Beach Trip!

After months of trying to get away and failing miserably at it, we finally made it happen. A family getaway to Rockaway Beach. These first pictures were taken at Blue Heron, a little cafe/shop/petting area.
Aubrey chatting with the chickens.

Corey, so excited about having his picture taken.
Finding treasures on the beach.
I love these pictures!!!
We had such a great time at the beach, much better than last years attempt were Aubs had a high fever, and projectile vomiting. Sadly it rained quite a bit while we were there so we didn't get near as much time at the beach as I would have liked. We had rented a beach house with a hot tub for the weekend, but it was cold when we got there. Didn't get really hot until the day we were leaving, but we did get a family hot tub day while it was warming up. Still fun, but not the bottle of wine night in the tub I had invisioned. Next time I suppose!
Of course we had to stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory on our way through!
The girls hated their ice cream as you can tell!

Summer in January?

We have recently had a couple rounds of strep go through our house, and on this beautiful day in February we were actually quarantined to the house. Was really hard to tell this though by looking at the girls.
It was a gorgeous afternoon, actually hit 55 degrees I think. Had the girls outside with sweaters on, and shoes I promise. I turn around and find them barefoot and sweaterless totally hamming it up. I didn't have the heart to make them bundle back up, they were having so much fun. I love running around barefoot myself, however I need it to be about 30 degrees warmer first. It wasn't long and they were begging to go inside and drink some hot cocoa. Since then though I have been asked many a time how much longer before summer comes? Seriously, how much longer, I don't know if I can take much more rain myself!