(Multnomah Falls)At 11:00 PM, we pulled in last night from a week and a half vacation in Lincoln City, Oregon. The Hemmert family rented a beach house on the north side of the city, and the ocean was literally in our backyard. The view was breathtaking and it was only 43 steps (is that right Mara?) to the beach. Here are a few lists to summarize our trip. The pictures following are out of order, but it kind of gives you an idea of what we did.
Heidi's top 10 favorite things:
10. The outlet malls with no sales tax!! Woo hoo!
9. Dan Jr.'s talent at the family talent show. (imagine a cute 6-year-old boy singing along to Alvin and the Chipmunks "Funky Town". He didn't know the words, but he had a blast singing along!)
8. Picture Day. I know these are usually dreaded, but the sun was shining the entire day, and after our family pictures everyone spent the day out on the beach building sand castles, getting tan, and flying kites. It was so relaxing and will go in the books as one of the best days ever.
7. The food! Every night someone cooked a feast. We ate fresh halibut, tacos and homemade smoothies, authentic Italian spaghetti, gourmet meatloaf, and fresh crab and artichokes dipped in melted butter. (Sorry Kjell! I couldn't resist! You can kick me later :)
6. The jelly fish and shark exhibit at the Newport Aquarium.
5. Devin's attempt to fly glow sticks tied to a kite at night on the beach. (He was trying to do a prank on the kids and we were all supposed to think it was an alien or something but there wasn't any wind, and he was overshadowed by a spectacular fireworks show over the ocean by a local casino.)
4. Running the Lincoln City 5k with my family. (sorry no pictures yet)
3. Going to a strawberry field during a strawberry festival and picking them with all of the kids.
2. Being with my entire family and enjoying their company. (A special thank you to my nieces and nephews for playing with Tyson!!)
1. Being with Devin and Tyson every day! I've been so spoiled I don't want Devin to go back to work tomorrow!! I'm so grateful for him.
Devin's Favorite things:
10. Only having to cook and clean one meal for the entire trip!
9. Family picture day. (same reasons as explained above)
8. The Newport Aquarium. Tyson loved the fish and the Shark exhibit was amazing. The Japanese crabs were freaky too.
7. Climbing on the neighbor's roof with a ladder to get his fallen kite.
6. Hiking Silver Falls and Multnomah Falls.
5. Becoming friends with the raccoon that lived under the deck . (Devin and my brother Jon named him Rocky, and fed him food every night)
4. Tyson's new favorite hobby...throwing rocks into the ocean
3. Spending a lot of time with Tyson and Heidi
2. The outlet mall with no sales tax!
1. Dan's spaghetti
Needless to say it was a fabulous experience. The only negative thing was that after competing with 10 other boy cousins under the age of 7, Tyson got possessive over everything. So I send a written apology to all who were there... Sorry ! Thank heavens for a 7:30 bedtime!!! :)
Our crab feast...
Eating a sucker at the Newport Aquarium
Me going crazy at Silver Falls. (Some people got lost and were found again with the fabulous invention of the walkie talkie)
Underneath the waterfall at Silver Falls
Tyson excited to be out of the Ergo carrier after the hike.(Click on it to see a close up of his expression)
The Spruce Goose at the McMinnville air museum. That thing was HUGE!!
Tyson liked to lean his head back on every information sign... Maybe he thought it was a head rest?
Cool tank! (Devin made a funny 'Life is Beautiful" reference here)
Picture day, and our beach house's backyard. (That is cousin Mark on the left)
No, this isn't a doctored photo, and yes, I was terrified.
My dad chatting with some of his sons. left to right: Matt, Jon, Dad, Dan
Jared was up in the house I think.
Cowboy Tyson! Everyone was in charge of a devotional every night. For my Mom's devotional, she had all of the kids dress up like pioneers and had them gather around her. She told my Grandma Duffin's famous story about Indian Joe and the mountain lion. It was filmed for posterity.
Injun Joe... (Yes all of the boys tried to kill him after the story) Devin was voted to be Indian Joe because he had the best body. :)
Oh the power of DVD players and headphones!! My sister-in-law Julie made DVD's of Tyson's favorite show Super Why. It seriously saved our sanity for the long drive.
Cousins in Sasquatch's cave on the Multnomah Falls hike. :) In pic: Mark, Jeffrey, Anson Hayley, Tyson, Mara, and Daniel
(Daniel, Emily, and Mara)Our wind breaker/fort!! It was really windy the first few days, so we made a wind breaker fort out of drift wood and rocks. It was so nice to be able to play in the sand without getting wind in your eyes! It was later converted into a fire pit for s'mores and songs. Yes, Tyson is eating rocks.
Did I forget to mention we cut off Tyson's legs? Just kidding. He actually really liked being half buried. Kind of weird...
12 comments:
This looks so awesome! Made me miss Pat's point. Tyson is hilarious! His expressions are awesome. Glad you had a good time and are home safely!
DO you have a pic of the house you atayed in? Curious to see what it looks like!:)
Way cute!! I am going to copy your format, I hope that is ok. I was watching the "throwing of Tyson on the beach" from the house. It looked pretty high from there but WOW!!
Ok, first off I would like to say HOLY CRAP Devin! Tyson is NOT a kite! Put the flying nun DOWN!
Next I would like to say, Wow! Looks like a total dream vacation! What a blast! I'm totally impressed with all that you guys were able to do. You know, I always thought that the Reeves family really goes out on the food when we camp...but your family does it right! Everyone cooks one meal and you're done! That's sweet! :) Of course I vote for Gary to just cook every meal. LOL! And for Brent to do the dishes! :)
Ok, so if Tyson likes to eat rocks, is he a good agate hunter? All good agate hunters like to eat rocks!
I love, love, love that sucker that Tyson is eating. Look at the stick on that thing. That cracks me up!
Well, we'll see you soon! We're super excited to come and visit! Did you know we're staying at your place or did Devin not mention it?
Just Kidding! :)
Danya
That looks like you had a BLAST!!! Holy crap I can't believe he tossed Tyson up that high!! Glad you had a good vaca:)
Wow what a fun trip! It sounds amazing, especially the food! That had be drooling. How scary is that picture of Tyson way up in the air! I would have been freaking out big time! I'm excited to chat with you on Saturday!!!
oh, jealousy! it looks like so much fun! the oregon coast is possibly my favorite place in the world. how the heck did you drive all the way to oregon with that little boy? seriously, what magic did you work, i need to know. glad you're back safe.
Heidi, hi, it's Brittany (Hatch) from highschool. Found your blog through Natalie Hills. Hope you don't mind. Your son is adorable!! Check out our blog at bnbbowenfamily.blogspot.com
We have three now (aagh!)
Hey Heidi. Kay, so I thought it was you who left the comment but it was actually a Jaime Hemmert, who had your name listed as a contributor. Sorry. Natalie's blog is mormoninmanhattan.blogspot.com
She is HILARIOUS!
Heidi, you don't know me, I think, but I know your husband. I was surfing and found your blog. You both have such a cute family. It looks like you had a great time. I personal love DVDs just for that same reason. Please feel free to drop by our way, elbowandfamily06.blogspot.com. Bring Devon with you he can tell you who I am. :D
Heidi and Devin,
This is brittany, just found your blog! Tyson is such a cutie!
Heeee Heeee... Love the last picture. Tyson's even posing. Your welcome for burying him for you. :) I want to go back to Oregan! It was really fun!
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