We've had a lot of fun in the last two month and are excited for another month of summer fun in August! Probably most exciting was our trip to Oregon and Washington coast. It was a short trip, but we got some great pictures and had a blast.
We worked our way up Oregon catching water falls right off the road that were gorgeous! It was raining the first two days there, but it didn't really dampen the excitement...I mean, you have to expect a lot a rain for everything to be sooo green!
The only bad part about the rain/clouds was when we went to Mt. St. Helens and couldn't see the peak, but we still had fun walking around and enjoying the visitor's center.
After St. Helens we drove up to Washington (to say Dave's been there) and to go across the four mile bridge. This bridge is scary to go across because there is nothing but water-reminded me of going to Galveston, but longer.
A few miles up the coast line we stopped at a Lewis and Clark fort and further up a lighthouse with a beautiful view out to the ocean.
We headed back towards Oregon that night and stayed at Seaside which is a fun little touristy town, (but our destination was Cannon Beach-we just stayed in Seaside to save $40 for our hotel. : ) got up in the morning and headed to Cannon Beach.
This is the main place Dave wanted to come because he loves the pictures of the sea stacks and there is a great big one called haystack at Cannon Beach. We were thrilled that it didn't rain that day and was plenty warm with a nice breeze coming off the ocean.
We ate some delicious sea food-fish and chips and Conner absolutely LOVED the beach! He loved playing in the sand, eating the sand, and especially enjoyed the waves rolling onto the beach.
He was soaked by the time we left, but it was a blast just watch him. He would also wave to the other people on the beach and was very sociable which was way cute.
On the way home we stopped at the Tillamook cheese factory to watch how the cheese is made and packaged and of course to sample the cheese and ice cream there. Our last day we spend swimming in the hotel (another thing Conner loves) and driving the eight plus hours back home.
That same week was the Sowards Reunion which was a lot of fun! It was great to see everyone and was nice that we didn't have to drive a lot after just getting back from the coast. July just flew by with all of the get togethers, weddings, holidays, work and another reunion coming up this week. Dave was a trooper and helped my family get some hay hauled since one of my brothers injured his knee and couldn't help out, and he's always so much help with Conner. He spoiled me on my birthday and I just love him so much! I'm so lucky to have him and Conner-love my boys!!
