Nice day for the beach

So after the week we had, what with school starting and me (sort of) going back to work, our week has just been brutal.

Wouldn't you know I would take it upon myself to get some yard work done along with draining the pool this week. I mean hey, school is back , that means it's fall right? Wrong! I chose poorly. Had I looked at the upcoming weather forecast I would have noted that 90 degree weather was coming this weekend. But I didn't. So with this crazy freak heat on the way and no way to cool our self off, I made the split second decision this morning to head for the beach where it is always cooler than it is here. The Oregon coast is notorious for being cooler than any scorching temperature we have here.

Today was no exception. It was perfect weather. Not too cool but warm enough to play in the normally icy waters.

It was a great day.

Now we are off to start another week, refreshed.....Mostly.

At long last

So I know my last post was a sad excuse, but like I said I have been busy. So without further delay I give you my photo diary of what we did this weekend. Which as you can see it was a whole lot of beach combing. But to us, that is really relaxing. It was a great weekend.

My in laws rented out a big beach house on the coast. My sister , mother, and father in law plus my family all fit nicely. We split up the meals and just enjoyed each others company. We had phenomenal weather. It was clear as a bell and in the 60's. Sometimes we don't get that lucky in the middle of summer. So for January it was really rare. We spent most of the time on the beach in just light jackets or t shirts.
This is something we look foreword to every year and once again we had a great time.

Yeah, Yeah I know!

I know, I am a crummy blogger. I let my pesky life get in the way of the blogosphere. (Yes it is a real word) I have been busy what with my addiction to all things Twilight and the whole back to school routine.

Also, my husband's family rents a beach house every winter around this time so we were out of town for the past 4 days.

Yeah.....that's my excuse.

I have a ton of pictures that i fully intend on putting up either later tonight or tomorrow, but for now, just know that I have not forgotten you. I am just wicked busy.

But for now I will just give you a little taste.

So many fashion faux pas going on here ....where to begin? I call it Oregon coast chic.

Honeymon state park

So one of the days we were at the beach we thought we would drive down to Florence just for something different. It was about an hour and a half from where we were staying (Newport).

We came across a really cool state park where we had ourselves a nice picnic and did a llittle swimming too.

It was really nice and had a cute little lake with boat rentals. My mom doesn't normally do boats, but she was all about taking Bug out in a paddle boat. So she and Bug had a good time out in the boat while Peanut, Sunshine and I had fun by the shore.

Now let me point out here for those of you have never been around Sunshine. I'll just preface it by saying that she is a bit like a Labrador retriever. If there is water anywhere near her, she has to be waist deep in it. She just can't help herself. Luckily she knows how to swim well.

We were playing in the sand on the shore when she walks casually over to the water. She goes in up to her ankles. Then she steps out a little farther. Now I ask her to not get her clothes wet as I didn't bring swim clothes and they would have to ride home in their wet clothes. Before I could barely get the words out....bam! She was out up to her neck. Dress and all. But having a great time. What can you do?

So needless to say, she rode home in her skivvies. While we hung her dress out the window as we drove. ....Nothing but class here :)

All in all the campground was a lot of fun. It is someplace that I would like to spend a weekend there and camp. If you ever get the chance, go and check it out!

Home from the beach

So my Mom has been sent to the Oregon coast for 6 weeks by her job and one of the perks of this is that we get to go and hang out with her and camp out in her living room. Rock star had to work (as most people do with real jobs) But the kids and I went to the beach for 3 days.


We had a lot of fun and got to just kick back and let the kids play. It was nice having another pair of hands to help wrangle them too.

Here are some pictures from us at Nye beach in Newport.