Oregon Coast Part 1

We spent our summer vacation going to the Oregon Coast, mainly Newport for about a week. Scott, Jenn, Ava, Max (Jenn’s youngest brother). John, Jess, Kayla, Piper, Sawyer, Mom and Dad all rented a beach house just a short walk from the beautiful Beverly Beach. We had three dogs with us, Farley, Beacon, and Penny that had fun as well.

We split the drive there into two days. First night, we stayed at the infamous Knotty Pine MOtel. Complete with wood paneling.
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We all went to the south jetty to see starfish, crabs, and sea anenomies.
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Ava loved “Rock Climbing”
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Mom and Dad
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Piper at the beach
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Kayla at the beach
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Ava and Sawyer “painting” the rocks with sand…
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Max, Kayla, and Piper posing for a shot
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Could Farley be more sandy?
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Beacon is also a dirty boy
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John, Scott, and Max took this charter out fishing for bottom fish
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The whole boat limited out on sea bass, John presenting the day’s catch:
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Dinner
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Fishing was great
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Scott and Max showing one of the fish we caught
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Helga filleting our catch for us
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More pictures to come…

Father’s Day

We had an awesome Father’s Day weekend this year. On Saturday we had a BBQ at Crystals:

Grandpa Greg
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Max – he’s so handsome!
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Grandma on the phone with Barry
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On Sunday we took a train ride from Horseshoe Bend to Banks:

Daddy and Ava on the train
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Ava and Sawyer
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Uncle John and Piper
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Ava being silly and closing her eyes for every picture!
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Enjoying some cheesy nachos.
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A “wild West show” during the train ride
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Ava is still talking about the train ride.. even to random people at the grocery store!

One Diaper A Day

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With the exception of bedtime, this sweet pea no longer wears diapers! My mom is the one who instigated the whole potty learning process.. so thank you Mom! If it weren’t for you, I would still be thinking Ava isn’t quite ready.

Her favorite place to go potty is in the lawn.. she’s so silly, she asks if she can go potty in the lawn like “Dilabo” (Diablo – my brothers black lab) She has an accident about once/week but we think she is doing an awesome job!