Time at the beach

There aren't many places more beautiful than the Oregon coast. The water is cold (freezing), it may be windy but it is rarely crowded (at least in Manzanita) and offers some of the most gorgeous unspoiled coastline of any place we've traveled. Plus, it has amazing sand dunes which our boys could play in for hours and hours. Oh-and fresh crab just around the corner. The boys took a boat out and came back with dinner!

The Summer Catch Up Blog Post

Last day of 6th grade!

Last day of 5th grade!

Summer fun on the lake.

Cousin time in Florida.

Beautiful Oregon hiking.

Birthday cake!

From the top of the Astoria column....164 steps for this view.

Pre-dinner sustenance.

Lazy Saturday afternoons...the best!



Summer so far has been filled with sleep away camps, travels to Florida, hiking in the Columbia river gorge, eating all the amazing summer produce now available everywhere (including raspberries from our front yard bush), lots of time at the lake, dinner outside, dinner at some PDX places we've been wanting to try, yard projects and a tiny bit of summer home school (not nearly enough but we are trying). All in all, it has felt like the right balance of activity-downtime and as a bonus the weather has been absolutely perfect. When summer is good in Oregon, there's no place I'd rather be!