And one month later...

We are back from vacation and busy as usual so the pictures are slow in coming. We had a great time spending a week on the Oregon coast with my family. Growing up we visited Cannon Beach a couple times and decided to make a trip back. It had been over 10 years since we'd gone, but it was very familiar and such a pretty place to visit. The weather forecast was rain all week, but we were lucky enough to have a couple days of sun to enjoy on the beach. This is the condo we stayed in--our little family was sandwiched in the middle unit between two of my sisters' families and my parents. One more unit just down the street housed my other sister's family and my brother. All we had to do was cross the street and walk by a few houses and we were on the beach.

And here is Haystack rock. Recognize from Goonies, anyone? Actually it was the 25-year anniversary of the movie Goonies in Astoria (a town north of where we stayed) the weekend we arrived. Too bad we didn't realize or we could have driven over and seen Corey Feldman's band perform...oh well.

The water was freezing cold, but it was still fun to wade out and get a little wet. Ryan wanted no part of the water, but loved played in the sand. He was such a good traveler for this vacation which is so out of character for him. He loved flying on a plane and even said "Weeeee" while bouncing on my lap during some turbulence. He slept great the entire time minus our first night and didn't seem to mind when he missed naps or stayed up too late. I'm so relieved he was so good...but he made up for it on a trip to Page a week after we got back, but we don't need to talk about that!

Jack was in heaven looking for shells on the beach and playing with all his cousins he doesn't get to see very often. He was also a good traveler and had a lot of fun even though it doesn't show in the pictures lower down. Here are some of his "treasures" he found on the beach--he told me there were even crab eyeballs in his bucket. One of the sites he saw on the beach that he talked about nonstop was a dead seagull. He was very imaginative thinking of all the ways the bird met its demise.

We did a lot of walking while we were there and this was a favorite mode of transportation for the boys which usually involved a fight for who got to be on Dad's shoulders. Between our treks around the airport and all the walking we did, I don't know why it never occurred to me to bring a stroller. We managed though.

And a shot of our family on the beach...the boys look thrilled, right? This was taken after a few minutes of trying to get a good shot of the entire group while staring toward the bright sun. Lots of pics to share later with more from the rest of the week...