While all of our friends and family went to places like Arizona and Disneyland for spring break we ended up at the Oregon Coast. We knew it wouldn't be the best of weather but figured it was better than being stuck at home. We went with Uncle Aaron, Auntie Amber, Braylon and Alexa which made it fun! We were only there a couple days and one trip to the actual beach was enough for us! We bundled up ourselves and the kids, packed up the beach bag with shovels and buckets and once the rain stopped headed for the sand. We timed it great because it was dry and even a glimpse of sun through the clouds. The kids of course headed straight to the ocean and within minutes were stripping off their pants and jumping waves that were up to their knees as we stood in our parkas and boots shivering. Alexa was content to sit and build sand castles and Aaron and Amber took the big kids to climb the huge hill. Just as they were coming back down (the kids were rolling down!) it started to rain. By the time they got back to us it was pouring and there was a chorus of whining and crying kids because they were so cold and numb and covered with wet sand. We threw them all into the back of my car (you can imagine what that looked like!) and hosed them off in the sink in the garage and then put them in a nice warm bath. Three loads of laundry later we were all caught up from our trip to the beach. So needless to say when they asked to go again the next day the adults unanimously agreed...NO!! We stayed inside the warm house listening to the rain on the windows, watched TV, read magazines and relaxed. It doesn't exactly compare to swimming in the pools in Arizona but we had good company and some well needed down time!
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