Thursday, June 18, 2009

A Week at the Beach!


We took off to the beach for our first vacation of the Summer! It was fun like always. We had windy weather but no rain. It was sandcastle contest time, but I didn't get any pictures of them this year. It was very crowded and the pics I did try to take always had someones head or body part in the way. We did a lot of walking on the beach and to and from town, spent the day with one of Bryan's Co-workers and his great family, went on the beach and played in the sand and poked around the tide pools, went into seaside to the merry-go-round, and of course made and ate smores. My best friend Jana (from AZ) was visiting in-laws in Bend and actually decided to drive to the beach to see us. She brought her 2 boys, Brenden and Keegen. It was so great to spend a couple of days with her and the kiddos. It was just the 2 of us with the 4 kids for a couple of days. We made it through and had a lot of fun. Jana and I became "Super Mom's" when we made a GREAT fire for roasting marshmallows. We felt a real sense of pride in our fire making skills. The "big kids" were so excited to make smores together. What a fun way to kick off our summer break! Heading down to the beach.A happy camper being buried in the sand!

Keegen's first time to the beach!A fun bench to sit on.Long day!A ride on a sand bike. We all took turns pulling the kids.Our perfect fire!Roasting Marshmallows

Feeding the Seagulls in their PJs.

A "snuggle" photo

Brenden took this one...he told us to make a funny face. We had so much fun goofing around!

1 comment:

Bethany said...

Looks like so much fun! Happy summer vacation to you!

(Ellie sat on my lap while I read this post and she waved and waved at your pictures. Then I started pointing y'all out by name and she was saying, "Pay-t" over and over again. Super fun.)