Friday, August 19, 2022

Girl Beach Trip

 I took Evelyn and Ellie to the beach for a few days to get away and have some fun before school starts. We had such a fun time and I cherished this time with these amazing and fun girls!!

Ready to head out!


My ALL TIME favorite ride is the Tilt-A-Whirl. I loved going on it when I went to Seaside as a kid and still do! The girls had never been on it and so I insisted they go with me. It was hilarious hearing the sqeal and laugh. Ellie loved it... Evelyn, not to much! But it was SO fun to do it with them!



The view from our Gearheart condo. 







We spent the late afternoon at the beach then after dinner went back to watch the sunset. The beach was a 5 minute walk from the condo.








Love these girls!!

The next morning we got up and went for a long walk on the beach (I ended up with 15000+ steps each day of our trip...we walked alot!)

We started collecting sand dollars and found lots of interesting things on the beach as well.

We then headed back into Seaside for a bit...
One more time on the Tilt-A-Whirl... so much laughing! We also had some amazing gelato and shopped.
We came back to Gearheart and watched a movie...
....and went swimming. We had pizza for dinner and chilled for the evening after a full day. 

We got up Friday and went for our last walk on the beach.
We found SO many intact sand dollars, too!

Hot cocoa and treats in downtown Gearheart.

We hit the road for home and stopped at Camp 18 to walk around. 

Such a special few days with these amazing young ladies. Thankful the Evelyn has such great friends who love her well. Grateful for time away with them! 

Sunday, August 14, 2022

July/August Photo Dump

The past few weeks have flown by... here are some things we've been up to!!


Evelyn spent a week at OSU for CIY Move


They obviously had fun! 


She had a GREAT time even is she didn't sleep much...haha!
Praying for and saying goodbye to Bella. She headed off to college at Penn State the following morning. Bittersweet for sure.

Grammpy helping Matthew torch the sugar topping of the creme brule we had for desert. We've had lots of fun dinners at mom and Doug's this past month!

Bodie found a new spot to hand out... can you see him?  Silly cat....
Matthew LOVES the game Life. We tolerate it for him...haha... and it usually required wine for the grownups!! It's actually a silly and fun game and makes for great family time!
Matthew tucking Bodie in for the night...haha!


We took the boat downtown for the first time and even tho we really do like up river from Willamette Falls better, it was fun to see the city from the water. 



The day was gorgeous!

Football season begins!! First day of Skyhawk Camp in early August. Our baller is ready and excited!

Happy  Birthday Doug! We went to a new McMennamins and seriously had one of our best pub meals. Great way to celebrate our favorite guy!

Thankful to get caught up on photos and blogging...haha!