Cannon Beach

We spent a couple of hours at Cannon Beach. The kids LOVED playing in the sand and feeling the waves.   Cannon Beach is so beautiful; it was a wonderful day to be alive!  I think I could have spent a whole week here, perhaps next summer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The kids loved laying in the water and feeling the waves.

 

 

 

 

 

Portland

Last week we went to Portland to see some of David's family and enjoy the sights.

The kids loved the Wii

We had to check out VooDoo doughnuts while in Portland!  We had maple and bacon doughnuts for breakfast!  They were actually pretty good.

We spent the evening with Marselline (David's aunts neice on the other side of the family), she showed us around Paris 5 years ago. 

This is where we ate dinner that evening.  I LOVE these kinds of lights, these moments make me feel happy. The next day we headed to the Farmers Market.  I love markets!  Sometimes I think I could wander around markets all day.

Next stop was the toy store. Auntie gave each of the kids a red envelope so we told them they could each pick out ONE toy.  Calvin had a really hard time deciding what dinosaur to buy (he went with the brontosauraus)

 

Then it was time for lunch.  David and I love the Food Network and have often seen them feature the food trucks in Portland.  One of our recent travel magazines also noted Portland as the best city in the WORLD for street fare.  We weren't disappointed!  If anything there was way too much to chose from.  I don't have much pics of this since we were either looking for food, eating or just keeping track of our kids.  If you like food, check out Portland's food trucks!

 

After lunch we headed to Powell's Books.  The book store is an entire city block!

 

And just a couple of pics of our kids with David's aunt (from Paris)

 

Pender Island Get Away

We're back from a wonderful three night Pender Island getaway!  I didn't take a lot of photos this time, but managed to capture some great memories. 

Superstore

Yes, I take my camera to more places than most.  I want to have more photos documenting regular daily life. Grocery shopping is one of the things that we do as a family.  Here's my view. 

Silly Sarah with a chocolate cookie face, what a nut!

Raccoons

We have a family of 5 raccoons living somewhere very close to our house.  We've been seeing 2-5 of them every other day for the past week or so. For some reason, I still get pretty excited every time they're around.  The other day they were all on the deck and then playing in the trees by the deck. Calvin and I stood on the deck and watched them play for at least 10 minutes.  They always go up and down our deck stairs, climb up the lattice and then into the trees.  Cute little creatures!

Peeking

The best toy is the toy bin itself.