Oregon Beach House

 A couple of weeks ago we went to Oregon for my cousin Ben's wedding and a family reunion.  Everyone drove except Lauren, Stella and Me. We left the next day and they all picked us up in Portland.  Pretty lucky huh?! 

Stella did great on her first plane ride.  She didn't cry once and slept the whole time.

After they picked us up at the airport we drove to Corvallis Oregon where my Uncle Wade and his family live and where the wedding was.  We went to a dinner at their house and all of the kids played.  It was a lot of fun! 

 The next day was the wedding. It was such a beautiful day and the wedding was so nice.  Ben married a girl named Julia who is so darling and they both look so happy. 

Ben watching his bride walk down the isle.

My cousin Angela and her boyfriend Kyle.

After the wedding we drove to the coast to Lincoln City to a beach house that my grandparents rented for our family reunion.  We were in shock when we pulled up and all of us were so excited that this was where we were going to be spending the next 4 days. There was so much to do just in the house alone.  It had a huge movie theater, games, beach cruisers, hot tub, the beach was a short walk away, and house full of people to do all of it with.

Stella was held the entire time we were there.  She got so spoiled!  She slept great though at night and was so good the whole time.

When Josh and I were in Oregon a few years ago when I was pregnant with Drake we wrote a message to Drake in the sand and took a picture.  This trip we wrote one to Stella on the same beach.

One of the days we played on the beach. The water was absolutely freezing, but it was still fun to play on the sand.  

Mom and Aunt Holly

Drake had fun making sand castles with Grandpa

Hannah and Avery

Grandpa and Me.  I love this man!

Lexi, Me, Angela and Lauren

Angela and Lauren

James and Lexi

Boston and Luke

Avery, Layne, Elli, and Hannah

All of the granddaughters/girl cousins

The boys felt left out, so they had to do a jumping picture too!

Some of the grandsons/boy cousins

McKay and Boston

Grandma and Me.  I adore her!

Singing some songs while Kyle played on the guitar.

We did some family pictures while we were there. They turned out so cute.  They were fun to do because of all of the cool scenery and beach houses.  Also we could just dress really casual and they turned out great!

Drake was not very cooperative.

The last day we were there we went to Newport for lunch at Mo's. they have the best Clam Chowder.  After we ate we walked around the shops, went and watched some crab fishermen, and bought lots of yummy salt water taffy.

Grandpa and Grandma with every grandchild except Ben and Julia who were on their honeymoon.

This trip was so much fun and voted by everyone the best family reunion so far.  We had so much fun just hanging out together and strengthening relationships.  We are so blessed to have each other and belong to such a great family.  I am grateful for my grandparents that they provided us with such a fun thing to do together.