Seaside, Oregon

I finally made it to the Oregon coast. Daniel and I have been wanting to take a little trip to the coast since we moved here, but have never made it happen. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to take a few days off and head to Seaside to meet my parents and Chris, Katie, and Ellie. I was surprised by the easy one and a half hour drive from Portland to the coast and am looking forward to going back with Daniel sometime this Spring.

Chris and the girls were traveling with my parents on their Spring break down the Washington coast and into Oregon. It was fun to see the girls again. Katie is much the same, full of imagination and energy and plans that she wants you to follow. She is now, four and a half years old!! Last time I saw Ellie, she was only 4 months old and now she is one and a half. It was fun to get to know her. She is very sweet and loves shoes and books.

Although the weather was windy, cold, and rainy, we still had fun on the beach and in town. I usually post a lot of pictures, but I am really going to post a lot of the girls, so my sister can see them from Afghanistan, so bear with me, it's for a good cause.

Ellie's two greatest loves...books and shoes. This girl even dragged the phone book across our motel room a few times because she wanted me to read it to her. And then shoes, she is constantly shuffling around in someones shoes...constantly.



The rain stopped for the most part and out we went to the beach.

The Destroyer - Left a wasteland of destroyed sand castles in her wake.

Katie and Aunt Sarah in Our Fort

Then we were off to town to look around and ride the merry-go-round.

Ellie is riding the brown horse with Chris's help.
Katie and Sarah are in the right edge of the picture.

Sarah and Katie ride again. Ellie thought once was scary enough.

Watching Grandma and Big Sister Ride the Bumper Cars.

Grandma and Katie

Chris and Katie

Awesome - A Swing Set on the Beach

Ellie riding the car at the pizza parlor.

Katie and chocolate ice cream.

Ellie and chocolate ice cream!
You might notice she has a napkin and is cleaning herself up.

The next day (the day we departed), the sun came out and there was more swinging and playing on the beach.

Sarah trying to stop Ellie The Destroyer from
conquering the biggest castle on the beach.