Beach Trip!

We spent the last four days at the Oregon Coast.  We stayed at a beautiful house with Jeremy's family in Gleneden Beach (just outside of Lincoln City).  Pearl had her first experiences with sand and the ocean.  We also did a lot of sightseeing, ate good food, went shopping, played board games, and watched movies.  It was a great weekend full of fun activities.

The above photos were from our first trip down to the beach.  Jeremy helped Pearl get her feet wet.  She was not happy about the situation.  I don't blame her.  The water was cold.  The bottom photo is of Jeremy and I trying to mimic Pearl's "beach face."  As you can tell from my bangs, it was also very windy which is pretty standard for the Oregon Coast.

 

We visited Depoe Bay and Newport (two nearby coastal towns) on Friday.  Pearl absolutely loved the sea lions in Newport.  They were making all kinds of noise and it made her very excited.  Also, notice us looking very cool in our sunglasses.  I wish I hadn't forgotten Pearl's glasses although she probably wouldn't have kept them on her face anyway.

This is part of the living area in the beach rental.  It is a really beautiful house.  It kind of makes me wish we had wood paneling, but it mostly makes me want cool stairs and skylights.

An evening walk on the beach.  That night I was really thinking about how different the trip felt from the previous year.  This year was so much more special because we had Pearl with us.  Also, I was uncomfortably huge last year so it was also more enjoyable just to not be pregnant :)

The beach was pretty empty on Sunday so we couldn't find someone to take a group photo for us.  My sister-in-law Carolyn managed to place her camera on a rock and set the timer so we could get this photo.  I was pretty impressed by the results.

-Kira

Beach Weekend

 This weekend we stayed in an awesome house in Gleneden Beach, OR.  The weather was beautiful.  There was even one day where no jackets or hats were needed on the beach!  If you have ever been to the Oregon Coast you would understand how amazing that is.

Our best attempt at a family photo

The four members of our group bold enough to go into the water.  Only one was human.

Besides beach time, we hung out in Lincoln City.  We saw the sandcastle building competition, ate at Mo's (kind of something you have to do at the Oregon Coast), went to the outlet mall, and stopped at Captain Dan's Pirate Pastry Shop.  If you are ever in Lincoln City, I highly recommend visiting Captain Dan's.  The couple that run the shop are so nice, Dan actually dresses like a pirate, and the treats are delicious.

Jeremy's parents, us, his brother-in-law, sister, and their dog

We ended up buying a few more outfits for our little lady at the mall.  The prices were great, but we already have so many clothes that it's just not necessary to buy more.  It's very hard to say no to such adorable tiny things though.  I also got a great deal on a bag at the Pendleton store.  I was pretty excited about that.

Playing with Syd

We took 136 photos on our camera while we were there.  I would say 90% of them are of dogs frolicking on the beach.  They were in heaven.  I tried very hard to not go overboard showing you too many photos.

Sydney

Ellie - Syd's biological sibling, she belongs to Jeremy's sister

 

Roxy - our beach daredevil

I hope to have more time for the blog this week, last week was insanely busy.

-Kira

Looking Forward to the Weekend

The last time we took the dogs to the beach. 2008!

Yesterday I was at work for 11 hours.  I worked for 11 hours today as well.  My guess is tomorrow I will be there for about 14.  We have a big presentation I am preparing for that happens on Thursday.  It has been so busy.

More fun facts: I have to pee every two hours in the middle of the night now and bonus, I got stretch marks this week.

I am so excited for our beach trip this weekend.  I will really appreciate the break.

-Kira