OREGON

One of our favorite places to go is the Oregon Coast.  We had been planning a trip to go there over Memorial Day since December.  A few weeks before our trip, we got an awesome call.  Ernie's sister Emily asked if we minded if they joined us in Oregon.  Mind? We were beyond thrilled! We had such a great time. 

The first day we were there happened to be the birthday of these two guys:

We had a blast crabbing.  

After we went crabbing, we cleaned up and grabbed some pizza. 

 The birthday boys.

 (And I'm sure the pizza place didn't mind at all that we brought our own cake and had a little party :). 

Talk about a character.....we love Lincoln. LOVE him! 

 Cutest birthday boys ever. 

Caleb and Ethan are such great little buds.  They have a blast together. 

While we were hanging out that night, Lincoln turned Big E's legs into a slide.  Pretty smart really.  They are definitely long enough!

One of our favorites parts of the coast is the early morning tide pools.  

We had such a great time that morning.  The boys had a blast (and so did we!) exploring and finding crabs, starfish, anemones, etc.   

 Lincoln was really excited to find Patrick the starfish.  

The grounds of the condo at Otter Crest are beautiful.  

Later that day we went to the lighthouse.  I don't have any pictures, but there was a huge bald eagle in a tree right next to the lighthouse.  It was amazing. 

We went on a little hike over to see Devil's Punch Bowl one evening. 

 Just look at these trees....

(I love this picture of E and Jason.  There was a sign that said the number of paces the path was.  So they decided to see if the number was acurate.  They counted until about 450 or so.  It was pretty funny.)

Have I mentioned that I LOVE Oregon?  Well, this sure reminds me why.  Holy cow, it is just awesome! 

Ernie's Grandma recommended a great little place that we became frequent customers of while we were there. 

Here is a picture of some our fabulous boys at our favorite restaurant on of the mornings.  In fact, they were so fabulous, that the owner brought us over two pies and told us how impressed she was with how well behaved they are.  I'm glad we have great boys, but we were mostly glad that day that it got us yummy pie :). 

We also got to go whale watching one afternoon. 

If you look closely, you can see Lincoln's death grip of Emily's arm. I should have taken a picture of his other other arm and his legs.  He was holding onto my arm as well, each foot was wrapped around our legs as well. It was pretty funny. 

Proof that I really was there.... :)

Pretty sure life doesn't get any better than this......

 Ice cream at the Oregon Coast with your cousins. 

We had such a great trip.  

We are SO glad Emily, Greg and their boys come along!  My boys had a wonderful time, and we did too.