An Ocean View

My parents request when they came out to visit was an ocean view. And since we cannot provide an ocean view from our apartment window we decided to head to the coast. First stop on the 4th was the Sea Lion Caves in Florence Oregon. We might have got a little blown around but the views were worth it. 

There was about 50 or so Sea Lions in the cave, and a couple of them even won my heart over :). Outside there were about 300 Sea Lions just hanging out on the rocks soaking up some sunshine. 

And of course we had to take a picture of the most photographed lighthouse ever.

Like I said, the view was beyond beautiful.

We then continued up the coast to our hotel in Waldport that provided an ocean view for my parents. Along with that view came a beautiful sunset, a yummy pizza dinner, and some great fireworks to celebrate the 4th in Yachats.  

 If only you could hear the dramatic drunk lady behind us, enjoying the fireworks. It was quite entertaining.

Did I mention that this town had a sense of humor?

After a good nights rest we continued up the coast. Next stop was the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. Here we enjoyed watching a seal swim, saw lots of birds, and got a cool tour of the lighthouse, which consisted of trudging up 228 stairs to the top. Yes we all survived. 

 We then continued to stop at every beautiful sight along the road, and tried our hands at Whale watching in Depoe Bay. No luck though. Soon enough everyones feet hurt and we were running out of energy, so we made a quick trip to Tillamook Cheese Factory where we enjoyed some ice cream. We then headed home (after a quick jog past Salem to pick up my purse I left at Panda Express). 

Thanks Mom & Dad for a great Ocean View. We loved the trip! Also thanks for putting up my shelf... Like always your life savors. 

Kevin's home

When most of the Berg Family said they were heading to GP for the 4th we decided to jump on the band wagon and drag Brooklyn along with us. We headed down the 29th after picking Craig up at the airport we had a quick drive down to GP. Then met up with Pat & Stacey at Kalidascopes for a yummy pizza dinner.  Sunday consisted of Church and some good ole R&R with the family. Monday after painting the shed (okay lets be honest the boys did most the work) Brooklyn and I treated ourselves to a little Jet Boat trip with Ellie. I think we all enjoyed it, especially the getting wet part since it was 95* or so. While we did the Jet Boats Kevin, Craig, and Weston floated the river in the Tahitis.

Monday afternoon Eric and Jen made it to Grants Pass and we had a nice little BBQ of Salmon and Ribs generously cooked by Jeff. Yum. Tuesday morning we all headed out to the Family Fun Center where we enjoyed some bumped boats, miniature golf, go karts, and batting cages. (Thanks Pat, it was a lot of fun)! 

Tuesday night consisted of a water balloon toss that soon turned into a water balloon fight and ended with a little swim in the hot tub with the nieces and nephews. Wednesday morning we headed home so that we could meet up with my parents. 

A First Time Camper

When Brooklyn mentioned that her camping experiences consisted of sleeping in the tent at Grandma's (Where there was a tv in the tent) I knew we had to take her camping. Needless to say she has been missing out. So after picking her up in Washington where she went to visit a friend, we headed out to Multnomah Falls for a quick camping trip. After setting up camp we headed over to the falls. We stopped by horse shoe falls first and then Mulnomah.  Brooklyn was tired and not to excited to be hiking so don't mind her grumpy faces.

Then we headed back for relaxing night of tin foil dinners, smores, and some card games.