Seaside Adventure

This past weekend we headed to the coast for a little family time. Colin always talks about the beach.  We took him when he was 2 and he seems to remember it very well. He is always asking when we can go again...so 3 years later we finally took him again. So sad...but to our defense it has been a very busy 3 years. Plus, it was a long drive from where we were at in Virginia. The coast is a lot closer to us here in Oregon, so I can see us going more frequently. We decided to head up to Seaside since we needed to be in the Portland area anyway.  I love Seaside!!! It was one of my favorite places as a kid. 

It rained a lot on our drive up there but then once we arrived it backed off a bit. The time we spent on the beach was rain free and actually decent weather. The pictures make it look cold but it actually was not bad. Not warm like the east coast, but good for the pacific northwest beaches. 

Meli loves to keep us on our toes.  It is like her 2 year old mission - well she has been doing it since birth, so lets say life mission. Our hotel was right on the beach, which made it so nice not to have to lug the kids too far.  Once we stepped on that sand, she made a run for the water...and just kept going. Unlike Colin, who ran away from the water, Meli ran towards it. Will took the first turn to run after her. He saved her from getting wet from the incoming tide (not a bad one) but he unfortunately got pretty soaked.  More so then he wanted to anyway, which was to not be wet at all. We were able to prevent her from getting wet a few times, but she eventually got what she wanted and got in the ocean. Shoes and all. Our cute little stinker. I thought the coldness of the water would keep her from doing it again...nope...she just ran right back in. Colin was the only dry one but he was pretty sandy, so we headed back a bit early to take warm baths/showers before going out for dinner.

After getting cleaned up we walked around the boardwalk and shopped around.  Will went into a store that made him realize he had been to Seaside before. He actually had bought our carved wooden chest from there. His memory sometimes! He does not seem to remember a lot of the places he went during his brief stay in Oregon (with the exception of the Tillamook Cheese Factory, which he is very excited to take Colin too)...Oh well, I will just have to show it all to him again.  Not that he saw a lot of Oregon. Just the northern part.  The next day we played on the beach again and then took Colin to the Aquarium to see/feed the seals.  Sadly, some of the ones that I remember are no longer there. A baby seal was born two days before, so we got to see him swim around.  Very adorable.

~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

The B Family