Monday, September 14, 2009

Summer Beach Trip

At the end of August we went to Pacific City for a week. My mom and stepdad were there part of the time and Nate came down for part of the time too! We stayed at this fantastic beach house. See what it says on the sign behind the girls...I love that. The place had everything including a bunch a fun toys that the girls loved!Dadddy surprised us all and came a day earlier than we thought he would. It was a great surprise but I actually enjoyed my time with just me and kids. It was nice to be able to just focus on them, at home theres too many distraction and stuff I gotta do...but not there!

This red chair in the above picture was HUGE. It was a big circle that spun around and we all loved it...so cool and fun!

Here's my stepdad. I think he loves the twins more than anyone else. Sydney's trying out her new trike that the girls got for their birthday. Perfect timing because they worked great for the trip. The street we were on was perfect for riding bikes, flat, and safe, the kids (Noah) loved it. There were also all these fun, paved, bike trails all around the area that we were constantly riding on!
We had beautiful weather and played and played on the beach. The girls love to dig in the sand and were content for hours which made me content for hours!

This is the HUGE hill at the end of the beach. Nate and Kelsey walked up it. Noah and Kelsey went part of the way up and tried to sled down. It didn't work very well, check out all the people and cars at the end of the beach it was kinda crazy!
Since grandma and grandpa were there to babysit the girls, Nate and I took the big kids crabbing one day. The weather was beautiful so I thought it would be a nice day out on the boat. I was wrong, it was crazy windy and miserable cold. After the first hour I was begging Nate to go back but no I drove that boat around for 3 hours dodging buoys, other boats, and the shore.
We did pretty good getting a dozen or so keepers and the kids had fun but if I never go crabbing again it will be too soon!
On the beach we played frisbee and made animal shapes in the sand. It was kinda nice being able to drive on the beach, it made it easier for the loading and unloading. We also shopped in Lincoln City, played games, and I had some great runs on the beach.
The big kids loved playing on the Boogie boards and played for hours in the water jumping waves and scaring Nate and I. It was also fun to watch all the sufers in the water.
I'd been looking forward to this trip all summer and it was worth the wait. It turned out to be a perfect way to end the summer. Thanks so much mom, please take us again (:

2 comments:

Mandy said...

I just love the beach! I wish we could go more often, I think it would be really fun to go crabbing too. I love all the pictures, your kids look so happy.

Carrie said...

I'm glad you had the perfect end to your summer. You guys came back sooooo tan! Awesome!