February

Mo & Bekah take a trip to Arizona for some R&R ~ Bekah takes the girls to San Francisco for some sight-seeing ~ Family Dinner Dance at Journey of Faith ~ Bekah dresses up for the annual Oscar Party with her girlfriends 

March

Mo & Bekah attend a marriage conference at Journey of Faith ~ Jonathan turns 5 with a Spiderman party ~ A family celebration as Bekah's sister, Lindsey, marries John Fraumeni ~ Bekah continues to work for New Health Consultants as a nutrition consultant doing private consultations, grocery tours, food demonstrations and health fairs ~ Bekah celebrates 40 with her girlfriends in Santa Barbara

April

Ama, Shayley and Reece participate in the Easter choir at Mira Costa HS ~ Ama turns 13 ~ Bekah hanglides over Dockweiler Beach ~ Family trip to Hume Lake ~ trip to The Grove to visit the American Girl Doll store

May

Mo competes in the Wildflower Triathlon ~ Reece is baptized at Journey of Faith ~ we continue to recycle cans & bottles to help raise money for a new orphanage in Ghana ~ Shayley, Ama and Reece perform in the musical Living Inside Out in an Upside Down World

June

Jonathan graduates from preschool ~ Shayley graduates to Junior High School ~ Shayley turns 11 with a girls sleepover ~ Family trip to Palm Desert ~ Beach days begin

July

Ghana families reunite at Hermosa Beach pier ~ BBQ with friends ~ swim lessons at The Plunge ~ Celebrating our 17th Anniversary ~ Whale watching cruise ~ attended the weddings of Nate & Maryn Carpenter and Adam & Courtney Sloey

August

 Ama & Shayley go to junior high camp at Hume Lake ~ pool days at the Fraumeni house ~ Reece turns 8 ~ family trip to Disneyland (free tix!) ~ beach days at Hermosa pier ~ boys participate in Vacation Bible School at Ascension Lutheran

September

Bike N Skate Party at Ascension Lutheran School ~ School starts (Ama 7th, Shayley 6th, Reece 2nd, Jonathan Kindergarten) ~ picnic & softball game with Mo's company, Tecolote Research ~ Ama and Shayley start Broadway Jazz dance class ~ family trip to the bowling alley ~ pool day with the Miller family

October

Bekah coordinates Hands On Art program as School Chair at Ascension Lutheran ~ Celebration for Mo's birthday ~ Ama and Shayley participate in after-school volleyball team ~ Halloween festivities ~ Bekah attends Beth Moore Conference

November

Shayley and Reece start practice on musical Race To Win ~ Hume Lake with Grama Richman ~ Ama & Shayley's Jazz Dance Show (Feeling Good, M.Buble) ~ House of Blues with Anders Royal ~ family outing to the USS IOWA battleship in San Pedro on Veterans Day

December

Family participates in 1,000 Points of Light Christmas caroling at Galleria Mall ~ Christmas party with Stitch in Time girls ~ Christmas Dinner and Tree Trimming at Ascension Lutheran School ~ Tecolote Research Christmas Party ~ Fireworks in MB ~ Santa visits our street ~ S'mores with friends ~ Shayley and Ama have speaking and vocal parts in the school Christmas play ~ Hume Lake for New Years with Grama and the Fraumeni Family

We hope you had great memories in 2012 as well and we wish you all the very best in 2013!
As this Christmas season comes upon us I found this quote from Max Lucado that I love - "God became a man so we could trust him, became a sacrifice so we could know him, & defeated death so we could follow him."  May these words touch your heart in a deep and meaningful way this season as we celebrate our Savior's birth and His blessings in our lives.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Love always,
The Padilla Family