Manzanita, OR

So we went away for Memorial Day weekend to Manzanita, OR to Kristene's Dad's house by the beach. He lives about 1 block from the beach and takes about 4 minutes to walk there from the house. They are also next door to a pretty decent pizza place. So it took us about 5 1/2hrs. to get there on Friday night because the traffic was soo bad. We got there and get settled and went to bed around 1am. We then got up around 8 thanks to Kadin (who wakes up when the sun shines). Devin and I rolled out of bed and took the kids for hot chocolate and doughnuts (Amber and Kristene were still sleeping, and Lance, Ted and Patty went golfing at 7:30). We picked thoes up and went to the Beach to eat our food. It was a pretty foggy day. As the day went on, it got foggier. Here are some pictures from the foggy day:

At one point, Addie and Patty went down to the beach to get seashells and they had vanished. All you could see when she walked back was a soaking wet Addie who fell into the water because she couldn't see the wave. So she had to wear Kristene's poofy vest. Addie only brought 1 sweatshirt and that got wet.

Lance and Devin bought a frisbee and couldn't stop playing with it, that and the football. They had soar arms and shoulders. But they sure did have a good time.

So the next day we drove to Tillamook and the boys and Patty went golfing and us other girls went to a small city and went to antique shops and did the Tillamook tour. I felt really sick the entire ride there and the time we spent there, so I didn't get any pictures of it, but we did try our best to have a good time. All the kids got there fresh ice cream and they were pretty happy about that. That night we had a fire on the beach because the weather got so nice. So here are some pictures from that night:

So the last day that we were there on Monday was a short one, Devin and I were out of there about 12:15 to start the journey home. Kadin got to rent one of thoes bikes that you steer with your hands/body. He got his pant leg stuck in the chain buit once we freed him, he was off again (a nice way to loose the energy before he got into the car). So here are some pics from the last day:

So this house that we stayed at is called the Wood house. The walls the ceilings, the cupboard, EVERYthing is wood (well almost everything, there is some carpet). It was a really fun time, and because it was so fun, I have to post some more pictures of the good times, please enjoy: