Family & Beach time!

On June 15, my mom's sister Rachel, her hubby Wayne and their daughter Bethany flew in for a visit from Tennessee. Also, my mom's twin sister Janine and her son Timothy rode the train up from California the day before. So on Thurs the 18th, we all got together in the morning and headed to the beach for the day. The weather forecasted cloudy and about 55 degrees, so we didn't dress for warm weather and packed coats and sweatshirts, because as most of you know, it always tends to be windy there, making it cold. We got left a little later than planned, so we got there about noon. We went to the nice little beach there in Taft, by Mo's, just past Lincoln City. When we got there, it was overcast and cloudy, BUT it was actually warm enough to be in short-sleeves and capris. I was pretty excited, even though the sun wasn't out, because it is so windy there whenever I go, you always have to bundle up and never tends to be much fun in the wind. After about an hour, the dark clouds all rolled away and it was sunny and warm...we couldn't have asked for a better day!! A few of us got a little sunburned, but after slathering with aloe for a few days, we were back to normal (luckily I had sunblocked the kids all up when we first got there). After spending a few hours on the beach, we headed to Mo's for a yummy late lunch/early dinner, then my dad and grandpa were so kind to take 3 of the kiddos (THANK YOU!!!) - Hannah, Josiah and Micah home, while the rest of us headed to the outlet mall to check out any good deals they may have. We were pooped when we got home from a long day, but we had a WONDERFUL time!

Beach = relaxing and napping, didn't you know? :) For all ages...

Wish I could have gotten all 4 of them in the same pic!

My Dad and Grandpa

Like father, like son...

Melinda taking Josiah and Hannah out to see the water

Isaiah just chillin'...wishing he could be out there with the

rest of the kids, I'm sure. Next year you can, Little Man!

Hannah drawing in the sand with a stick she found

On our way back from seeing how cold the water was...

All the kiddos enjoying the beach...Cami and Isaiah were

so sleepy in the stroller, but just wouldn't go to sleep...too

much going on, I guess

When it got really warm out, Hannah wanted to take her

shirt off like her boy cousins. I had to tell her that's something

girls don't do and she wasn't happy. So Melinda took her bathing

suit top and tied it on her and that made her happy, even though it

was too big. :)

Hannah, Micah and I building a sandcastle.

The finished sandcastle and its "builders" (back L-R) Hannah,

Josiah, my cousin Timothy, and my cousin Bethany. Front is

Micah...he didn't care about having his pic taken and just kept

right on digging. :)