The Coast

We had a BLAST at the coast this weekend. We went and camped out in a cabin at Fort Stevens National Park. It was so nice. The cabin was so cute and it was the perfect situation for us with little kiddos that need a warm place to sleep at night. There was so many awesome hiking and biking trails that we walked and rode while we were there. One that we went on led to a beautiful lake, another took us to an old Civil War-World War II military fort, there was a trail that brought us to the South Jetti (most nortern tip of Oregon), and then the last took us to the beach to play and check out the Iredale shipwreck. We had so much fun enjoying nature and getting away from Portland for a few days. My favorite site was the South Jetti. When you get there, there's this tall observation deck that you can walk to the top of. When you pull up to the deck you can't see any of the ocean, but when you get to the top it almost feels like the whole ocean is spread out in front of you. It was sooo beautiful. You can see the mouth of the Columbia, and the waves crash really hard against the jetti when the tide is in. It definitely made my top favorite places in the whole world. I think Ben and Rylee loved the beach the most. Ben had a blast splashing in the water with Daddy and then Rye Rye and I had a lot of fun playing in the sand. Ben also had a lot of fun throwing rocks the whole trip. One night we were roasting hot dogs for dinner and Ben was holding a big rock, making it look like it was flying through the sky. He started making a whooshing sound and said "It's a metior, it's a space rock!" Cody and I just looked at each other dumb founded and Cody said "Are you kidding me?" It was so funny. I had taught him about metiors a couple of weeks ago breifly. It's so crazy what info little kids pay attention to some times. He is so stinkin smart. We love our Love Bug :-) Mine and Cody's favorite moments of the trip were riding bikes, sitting at the campfire, and just exploring as a family. I definitely feel like the luckiest girl in the whole world. I have the most amazing husband and kiddos inthe whole world.