Adventures in Newport

Brad had 2 1/2 weeks off before the start of his 4th year, so we had some fun adventures! We had never been down to Newport, so we decided to go check it out. We stayed at South Beach State Park and camped! When we got there, we headed to the beach! It was awesome because there was only one other family there, so we pretty much had the beach to ourselves!
It was a little chilly, but that didn't stop us from building sand castles and playing in the sand!It started to get really overcast and we weren't sure if it was going to start raining, so we headed back to set up camp. Setting up camp was EASY, cuz we got to stay in a YURT! What is a yurt you may be wondering? A yurt is the best way to camp in Oregon! The last time we went camping, I froze the whole night. This time, it was awesome because we had a space heater in our yurt and I was even a little warm during the night!




Here is our Yurt. It is like a big teepee!

Inside the yurt had bunk beds and a futon that folded down into a bed. And there was plenty of room for the pack and play! It was also nice to stay in the yurt because it started raining pretty much after we ate dinner and continued all night long. Brad made us a nice campfire and we used some of his crappy Perception notes (the worst class he has ever taken) as kindling! It was a great celebration to burn them! The next day, we went to the Aquarium and saw some cool things! Peanut really wanted to see the sharks and she loved petting the starfish. She tried to pet the sting rays, but she would get scared cause they move!


We had a lot of great memories and hopefully we can do it again!

Boards Celebration Trip

Well, as a celebration for passing Boards, my buddies and I took a little day trip down to Chambers Bay Golf Course near Tacoma, WA. Actually, we were planning on going all along, we just happened to find out about our boards results on the car ride up! Made for an even better day to find out we all passed! Chambers Bay was amazing, it's a PGA Tour course that will be hosting the US Open in 2015. It's a links style course on the Puget Sound, so it was really challenging, but such a blast to play. We all did decent, too. Here's some pics:

You had to take a shuttle down to the actual course

It was a beautiful day

This is a view from the tee box on a par 3, Dave birdied this hole (big surprise)

I'm not sure if Dave is making that face because of the sign or because he needed to find a bathroom to 'lose 4 pounds!'

Nobody's perfect dude

Ben had an advantage over us, a perfect view of the green from above

Another gorgeous par 3

Congratulations to all my boys, and to all my other classmates for passing boards! Now we just need to get past perception, and we're home free!

Board Results are in..................

Brad PASSED!!!!!!!!!

What to do when it's 80 degrees outside................

Go to the BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Brad had the afternoon off of school, so we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to Indian Beach! It is so cool to drive thru a forest and then all of the sudden be at the beach. I love it. The beach is one of my favorite places to be! I love to sit and watch the ocean! Peanut loves playing in the sand and flying her Strawberry Shortcake kite! This was Monkey's first time at the beach and all she wanted to do was eat the sand and make messes in her diaper! :) Unfortunately for me, as I was changing her diaper, she pooped on me TWICE! That was our cue to leave the beach!

Long overdue.........

Where have we been? Busy having fun! :) Brad took boards, but we won't know for another month how he did. But we are sure glad to have them over! Monkey is 9 months old! She is so close to crawling. She gets up on her knees and rocks and then falls down as she is reaching for something! Peanut loves reading books and singing songs and telling jokes that make no sense! Life is good!

Happy Birthday Peanut

My little "peanut" is 4 years old! I can't believe it! She is such a little girl! She wanted to have a party, so we had a few of her friends over for a Prince/Princess party! She had such a fun time.
We had another little party with some friends from school the day before her birthday and had pizza and cupcakes! She had so much fun!

I had to be seen in public with this: