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Oregon Coast 2011 – Part 1 / 3

scott — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:41:17 +0000

In July we went to the Oregon Coast with Scott’s parents and brothers’ families and Jenn’s younger brother Max. So the fifteen of us (Jenn, Ava, Annalise, Scott, Max, John, Jess, Kayla, Piper, Sawyer, Dave, Hulya, Aylin, Roger and Nancy) rented a beach house in Gleneden Beach, Oregon We left at 04:30 AM, drove all day and arrived mid afternoon. The entire picture set is [here], but here are some of the highlights of our trip.

The long drive went surprisingly well. Plenty of “are we there yet?”s but all things considered it was a fun drive. Luckily Scott brought an old tape cassette of MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” to pass the time and pass the bad music we listened to as kids on to the next generation.

The house had a hot tub that the kids (and adults) really enjoyed.

One of the best things about all staying in the same house is watching all the cousins bond and have a great time.

One day we rented a boat and went crabbing in the Newport bay.

…and had a crab feast that evening…

Scott towed the powered parachute trailer to the coast as there was a small municipal airport 5 minutes away from the beach house. The weather was unusually good and we were able to get a flight in almost every morning. This is some of the most scenic flying, really beats the flying in the Idaho desert.

More of San Diego 2011

jenn — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:34:17 +0000

Here are some more pictures from our San Diego trip:

Ava and Kayla at Sea World

Scott and Tasty (Mike) McDole on Homebrewers night. This was an event we both attended where we sampled beer from homebrewers. Tasty is famous in the Brewing world for having the ability to clone many commercial beers. He's pretty much a legend. (i think this is what makes him so awesome..hmm.. oh well, scott will edit this if I'm wrong!)




Ava and a rattlesnake at the San Diego zoo.  Ava was in heaven at the reptile house!  


Lisey and Kay-kay in the petting zoo.


Ava feeding a goat.


Ava with the newest addition to the giraffe family.  This giraffe baby was only 3 months old!  


heading home after a long day at the zoo!

If you ever plan on going to sea world or the zoo with young kids, plan on spending 1 1/2 days at each one. We got a 5 day pass from Costco that allowed us admission to both places for 5 consecutive days.  for us, that worked out perfect.
Our last day was spent at La Jolla beach.  and then later we went to Oceanside to eat at Pizza Port (the yummiest pizza ever) and then took a walk at Oceanside beach.




Scott and Ava found a hermit crab.



A BIG thank you to Kayla for coming with us.  This trip would not have been possible without all of her help!  Thank you Kalya.  You're awesome and we love you!



San Diego 2011 – Day 1
jenn — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:35:14 +0000

worry! worry! worry!  that’s all I did about our trip to San Diego.  turns out that all my worrying paid off.  I worried everything away!  Like what, you ask?
well, I worried about Lisey on the plane.  she was perfect!

I worried about the girls NOT sleeping well in the hotel.  They slept wonderfully!

I worried Kayla wouldn’t have fun.  She had a blast!

I worried about driving around San Diego (I never drive in other cities).  I got us where we needed to go without any problems!

I worried I’d forget to pack something really important.  I didn’t!
As you can tell, everything went much better than expected.  
We went to San Diego for the National Homebrewers Conference.  Scott attended presentations during the day while Kayla, Ava, Lise, and I went to the zoo and sea world.  In the evenings, Kayla would watch the girls while Scott and I attended social events.  
Here are some pics from the trip.


Annalise on the airplane.  She was a lap infant but the seat next to me was empty so she “kind of” had her own seat.


Ava and Scott on the plane.


Kayla on the airplane.  She’s so beautiful!


Scott and I on the VIP party bus heading for the Brewing Network’s BNA6 Anniversary party.


walking on the red carpet into The Brewing Network event.  this was lots of fun!  we got to try lots of good beers and hang out with all the podcast followers!


we were among the first to try Heretic’s beer.  Tafelbully is sooo good, and definitely one of my favorites!


love this guy!


funny outfits showing their love of hops.


JP and Justin from the Brewing Network.


the Brewing Network guys put on a performance.
this was just our first day.  more to come!