Beautiful Oregon Coast

James got a week off of work for our move but had to do training right away so we didn't get it until this past week. We decided to take the kids to the coast for a vacation. It was so fun to have time as a family to see fun things and enjoy being together. We started off with the Tillamook Cheese Factory, then we went on to Lincoln City and stayed in the worst motel we have ever stayed in. Though it does not compare to the motel I heard my sisters-in-law went to, this hotel was clean but scuzzy, but we had paid for it thru priceline so we stayed there. Here is a sign that hung on the wall of the room:


There was a sliding glass door but no screen so we had to be on constant patrol of Madalynn to not let her by the door or she obviously would have gotten hurt. And I felt weird having my motel door open so we did not do that.


This was the next day on our way to Newport, OR it was so fun to stop and see things along the way. And yes the kids are wearing coats even though it is the beginning of August it was cold the whole time we were there and we only saw the sun on Sat. just before heading home. This picture was at Depoe Bay.

This was at the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse there was a cobble beach there and we climbed down to the water and let the kids explore. I will post more pictures of the cobble beach tomorrow.

This was from down on the cobble beach I liked the lighthouse in the background. James, Olivia, and Will climbed up the lighthouse, Madalynn was not able to go so I stayed with her and she and I played outside. The only mishap we had on out trip was the last day of our trip we went back to the cobble beach to see the tide pools and Will fell on the rocks and scrapped his knee, then a few minutes later he told us his foot was bleeding we looked and saw that he had cut his heel. We headed to the car and the rangers gave us medical stuff to put on it. We then realized he had a rock in his foot, so James carried him to the car I held him and with tweezers James tried to get it out he screamed and fought so hard people thought we were hurting him. We then let him calm down while we drove to the cove by the lighthouse and I took the girls down to the beach. James got in the back with Will and was calming him down and then was able to get it out with more screaming and fighting than before. I came back to get the stroller for Madalynn and found out there was an older couple parked next to our car and they had stayed there the whole time Will was screaming " No Daddy don't do it, it will hurt really bad!" I am sure they thought they were watching out for this child whose father was beating him. But they left when James came out with a bleeding foot and saw everything was ok. It ended up being a rock about half the size of a penny all the way in his foot. It was a wonderful time and we enjoyed every minute of it.