oregon vacay

Tues pm. as Brad was finishing up in the kitchen, I told him I had something to talk about with him. He looked scared, but then I told him I had some time off and that I was taking him on a surprise get away and that we needed to leave the next morning by 445.  Yikes!
Wed:  He was finally upright and ready to go when he walked out of the bedroom to discover that Mer and family were there!  Surprised!~ And then Carrie, Spencer and the kids showed up at the airport!We barely made our plane as the security in Denver was insane!  A few hours later we were in Portland where we had rented a 12 passenger van, ate brunch at a wonderful restaurant called Mothers

and headed to our home destination of Depoe Bay to a lovely beach house.

Immediately the kids wanted to get into the ocean, which was REALLY cold.

  Later that afternoon (while Brad napped....to be referred to as WBN) Emma watched the kids while Spencer, Me

r, Carrie and I went grocery shopping. $385.00 later,

we were back at the beach house (to be referred to as BH) where we ended our day with " Chicken Wednesday" (the grocery store's deal of the day), mashed potatoes and gravy and summer squash, followed by a card game.  Only Elijah was exempt, having not slept since Tues night....He fell asleep in a chair and was escorted to a hide-away couch bed where he got back to a regular sleep schedule.
Thurs: Nothing planned for the day so we walked around Lincoln City, ate clam chowder at a great restaurant, The Sea Hag, shopped at the candy store (where Elijah bought candy cigarettes), Spencer and the kids later played cards on the deck of the BH, there was more ocean time, even finding a starfish, and plenty of sand (some of which ended up in places where it shouldn't!)

 

 The adults dragged chairs down there for a much needed cocktail hour! WBN..  Later, we made tacos and played more card games. and tried out the hot tub. Oh, I missed one of the highlights of the day, Brad singing "Let's go golfing now" to the tune of "Let's go surfing now"-Everyone found him highly entertaining!