Rockaway beach; part 1 of 4

Of course there was muscle flexing

























Part of our adventure to Washington included a trip to the Oregon coast. We drove out to Portland and met up with my Aunt Vicky, my Cousin Lindsay and her sweet baby Maya. We spent the afternoon shopping in Portland and checking out all the wierdos (lots of em in downtown Portland!). We got on the road and drove the hour and a half to the coast through some very beautiful land. All of which was lost on the children.

We arrived, got settled in and then promptly ran out the back door to the beach. The house we stayed in was awesome! Right on the beach, so easy with the kids and quite nice to boot. The house was stocked with kites so we put them to good use that first day. The kids loved it, the wind was up so it was quite easy to get one airborne. Even Lily could do it. Luke got right to digging and even dug up some combination of a turtle and a crab. It stayed the night in his bucket outside our back door. The poor little guy was quite relieved the next morning when we set him free.