Beach trip

We went on a family beach trip. We began our journey on Sunday, August 23. We packed all our stuff and john loaded it into the truck. Then we were off to Krispie Kreme for a vacation jolt of sugar and caffeine. a quick stop for gas and we were off. It was a nice drive to seaside. when we finally arrived at seaside we found a great parking spot in the public parking area. We began by walking around a little bit until we saw it. It was amazing the waves against the sand. We were going to shop around a little but when we saw the beach something called us out to the water and sand. John went ahead with Jacob, Shelby and Mackenzie while I stayed and let Rory swing on a swing set on the beach. Then I decided to walk out to the water with Rory and meet up with the rest of the family. However I had a non-sand-friendly stroller. I folded up the stroller and carried it in one hand and Rory in the other. I began to walk out there and it was kind of along way. They saw me struggling to make it to them and they turned and met me (what a nice family). I sat Rory down and she stared at the water. Then all of the sudden there was a wave that came up and kissed her feet. Immediately she began to cry, the water was cold, she just stood there and pointed at the water at her feet and cried. We played for a little bit and the second time the ocean came up to meet Rory she turned to run away and lost her balance in the wet sand and got sand and water all over her cute little bum. The kids ran up to the waved then turned and ran from them, It was a fun game. Then it was time to move on. I took the girls to the bathroom and when I came out John was talking to some guy. It was his co worker from the other shop. We walked around and looked at some neat shops. Then it was time for lunch. We were looking forward to some yummy hand dipped corn dogs like we remembered but the shop was gone. We ended up eating burgers at a place called big kahuna. It was good I got a burger with pineapple on it. We were full, or at least some of us were, Jacob and Shelby can really pack it away sometimes. It was time to go to the aquarium and feed the seals. That was fun and fishy, we looked around. When we got to the gift shop we got the kids each a whole sand dollar. They kept finding broken ones and I was telling them about the birds inside the whole sand dollars. That was fun. We went and played in the sand some more. Then we went and rode a paddle boat. The rental was for an hour but by the time we went to the end and back, where we were allowed to take it, we were all pooped out and returned the boat 30 min. early. Then we needed some refreshment and headed with wobbly legs to the shave ice stand. We all got shaved ice except for Shelby who chose a bottle of water, which I thought was weird. We went into a few more shops then it was time to go to the candy store. We got taffy and a little bit of fudge. We all got to spin a wheel they had and Shelby won a candy stick. All the flavors of taffy all seemed so good we accidentally bought over 2 lbs. of taffy. Then it was off to Lincoln City. We thought it was a quick ride there and then we were going to eat at Moe's for dinner. However we misjudged the distance between seaside and Lincoln city. We drove and drove and then we stopped and plugged in tom tom and realized we had almost 50 miles still to go. So off we went and when we were all super hungry we came around the corner and saw the beginning of Lincoln city and I began to feel so happy that we finally made it when Jacob said from the back seat of the truck something that I couldn't quite make out. When I said what he said in a clearer tone "I'm barfing". John pulled us over into someones driveway and Jacob got out and we had a big mess. After we got cleaned up and he changed his clothes on the side of the road we decided to check into a motel for the night. We got a room and made Jacob drink some water. He said he was feeling better so off to Moe's we went. We bought a bunch of clam chowder and it was soooo good. We went back to the room. Our plan was to get the little girls to bed and let Jacob watch TV while we snuck down to the hot tub for a little bit. That did not work out, by the time we got Mackenzie and Rory to sleep we were too tired to move and just went to bed. We got up the next day and went to the outlet mall and bought a few shirts and pants for school. We went to our favorite pizza place for lunch. Then we decided we could fit in a little more beach time. We found this great parking place and saw the beach access. We got ready to go and then saw that there was a ton of stares to get to the beach. So down we went and it didn't seem to far. We played and played, Mackenzie and I made a sand castle, Jacob and Shelby dug holes and tried to find water. It was a lot of fun. Then we decided to leave So we started to climb the stairs. I think they got taller because I thought my legs were going to fall off about half way up, we powered through and finally made it to the top. (my legs were sore for 2 days after, so was johns) We got cleaned off and headed off to the Tillamok cheese factory. We had a great time tasting cheese and watching them make it. Did you know it takes a lot of milk to make just a pound of cheese. We got yummy milk shakes and then we headed for home. It is nice to be back home.