Jennifer and Mark, so romantic!
The kids playing in the "river".
So the Relief Society Beach Trip was over and it was time to head back home to an un-air conditioned home, 2 hot kids and 1 hot husband. And it was still 95 degrees in Oregon City while the coast had at least dropped a bit. So I called Mark and asked him if he wanted to get the kids swim suits, towel, and sunscreen and come meet me at the beach instead! He said yes and two hours latter we were walking to the beach as a family with the sun shining on us! In the 6 years that we have lived in Oregon, this is the first time that we went to the coast and actually could wear bathing suits and say we were hot!
Some might call it the beach here in Oregon. To me, the beach is in Southern California, Florida and Hawaii. Oregon on the other hand has a coast. Nice sand to play in. Trees to work your way around and admire. Water that is so cold only your toes can stand to touch it, and that is only for about 3 seconds! Wind that is always blowing. Swim suits on the kids followed by sweat shirts and wet suits on everyone else. But for today, we all enjoyed the sand, surf and sun. Okay, so we really did not go in the ocean, we were in the "river" that forms when high tide recedes and leaves this nice shallow water that can actually get to be a somewhat normal temperature. It was so much fun to play and rest at the coast together.
And for an added bonus, there was a kite festival that weekend on the beach! It was so neat to see all of the different kites blowing in the wind! My personal favorite was the circle kite. Amazing!
Alison filling up her treasure bag.
John holding his shovel daring the waves to come and get him.
My personal favorite of the kites!
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