Oregon Coast {in pictures}

The summer has come and gone and so has our summer vacation.

We loved going to the Oregon coast as a big family, 

it's too bad that we had some missing family members though

maybe next time because I'm sure that we will be doing it again someday.

There is too much to tell about the whole vacation so to keep it simple for me

I will show some of my favorite pictures.

I love being with my family, especially getting to experience new things with them.

This was a first for Heath and the boys getting to see the coast so that right there 

made it all worth it.

 handsome boys

checking out the Pacific Ocean

 a brewery tour

 a little sand dune racing

 Love my parents, they are such troopers and kept up with all of us

and of course spoiled us along the way too.

 play time on the beach

 so beautiful

 Cody couldn't wait to play with the soldiers on the beach and re-enact 

"storming the beach at Normandy" but when a big wave came in it 

quickly became a rescue mission for all of the men.

 The football lasted but we couldn't say the same for our new frisbee 

which was lost in the tide after one throw.

No worries Brooke.

 Cody is such an easy going kid, you can take him anywhere

as long as he has his chapstick he will do just fine.

 I say it all the time but we really do all love to eat.  

We ate a lot this trip, a little bit of everything,

some days it felt like that's all we did.

 Our home was nice and it held us all, it was good that we each had a room

to call our own but maybe one extra bathroom would of been nice.

  Jim and Heath were our main cooks with a little help from 

us girls every once in awhile, they were awesome!

 love this guy

 I love how the beach could keep the boys busy for hours.

Luke and Ryan were especially mesmerized by the ocean

and would just stand out there forever.

 Ryan couldn't wait for the trip to the aquarium, 

it was all about the sharks for him.

Us girls were definitely outnumber by the boys but we can hold our own,

next time we just need Summer and Kimber there with us too.

Brooke was the only one of us girls who braved the deep sea fishing trip with the boys, 

there was no way that I was going to do that one.  A few fish were caught and everyone but 

Ricky fared well on the boat trip.

 We all loved the crabbing!

It was very entertaining and educational, especially when you have some

sweet older people to tell you all about it.  Ryan was intrigued by the crabs and showed no fear.

Once he was taught how to put them to sleep by rubbing their underside, that became his favorite thing to do.  Ryan helped another dad who was afraid to pick up a crab even with rubber gloves on by asking him, "do you want me to put him to sleep for you?" which he did and then handed him back to the dad. 

 Unplanned vacationing the same time as other relatives was a fun little treat,

We got to see my cousin Burk and the rest of the family for a couple of hours one day. 

Our first time touring a lighthouse. 

 And we thought our group was loud!

We were nothing compared to these loud rascals, 

talk about entertaining to watch!

We stayed so busy on this trip but got to see and experience so much.

These few pictures and words don't even give this trip justice but

to keep it short and sweet it was a wonderful trip.

Thanks family, we loved it.