A Weekend with Family

We have been so busy around here which is why there have been no posts for a couple of weeks. I am hoping with school starting I will have more time. Looking at the calendar in the coming weeks it's doubtful but I am going to try to catch up so stop by back by to see what has been keeping us so busy. Until then, here is our trip to the coast the last weekend in August.

My in-laws, my sister-in-law and her family, my other sister-in-law, and my family all went to Newport for the weekend. It was great seeing all the family, especially M's sister and her family who flew in from Connecticut. We stayed in an amazing house right on the beach in Newport. It used to be a bed and breakfast so there were three master bedrooms, one regular bedroom with a bathroom outside the door, two kitchens and three living rooms. There was lots of space for us to spread out. Grandma played hide and seek with the kids for a couple hours the first night we arrived. Here is a picture of the back of the house from the beach.
On Saturday we headed down to Otter Rock so the boys could do some boogie boarding. Tom's 49th birthday was that day and to celebrate he boogie boarded for the first time ever. He did a great job! His son, Quinn also gave it a try. I am always amazed that people surf in this frigid water.

K and Quinn were inseparable the entire weekend. They are two years apart in age and are very similar in intelligence and personality.
There was a paddle board race that morning from Otter Rock to Nye Beach. Here is a picture of some of those participating in the race.
Later in the afternoon, Grandma made a fire and roasted wienies for the kids. They loved the dogs and each had two or three.

Here is Quinn, K, L, and Nate. Nate is two years older than L. They also tagged along together and have similar personalities.

Here is M with his big sister Corina.
It was great seeing her and catching up. It's been three
years since the last time we saw each other.

We went out to dinner at The Chowder Bowl and they had very tasty
fish and chips. L was so tired she slept through most of dinner.
Grandpa was giddy with excitement because we didn't have to wait for
a table but not 10 minutes after we were seated there was a line
out the door and down the sidewalk to get in for dinner.

After dinner we went for a walk down to the bay front.
There were a lot of sea lions in the harbor. Apparently they try to
get them to go into the cage which they then take out to sea to drop
off the sea lions. They always end up back in the harbor though.

Aren't these two cute? K really missed him after we left.

On Sunday we went to the aquarium. I am not going to show a lot of pictures of this since I have already posted some this year. I will only show you the super cute or interesting ones.

I liked this one of Kendra with the fish.

L looking super grown up.

Here is a picture of the whole family, minus Luke, my brother-in-law.
He was at college for football practice, we missed him.

Saying our final goodbyes before heading our separate ways.
Hopefully we won't wait another three years before we get to see
each other again. Thanks for a wonderful weekend!