Uncle Derek's Visit

We had a fun visit while my brother Derek was here visiting us. We enjoyed his company for a little over a week. He's on his summer break right now before he returns to school the first part of September. On his last full day here I took the day off and we stayed busy all day long. We started off with tennis, then went and got slurpees, saw The Lorax in 3d at the dollar theater, did a little shopping for some new football cleats for Dallas, got Little Ceasers where Derek introduced us to a thing called crazy crust-it's an unadvertised upgrade to your crust you can get. After Mike picked Dallas up from football practice we headed over to mom and dad Stone's to go for a night swim. We had a fun diving contest where Derek really gives the best belly flops:) We took him to the train station to catch Amtrak on Friday morning. I love it when family visits.

Our Trip to the Coast

We just got back from a fun few days at the coast with my family. We left on Sunday morning and then got back Wednesday evening. My parents were there, Desi and Nick, and Derek. Mike couldn't come with me and the kids as he couldn't miss a whole week of class. The weather was beautiful while we were there. We went whale watching, saw a dock that had washed up on Agate beach from Japan and the Tsunami that occured there a year ago, went to the Yaquina lighthouse (the tallest working lighthouse in Oregon), went to the beach several times and played in the waves, went mini golfing and played in the batting cages, saw glass blowing art, and went in the hot tub. When we left on Wednesday afternoon we drove up to Tillamook and had ice cream at the cheese factory and then travelled up to Seaside for a bit where we let the boys ride the carousel and pick out souveniour hats at the hat shop. Before departing ways we ate dinner at McEwens's which had some killer fish and chips. My parents are already planning on next years.

Pretty flowers

Cody picked me this flower in the back yard-it was so beautiful that I thought I would share it.

G & G Visit

While my parents were here we did a few fun things. Grandpa and Grandma took Brandon on a little date to Toys R Us and McDonalds since he won't be spending a week with them this summer.

We were also able to go to Mama Stortini's and eat lunch in a "private" room that Desi had set aside for us. It was kind of nice but the kids got a little to relaxed in there as it didn't seem like a restaurant in a closed door room. It was fun though.

When my parents left they took two of my kiddos, Cody and Elijah. We will be picking them up in a week and exchanging Dallas for the two. I hope they are having fun.