After a good night's sleep we were off to the Oregon State Fair...
The rides and the animals were the kids' favorite attractions. Can you imagine having THAT many hoodlems??? I don't know why but I love pigs.
We had been walking all day so the kiddos and Gpa decided to check out the 'Jiggler Foot'... a nice rejuvenation for the next couple of hours.
We ate fair food, met up with Uncle Dave, Aunt Sherri and her boys for a couple of minutes, looked at booths, kids went on some rides, ice cream, did I mention fair food??, and of course the tractors... what boy could resist the temptation to sit upon the throne of a real live tractor! ;)
Stuffed Snake vs. Inflatable Squeaky Princess Hammer... hmmmm... eh, we'll take 'em both home, they earned it ;)
What? Alex isn't riding that Dora toddler bike anymore???? Yes, Gpa Steve upgraded Alex with an early birthday present... a new bike! 
Grinning from EAR to EAR! (Which translates into, 'Thank you So much Grandpa!')
Haha, of course the 'Real' big kid has to take it for a spin ;)
Gpa didn't want Cami to feel left out so she too was gifted an early bday present. Necessities for her on a bike: 1-pink 2-streamers 3-bag or basket up front for needed travel size items :). Now the real question is, how in the world are we going to take them home?? (No worries, they fit, we got 'em home ;)
Instead of trying to keep up with the big kids outside, Carson found a new love, Stair sliding, belly first.
On Sunday Steve took us to a near by park. It had a real train parked in the middle of it! Thought that was pretty cool and so did the kids...
Up on top, so adventurous :)
It also had an area with big man made dinosaur bones, which created some fun climbing. Alex looks exhausted though, haha.
And of course the swings... but these swings were even big enough for Jer....
And me????
Hahaha, not really. Just gave Jer a mouthful of hair. Sorry hon, hopefully it at least smelt good ;).
In Oregon you will find many of these. Blackberries seem to grow freely in good ol' OR. Not my favorite, but man the kids like them! 
On the outskirts of the park they had a trail to walk along, lined with thousands of blackberries!
S-T-R-E-T-C-H! Gotta get the good ones :)
By the end of the trail this is what was produced, black fingers, black tongues, black faces... and well, I didn't take a picture of what was produced in Carson's diapers afterwards, figured it would be a little Too graphic ;)
Gpa Steve not only spoils our little hooligans, but also our dog. Special food, special treatment... Jer caught a good picture of Tanner's little heaven :). 
On our last day, we headed to the coast. Newport Harbor, it was misty and still so beautiful. 
I loved seeing all the fishing boats docked on the harbor and the smell of the ocean! But not so much the smell of the fresh catch being gutted nearby, bleh. We even took Tanner with us shopping... haha, I was out-voted to just leave him in the car. But boy did he love all the attention from the other passer-by-ers! He too liked all the new smells the ocean harbor brought :).
Sea lions were everywhere! It was pretty cool to see them all. There were also several up close.
One of Cami's main desires for the coast was to see and touch a Starfish, and so she did :). Inside a little aquarium, but still, she loved it just the same.
After being downtown we found a restaurant called, Flashbacks. I thought the old classic automobile kids box was the coolest! Defenitely will 'flash-back' there next time we go the OR coast, wink, wink... haha, couldn't help from saying it... pulling a "Craig" there. :) (My dad is notorious for his little play-on words jokes). 
Then my favorite place here at the coast, the beach. The OR coast water, isn't all warm and cozy like Hawaii waters, but we still went to dip our toes in. I loved all the fog around us too, sure it made it even cooler, but it was just beautiful.
Digging in the wet sand...
And some toe messages :)
As you can tell, Tanner isn't the biggest fan of water, haha. But he was such a good sport anyway. After awhile Jer, Tanner, and the kids made a little game out of the upcoming waves. They'd go wade out shin deep, (or for Tanner, chest deep :)....
And then make a run for it before the next wave came to engulf them more!
We all got a little wet. Cami actually fell all the way in and Carson wanted his shirt off despite the cool weather. It was a lovely day. 
He still swoops me off my feet... As Jer's dad puts it, 'Get a room' :)
It really was a wonderful weekend. Thank you Grandpa Steve for making this weekend unforgettable.
4 comments:
Loved it all. What a fun trip. You did a lot in such a short trip.
Sweeeet! Looks like a lot of fun! You two look sooo crazy in love!
ohh you made me super hungry for a vacation, and my parents!!!!
what fun! Now I just need my parents to live in a cool place like the Oregon Coast!
Oh my lovely Northwestern coast...How I miss thee!! Ya'll know how to end the summer with a bang!
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