A trip to Neskowin

We spent a long weekend in Neskowin (just north of Lincoln City) with our friends Kayley, Niall and Georgia from Bend. Beautiful weather on Friday kept us at the beach all day. We even roasted marshmellows and watched the sun go down on the beach.

The rest of the weekend was super rainy. It didn't keep us from the beach, but there was lots of time to build with legos and read books in the house too. We went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium on Sunday. The kids loved the "climbing equipment."

And as a special treat, we bought crabs off a boat in Newport on our way home. Mouth-watering! Eli really wanted to help cook the crabs, but there were loads of questions about the process. Will it hurt them (to boil them)? Will they pinch me if I put them in the pot? And when we did put them in the pot, Eli asked, "Are they crying?" Oh dear. We still ate them. And they were still delicious! And Eli loves crab meat!

A trip to the Oregon Coast

On Sunday afternoon, Michael, Eli and I met Sarah, Jeremy and Elliot in Neskowin for a sandy outing. It was so fun. Jeremy dug a huge hole, which Eli and Elliot loved crawling in and out of. They dug in the sand for at least an hour. Later that day we built a fire inside the hole and roasted hot dogs, brats and marshmallows.

The only bummer was that we hadn't gone to the coast sooner this summer.