Last Day of Summer

A year ago on Labor Day we went to the coast and had amazing weather. The kind of weather you never see on the Oregon Coast. The kids were actually mad that we didn't have swimsuits so they could swim in the water. I told you it was amazing. We decided to test our luck and try for another perfect day on the Oregon Coast. While the weather didn't deliver we did end up having a fantastic day.

 We started off at the beach, and my parents were able to come with us. The kids loved exploring the tide pools and catching crabs and fish.

 An assortment of baby crabs they were able to catch.

 We had a nice picnic lunch.

 After lunch we went to downtown and the weather cleared.

 We took the kids to see the seals. We got to stand right above them, much better than Sea Lion Caves,

 Of course we had to stop in and get some salt water taffy.

We then proceeded to the pier to do some crabbing. There are no pictures of this because I was in the car with two sleeping children and it was stinking cold. This seemed to be the good luck charm because they hauled in a lot of crab two of which were keepers, a huge starfish. The highlight though was that Ken, Leo and Midge all got a pet a seagull. We are all wondering if the thing was on it's last leg, but for whatever reason it decided to let the kids pet it. To the kids this was the most amazing part of the day and what they are still talking about. Personally I loved the crab dinner we all enjoyed the next night.

Our Favorite Place on Earth

Earlier this week we were able to head up river to Belknap Hot Springs. We love this place. You can swim in their hot spring pool. It was a little too warm, and I think next time we should go up when it is colder outside and swim. They won't allow kids who aren't potty trained to swim so Huck was out of luck. The best part though is the gardens that surround the Resort. 

 The flowers and river were the view that Huck had from this little bench. He was so cute as he sat here and watched the river.

 Our favorite garden is the Secret Garden.

 We have a special place that we always love to fish. We were excited to see that they have made a little path to get there and built a beach area for the kids to play on. 

Look at these gorgeous trees with all this moss.

 The kids had fun building a fish trap and boats to float.

 Ken was able to catch quite a few fish, but they always escaped the fish trap.

 Huck absolutely refused to nap for the entire day. I finally wrapped him in his blanket and snuggled with him until he fell asleep. I have to admit I loved snuggling with my little guy. I haven't been able to have him fall asleep in my arms since he was a little baby.

A field of Dreams

We were able to take the kids to go see an Ems game because of our generous home teacher. We decided to not take baby Huck because we knew he wouldn't be able to handle it. It was so hot that night, but the kids did really well despite this. At the end of the game they did a fireworks display that was a lot of fun to watch.