{"id":872,"date":"2012-11-07T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?p=872"},"modified":"2012-11-18T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T04:49:56","slug":"family-time-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Family time at the beach!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a few crazy busy weeks, the boys had a Friday off, and we made a last minute decision to take a quick family trip to the beach in Huatulco. \u00a0We are very glad we did!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-877\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>November is like spring here because the rainy season has just finished and everything is in bloom. \u00a0Leaving Oaxaca City we saw some of the brightest colors of bugambilia growing along in the high desert.\u00a0 As we climbed up in the mountains, the vegetation grew much more lush, and we saw some of the most amazing wildflowers of all different colors!\u00a0 As Nils drove us carefully through the windy, narrow mountain roads I found &#8220;All Creatures of our God and King&#8221; on my ipod and put it on loudly so we could join with his creation singing praise to our God.\u00a0 Then as we made it to our halfway point, a small mountain village at 8,500 feet, we took a short break to breathe the clean, fresh mountain air, look up at the huge pines and eat our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.\u00a0 On our way down the mountain toward the beach we drove through coffee farms and began to see palm trees and enjoy the warm salt water breeze.<\/p>\n<p>Our time at the beach was relaxing and fun! \u00a0We enjoyed the sun and the waves and taking a large catamaran to other bays where we tried, although not exactly succeeded, snorkeling with the boys. \u00a0The highlight for Mat\u00edas was seeing dolphins swim up by the boat. \u00a0For Lucas it was playing in the waves. \u00a0God was so obviously present to us throughout the weekend- in one another and the joy of being together, in those who served us our meals or cleaned our rooms, in the people we met along the way, and especially in the beauty of his creation. \u00a0It was wonderful!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010716.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-878\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010716-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010716-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010716-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010716-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010709.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-873\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010709-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010709-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010709-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010709-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-875\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010861.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-875\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010861-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010861-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010861-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010861-250x333.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the very front of the catamaran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-881\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-881\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010877-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010877-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010877-1024x671.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010877-250x163.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">on the catamaran getting ready to try snorkeling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-876\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010701-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010701-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010701-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010701-250x187.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=872&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a few crazy busy weeks, the boys had a Friday off, and we made a last minute decision to take a quick family trip to the beach in Huatulco. \u00a0We are very glad we did! November is like spring here because the rainy season has just finished and everything is in bloom. \u00a0Leaving Oaxaca [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-oaxaca"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After a few crazy busy weeks, the boys had a Friday off, and we made a last minute decision to take a quick family trip to the beach in Huatulco. \u00a0We are very glad we did! November is like spring here because the rainy season has just finished and everything is in bloom. \u00a0Leaving Oaxaca [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Clausons in Mexico\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-300x225.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"erika\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"erika\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"erika\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9\"},\"headline\":\"Family time at the beach!\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":344,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"family\",\"Oaxaca\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/\",\"name\":\"Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/2012\\\/11\\\/07\\\/family-time-at-the-beach\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Family time at the beach!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Clausons in Mexico\",\"description\":\"Our Life and Work in Oaxaca, Mexico with Serve Globally of the Evengelical Covenant Church\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9\",\"name\":\"erika\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"erika\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/clauson\\\/author\\\/erika\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico","og_description":"After a few crazy busy weeks, the boys had a Friday off, and we made a last minute decision to take a quick family trip to the beach in Huatulco. \u00a0We are very glad we did! November is like spring here because the rainy season has just finished and everything is in bloom. \u00a0Leaving Oaxaca [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/","og_site_name":"Clausons in Mexico","article_published_time":"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/11\/P1010949-300x225.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"erika","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"erika","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/"},"author":{"name":"erika","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/#\/schema\/person\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9"},"headline":"Family time at the beach!","datePublished":"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/"},"wordCount":344,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["family","Oaxaca"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/","name":"Family time at the beach! - Clausons in Mexico","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-11-08T00:35:57+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-19T04:49:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/#\/schema\/person\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/2012\/11\/07\/family-time-at-the-beach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Family time at the beach!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/","name":"Clausons in Mexico","description":"Our Life and Work in Oaxaca, Mexico with Serve Globally of the Evengelical Covenant Church","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/#\/schema\/person\/21067f02bf5ca12409bb363b92fd2ab9","name":"erika","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa12ad21a72733c61601e34c71519b9eda3e7c5974b8540f0fe16c592738ab5b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"erika"},"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/author\/erika\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/clauson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}