Oregon Coast!!

So, we headed on down to the Oregon Coast for the last week...felt just like home.  I was flooded with memories of spending so many times there as a kid.  The party included myself and the girls, cousin April and her family, plus her boyfriend Joey and his mother and kids.  We all rented a house in Gleneden Beach, right on the water.  We did so much stuff!! Boogie boarding was our top favorite- rented wetsuits and played in the ocean almost every day :)  Calli is a natural, by the way.  Teags would have nothing to do with fully immersing herself in the water...she did a lot of burying herself in the sand like a mermaid.   We went to Mo's for chowder, of course (how was this vegetarian never aware they put bacon in their chowder??) oh well- I took 2 bites!  We went to the Aquarium and even got a little souvenir from the gift shop.  We went to Agate Beach afterwards and were all too exhausted to do much digging, but I found a couple!  We stopped by the shops in Newport, Lincoln City, and Depoe Bay, and collected pounds of saltwater taffy to bring home.  The rest of the time, we had bonfires and smores on the beach, made castles, flew kites, and made delicious dinners every night, followed by a sit in the hot tub on the back deck, listening to the waves pound the shore.   Seriously, I think this was the most amazing thing I've been able to do with my girls...we made so many memories and had such good times.  Something we will never forget...

Day Date!

So the Teags and I are alone for the week.... Calli headed off to camp this morning at Camp Sweylokan- amazing place on the lake where she gets to spend this week with her cousins Sierra and Ty.  It's awesome! Kinda wish we could go with her..  anyway, because she is gone, Teags requested a day for just the two of us, where she can make all the decisions! So far, fantastic!! 

Calli, Sierra, and Maddie all headed off to camp (they get dropped off at camp  via the giant cruise boat).. rough huh? :) 

Hats!

Figpickel's, Teagyn's favorite store of all time....great funky toy store

Fancy drinks for fancy girls...and $1 science experiments to do later! 

 Shimmer Gumballs....Megan, we thought of you here at Mrs. Honeypeeps!

This is the waterfall at the CDA Resort Spa- those nice girls let us come in and check things out....it comes down out of the ceiling, super high up :) 

I think it's been a success....

We are missing pics from the other highlights- we dropped Calli off at 8 a.m., went out for breakfast with Auntie April, and then we did a good hour of tennis before heading downtown- Teags is getting so good at her serve!  We also hit about 5 art galleries downtown, but you can't take pictures in there...and then of course we ran by the beach and jumped in to cool off- it's 102 out there today :) Love you!! I'll post pics next week of Camp Sweylokan after we develop them

Take a Pictcha!

 Teags' 2nd grade Cowboy Concert...soo cute! 

Tea Party! 

Speech 1 is done! Yeehaw, now on to speech 2....it's another informative one.  Any suggestions?  I was thinking something along the lines of medical mistakes- should be interesting :) Anyhoo- school is crazy and good and busy, and the girls are the same!  We've been all over the place, but only a month or so left of the craziness and we'll have a bit of freedom. 

So, my camera is having an issue and won't let me upload pics.  So sorry family :( I have tons of pics to show you! Teagyn's b-day, Calli's latest violin concert, Kiara Jane being adorable, and all kinds of stuff.  I'm working on it.....