Which way's the beach?

Our four minutes on the beach.  It was...how do I put this...Absolutely, fricken freezing.

We spent the past few days in windy, rainy, torrential downpouring Pacific City, Oregon.  So, in this case it was more like "which way's the house?" :)  All kidding aside, Pacific City was truly lovely.  We were invited by the Johnstons and the Harringtons to join them for 3 nights at a wonderful 5 bedroom (plus spacious laundry room which served as Jameson's bedroom -- kid slept better in that laundry room than he does in his room at home!) right on the beach.  

A cruel joke from nature, this picture was taken by Ange after we had already left for home!

When we set out for this trip, we figured the seven hour car ride was going to be our biggest hurdle.  So imagine our surprise when (armed with a portable DVD strapped securely to the head rest in front of Hadley and playing 'Madagascar 2' on repeat) the entire seven hour trip to the coast was a smashing success.  We figured we were golden!  Alas, the double whammy of our poor little munchkin coming down with an ear infection and the tsunami that was apparently taking place outside on the beach, we didn't get to do as much digging in the sand and splashing in the waves as we might've hoped...in fact, we figure we spent a combined total of four minutes actually on the beach.

Although the splendor of the Oregon Coast was lost on us this trip, we did manage some awesome dinners in with good friends, a trip through the Tillamook cheese factory, a couple of intense games of Trivial Pursuit and Hadley had a roaring good time with her buddy Deven:

My little Dev monster!

They did a lot of this.  And by the way, how dang cute are they?

Sadly, these 4 Blocks had to call it quits early.  While we are never ones to miss a good time, Hadley just needed to be home and judging by the numerous meltdowns we had today, I know it was the right choice.  Poor girl :(  It's no fun being sick.  Breaks my heart. 

While I can't say that the trip home was as flawless as the trip there, we did make a 2 hour stop at the Portland Children's Museum which was downright awesome!

Photo above taken out of our rapidly moving vehicle as we high tailed it for home...



We've decided to give the Coast another go next summer.  Stay tuned.