June 25 thru the 28th

June 25th We are headed for the beach for a few days with Tress, Cory and kids. They are on vacation down south by Florence and are driving up the coast to spend a few days with us. The weather is a little on the cool side, but there is so much to do at the beach we will be fine. Kent and Cory went to Nehalem and picked up chicken from our favorite tavern and brought it home for dinner. I took the kids down to the water and let them play in the sand for awhile. The wind was really blowing and it was chilly. (picture)
June 26th The guys decided to go crabbing and fishing in the ocean today. It is cloudy and looking like rain, but we packed them a lunch and off they went with high hopes of a big catch. After they left, Tress, Blaize and Nonnie went antiquing to the town down the road and we also had a good seafood lunch there. (pictures) The guys came threw with 4 bottom fish and no Crab. Bodie caught his first large bottom fish it was about 18 inches. Bodie was real excited and caught the fish all by himself. He held the fishing pole for about 2 hours before he caught his fish Cory and Kent started to feel guilty about Bodie fishing so hard so we were about ready to leave and WHAM Bodie had the fish on(picture). Kent asked him if he wanted to go home and he said "lets stay". Bodie out fished Cory and Kent and he'd still be there if we hadn't made him quit.
June 27th Today the sun is shining so bright and beautiful! After our usual beach breakfast of pancakes, Cory and Bodie went down to the beach to build and deep tunnel in the sand. By the time I got the camera ready, the tunnel collapsed and they turned it into a bridge over the hole. Bodie was very proud of their work and had lots of fun playing in it. (picture) Later that afternoon we all drove to Tillamook to the cheese factory where we took a tour of the factory. Then we stopped at the animal farm where Mz. Blaize had a ball feeding the animals. You buy the feed inside for the animals, they are so tame, they about climb over the fence to get to the feed. I think Blaize would still be there if we hadn't run out of feed.
June 27th Another day of rain, so it is good we are going home today. The kids have been on vacation for 2 weeks, they need to get home to do a few things before they have to go back to work on Monday. It rained all the way home and was raining in Salem when we got there. We sure had a good time though.