Oregon Coast Vacation

For Father's Day weekend we headed over to the Oregon Coast. We stayed at the Harris Beach state park campsite.

After setting up camp we headed down to the beach. This was the kids first time to the beach and they loved it! It was great weather, and beautiful light.

Phoebe is such a little water bug. She was great about wading in and jumping back, but by the end of the evening to no one's suprise she ended up completely soaked!

What a great start to our long weekend.

The next day we ran into a bunch of different people. Our young single adults branch was participating in a regional activity. It's always fun to see people that you know when your away from home. The Budden boys were there with their parents and helped us bury Payton and Phoebe in the sand.

The finished product...two very cute heads.

Those brave little girls attempted to rinse off in the ocean afterwards. Bad idea, I think they nearly froze to death.







After showers and a nap we went for a hike around the trails in the state park. They have some really beautiful hikes, it was a great way to spend the evening. Paxton was a real pill this weekend. He wouldn't let me get any pictures of him. I have about twenty of him walking away from me though.

The 3 kids...of course Paxton would not join them for a picture.

At the lookout point, makeout spot as we like to tease the kids.

We went to a differnt part of the shore, where it is really rocky. It provides a very different landscape and is so beautiful. Jason and the kids were trying to skip rocks into the ocean. I'm not sure that this works, Jason insits it does.

This V shaped notch in the huge coastal rocks was really cool so Parker wanted his picture infront of it.

I noticed that I have tons of pictures of Phoebe from this trip. I think it's because of her age, little kids tend to be really unihibited when the camera's around.

Back at camp the girls counted up and sorted out all their precious finds from the beach. Rocks and shells...we left the crab legs and kelp behind.

Later this evening we headed down to the campground park and ran into some old friends from first ward. Ryan and Rebecca Larson were there for a family reunion. It was a fun suprise to catch up with them and their cute family. Rebecca's nephew Mason (who Payton had a crush on when she was four) entertained us with his amazing dancing skills.

Our last campfire before heading home the next morning. We made smores and roasted hotdogs. What a fun time we had.
We plan on making this an annual tradition for our family. Can't wait until next year.