New Years at the Coast

We returned to our favorite place to bid farewell to 2018 and welcome 2019. There’s something that feels so invigorating about starting anew with the sand between your toes and the salt air in your lungs.
2018 threw us some challenges, but was a really wonderful year overall, as we focused on living our lives with more INTENTION. What a world of difference that single shift made in our happiness, productivity, and relationships! Now, we look forward to 2019 with great excitement! This is a year for deepening our intention with our family and business, developing more self care and growth practices, and finding peace and FULFILLMENT in every place we find ourselves.

We rounded out the year with a little sand sledding. It was so fun introducing Cole to our favorite winter pastime on the coast!

One run and Cole was totally hooked. He giggled the entire way down the hill every time!

Cole’s first solo run! He took a spill a few runs in, but thought it was all part of the fun!

Our sweet girl admiring the last sunset of 2018. We talked to Isla about New Years resolutions, and she decided she wanted to set some goals for herself.
1. get a baby orange tabby kitten
(We paused at this point to better explain the purpose of goal setting- haha!)
2. glide on one foot with the other foot pointing back in ice skating
3. use manners (please and thank you) without reminders
4. speak with caring kindness
5. start to learn to read and write
We were so impressed with Isla’s goals and cannot wait to see all of the wonderful things our girl will accomplish this year.

I was feeling a bit sad about Christmas being over, so I decided to bring a few strings of twinkle lights with  us. Good thing too, as we had forgotten that we had taken down all our light fixtures in the living space during our rewiring project! Self-timer propped on a log for the win! We had a great time with the entire Marshall crew during our New Years week at the Coast!New Year’s Day sand sledding!First sand dollar of the year! First agate of the year!Isla was so excited to reconnect with her barnacle friends and wish them a happy new year.Teaching Uncle Josh how to listen to the barnacles.First teeny sand dollar of the year.Isla found this little fish flopping around in a fast-shrinking tide pool, caught it, and released it back into the ocean!