Washington & Oregon Coast Vacation

I know it is a miracle but I am actually updating my blog, I got a new laptop and it is motivating me to get back up to date. It is amazing how time flys by, summer is almost over with, and soon my boys will be back in school. So we just got back from a wonderful vacation, we went up to Washington to go to a wedding reception to a family we were very close to when we lived in Washington. Next we stayed at Grandma's (Brian's mom) house for a few days and had lots of fun swimming and relaxing. Grandma took us to an amazing hotel/waterpark in southern Washington called Great Wolf Lodge, my kids loved it!!!!!!

Next we traveled down to the Oregon Coast, we stayed in Seaside and had fun flying kites and getting in the freezing cold ocean water (around 56), but my kids were so excited they didn't care. We also went to a small aquarium where we were able to feed seals, it was amazing.

The following day we went to my favorite beach, Cannon Beach, which was only about 5 minutes away. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the temperature was perfect not too hot, but I spaced putting sunscreen on my kids because it was cold in the morning (great mom I know), and they all got sunburned. We took a picnic along and stayed from 9:30am to about 6:00pm, nobody wanted to leave. In the morning when the tide was out we found all kind of creatures around Haystack Rock, starfish, crabs, fish, sea anemone, sea urchins, and things I have no idea what they are called. We then built sandcastles (not the giant one in the picture, someone was nice enough to leave it for us), played in the water and rented sand bikes. It was so fun and relaxing, exactly what a vacation should be!!

We were so sad for our vaction to end, I could have stayed another week. On our way home we stopped at some amazing waterfalls including the Multnomah Falls which is 620 feet, the 4th tallest in the US. The Oregon Coast is so beautiful, and family vacations are the best, I can't wait to plan our next one!!