Traveling circus X 2!

As if it's not chaotic enough with our three kids we thought we'd go on vacation with Em, Brian and her 3 boys! We made this trip last year and it's official...we have started a new tradition! Yes it gets crazy at times with wrestling, screaming, fighting over toys and baby cries but it is so fun to get to hang with good friends! I was a quick trip...we actually joked that it takes longer to pack, unpack, pack again and clean up then it does being here for 2 days! We got so lucky and had a warm, sunny, no wind day at the beach! The kids played in the water and sand, buried each other in the sand and climbed the sand dune (until the sand got too hot and was burning their feet...have you ever heard of that on the Oregon Coast...sand that's TOO hot to walk on?!) We had dinner at the Pelican Pub which is one of our favorites, and we got so lucky to find someone that was done with their camp fire just as we were leaving so we got to have our smores. The boys had decided that it wasn't worth it to go buy firewood and a lighter just to roast some marshmallows so they had convinced the kids that they would be just as good on the BBQ at home. That is not how the tradition of smores on the beach goes for me...I grew up with my grandpa making a fire every night and we would sit down there for hours...all you friends of mine that got invited on the annual beach trip know what I'm talking about! I told Jamie our kids needed these memories...they are some of my favorite growing up. He said they have plenty of memories...we just got back from Gozzer for a week to which I responded they need some roughneck memories like cooking dinner and dessert over a sandy fire...not going down water slides at the Gretzky's! (the funny part is they don't even know who that is...no idea how good they have it!). So my wish came true, we roasted marshmallows, made smores and came back home with knots in the hair from marshmallow stickiness and smoke scented clothes...I LOVE it! After a morning coffee run (where the kids found wild bunnies that run around behind the coffee shop...and they conveniently sell bunny food so the kids can feed them!)...we packed up and headed home. So that was it for our summer outings...we are home and glad to be here. Summer always goes so fast but I feel like we did our best to make the best use of the time we had...and created wonderful memories...both of the lifestyle of the rich and famous and roughing it on the beaches of Pacific City!