October 2010: Lincoln City, OR

Our New Year's Resolution is to post once a month.  I'm going to play catch-up for a few posts and then starting in February we'll have new photos from 2011.  On October 8, we packed up for a mini-vacation, including a wedding,  in Lincoln City, OR.  It was one of the best weekends ever! 



 



 All of the kids(Tommy, Josh, Megan, Cassie, Yale & Ella) had a great time on the beach and we couldn't keep them out of the water.  Here's Megan posing for a photo and then digging in the sand.  Thank goodness there was a washer and dryer in the house.  We did a lot of loads of laundry!

We had a few kites and the kids really enjoyed flying those.  There's always plenty of wind on the Oregon Coast for kite flying!  Josh is ready :)









The house we rented was beautiful and a perfect fit for the 18 of us that stayed there.  We spent most of our time on this main floor, well duh, that's where the fabulous food was!  Every family that was there was in charge of a meal.  It was a great way to do the food and everyone did a great job!

Here is the deck off the main floor where we spent a lot of time. We had steps right down to the beach. The weather was really rainy until Sunday morning when we got married out on this deck. :)

Jenn and Eric were our photographers for the weekend.  Jenn did our wedding photos and we were thrilled!  Here, Eric caught a photo of Jenn doing what she loves.  That's Jenn and Collin's daughter, Ella (our niece), watching her.

 

 Everyone loves Grandpa Ron (Eric's dad)!  These two are nothing but trouble when they're together! 

All of the kids get along so well.  It makes our time together that much more special.  Josh and Yale have always had a special connection.  Can you see it?

Love this photo of Jenn and I.  We call each other "Seester."  My brother, Collin, couldn't have found a better woman in the world to marry. I love her to pieces.  We did some shopping therapy together at the outlet mall and decided it's going to happen every year!  My brother, the accountant, is still talking about the money we "saved."  hee hee hee

Cassie loved her time on the beach and in the water!

The only child missing in this photo is Ella, but she wasn't far behind.  Collin had a great time in the water, too.

Eric and Collin got up one morning and took all 6 kids to the tidepools.  Everyone had lots of fun exploring. . .Here's the backside of Tommy and the girl cousins having a great time!