We have been incredibly blessed. We started June in Sunriver for the final day of our surprise vacation and we ended June at the beach with the Scott clan. Isn’t that simply amazing?
Before taking off for the beach, we had our first MOPS & MOMSnext summer activity which was an ice cream social at the church playground. It was a great way to kick off our vacation week. We came home dirty and sticky and while Jeremy gave the boys a bath, I packed our suitcase for the ocean.
The week at the beach was spent playing with the cousins and visiting our favorite places. We went to Fort Stevens on a drippy afternoon and explored in the rain. Not my usually MO, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. We went to Seaside and rode the carousal multiple times. I said we wouldn’t go to Tillamook since the Tillamook Creamery (used to be called the cheese factory) just opened a week ago and I didn’t want to deal with the crowds… but… Jeremy offered and I said yes with very little arm twisting. We explored the new creamery and I was relieved to see that the cheese factory viewing portion is the same as before and that brought some comfort to me. It still felt like the cheese factory I grew up visiting, but now it’s bigger and better. And the long drive to Tillamook made for an excellent nap time for two super tired little boys. It was a great week full of family fun and relaxation. Jeremy got to golf one morning and tried clamming for the first time. I read a few books. We ate at our favorite places – Mo’s & Pig’N’Pancake. What’s not to love about a week at the beach?
As you can imagine from my last post, we are still checking off summer family challenges left and right. The beach week allowed us to check off things like fly a kite, visit a state park and build a sand castle. This week we’ve made homemade lemonade and tried a new food (pickle flavored chips and blue corn tortilla chips). We’re also praying for our extended family members all this week and keeping up with the Bible reading challenges. Before we left for the beach, we sat down with a list of local and global missionaries. I took out our children’s atlas and showed the boys where the different missionaries were located around the world. Then as a family we prayed for them. We do bedtime prayers every night, but the summer family challenge as gotten us praying in new ways. We turned in our scorecard for June and I was happy to see that we completed 24 for challenges in June. I have at least 18 on the docket for July. By August, we’ll have almost all the challenges we can do completed. I’ll be real here… one of the challenges is no screen time for a week, another is no sugary snacks or drinks for a week – those challenges will not be completed. I’m afraid I would not survive. While I see the value in them, I need sugar and screen time to make it through the day (in moderation, of course, but let’s face it, a day without sugar is a day not worth living, haha, I’m kind of joking, but also not really).
I’m excited to see our July adventures unfold! See you all after the 4th of July! Enjoy the fireworks and family time!
First craft completed from our Pinterest board! Painting fireworks with toilet paper tubes.
Enjoying a Star Wars themed birthday party
Summer Family Challenge – Water Balloon Fight
Summer Family Challenge – Kids Make Dinner
For safety, the boys made PB & J sandwiches and toaster waffles for this challenge. They have no culinary skills yet.
Park Play Date with Auntie
MOPS & MOMSnext Ice Cream Social – love seeing families gathered to play and eat! :)
Praying for our missionaries around the world
The first day at the beach was windy…
It was also beautiful!
Visiting Fort Stevens – which is a state park. Check that off the summer family challenge!
Fort Stevens
Sitting on the jetty watching the big waves come in
Sitting on the jetty watching the big waves come in
Graham really likes bacon these days…
Carousal Ride
Clamming for the first time. Jeremy is always game to try something new!
Trying to get a picture of all the grandkids with Nana & Papa is always an adventure. Poor Graham wasn’t feeling it.
Winning prizes at the arcade in Seaside (well, Jeremy won this, but don’t tell Owen. He thinks he did).
The Tillamook Creamery
Owen woke up grumpy after a hard car nap.
Checking out new stuff in Tillamook
The power struggle for the cheese bus
And the reason we came – ICE CREAM!
Jeremy came home from vacation and instantly started to assemble our new play set that was delivered on Saturday! He is so awesome!
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