The Beach and Mo's

We missed the regular festivities of Memorial Day this year, but had an extremely wonderful day still. We woke up and hit the outlet mall. My kids were very good considering all the shopping we did and how boring that can be. There was a cute little Sesame Street car Cannon found and him and Kylee thought it was really cute. Here is Kylee with Zoe.

And Cannon with Elmo and Zoe.
Then once we had spent enough money (which didn't take long) we headed to the BEACH!!! Although we had seen it many times and experienced a number of breath taking views, we had yet just played in the sand or enjoyed the water. It worked out to be a great day and we didn't get rained on at all. There are a TON of pictures, and I didn't even post them all. I can't say enough how much I love just sitting on the beach playing with my kids and just relaxing while watching my kids have so much fun.
My kids were in heaven, and so was I. They both LOVED the sand, the waves, and the water. We all stuck our feet in and watched the waves.

Thanks to my cute sister for snapping so many great pictures of me and my kids!

Uncle Daniel bought the kids some sand toys and they were a HUGE hit.

The shovel was almost bigger than Cannon.

We were all pretty sandy but luckily sand is easy to clean.

Here we are digging our toes in the sand.

And loving every second.

Building a sand castle together.

It turned out really cool.

This is probably my most favorite picture ever.

I love the kids faces in the picture above. They were both having so much fun and it shows.

Kylee actually fell in the water (Cannon did earlier which is why he has different pants on). It was cold, but she thought it was funny.

We snuggled under a blanket for a little while to dry off and get warm.

Cannon fell asleep in my arms so I also took a little nap. A nap on the beach holding my sweet sleeping babe...doesn't get much better than that. It was a pretty perfect moment.

After the beach we went and ate at Mo's...which was super yummy. Then we walked on the pier just behind Mo's and saw a ton of Sea Lion's just hanging out on the sand bar.

Cannon must have had too much "sun" or cold feet for too long because he started to get a high fever that just kept getting hotter and hotter as the night went on. We finished looking at another great view,

checked out the sea lion's through the telescope,

and then headed to Walgreen's for some Tylenol for the fever. It helped and Cannon went right to bed, although he did wake up again about 4:00 in the morning with another horrible fever but again the Tylenol came to the rescue and he was able to sleep and woke up feeling much better and had no sign of fever or any sickness. I think he maybe got heat stroke even though it wasn't hot and we didn't get sunburned or anything but I'm sure those UV rays were coming through the clouds and I didn't think to make sure he stayed hydrated or anything like that. Other than Cannon not feeling well towards the end, it was an absolute perfect day.

Aunt Tonya's House

On Sunday we had the chance to go to Aunt Tonya's church with her. She actually only lives a mile or 2 from her church, but I was amazed at how big an area her ward covered. We would be driving somewhere and be on the road for 30 minutes or so and she would point out someones house in her ward. I have never had the opportunity to live in a small town or out of state and forget that it's not like it is here in Utah and how lucky I am to not only have all my ward members within walking distance of my house but also to have so many temples within miles from my house too. In fact, I get to pass 5 temples just on my drive home from work. I am really impressed with all you faithful members living the gospel even when it is not nearly as convenient for you.

Since it was Sunday (and raining again) we just spent the day indoors and relaxing and enjoying each other's company. Kylee really loved the new bracelet I found myself while shopping at Depoe bay. I felt bad I didn't think to buy her a bracelet but Aunt Tonya came to my rescue and had a ton of beautiful beads to make Kylee a bracelet of her own.
She was very happy with it.
And true to form, Cannon had to have one too.
Luckily Tonya had some "boyish" colors.
He LOVED helping her string the beads and he was very happy with his bracelet.

I will gladly admit that I am TOTALLY jealous of my sister's house. She lives in this cozy little lake house and this is her view out her balcony.

Devil's Lake is just across the street and practically in her front yard and the ocean is maybe a mile away.

Here is a picture of her house. So cute.
Every night we took a walk down to the dock after dinner. Sunday was pretty rainy, but like always that didn't stop us. That's what umbrella's are for, right?
Cannon insisted on holding his own umbrella.

I think he looks so cute.

At the end of Tonya's road is the floating dock to the lake.

There are usually almost always people fishing on the dock. Sadly Tonya and Daniel aren't fans of fish, but I would probably have to learn how to fish (and properly gut and all that) if I could have fresh fish at my disposal like that. Not so sure I could gut them, but I could definitely eat them!
Our first night visiting the dock this adorable mama duck and her 8 ducklings came swimming by. We just happened to be on the dock and could see them perfectly. It was so neat and my kids loved it.

They both thought the floating dock was a fun place to be.

Maybe next time we can fish too.

Right behind the dock is this AWESOME playground.

Honestly hands down one of the coolest playgrounds I've ever seen.

It's like this ginormous castle with so many fun things to do and play with. All these pics are actually from our first day there and my kid's first time playing on the playground (which we did every night after dinner).

They both were so excited when they saw it.

Kylee gave it two thumbs up!

Apparently she will need a new jacket next fall. She is outgrowing everything too quickly.

So many fun things to do at the park.

And such a great view for mom's to just take in while their kids play. Made me really jealous and wishing I could live there.

There was a really cute chair made out of an old tree stump.

My kids loved Aunt Tonya's house and so did I.

Thanks sis for sharing your house with us!

Depoe Bay and Other Cool Places

After the aquarium we visited some of the cool spots around Newport and on the way home. This place was called Devil's Punchbowl. It was really pretty and very neat.

Love the views. In fact, I don't think there was ever a time I wasn't amazed by the view or the beauty that surrounded us. Seriously so pretty!
I wish I was brave enough to get in a kayak all alone on the ocean and just paddle to my heart's desire like the guy in the picture below. I would do it with someone else, but just like me in real life, I wouldn't really want to be alone.
These surfers weren't alone. They were just sadly waiting for a good wave to come. The Oregon coast is GORGEOUS but not the best place for surfers because it is very rocky. This particular section is the least rocky, but not as many waves come in. It was fun to watch them try to catch one. I wish I knew how to surf.
Cannon found a stick!
He was always finding things and thought they were so neat.
That boy loves to explore.
In fact, one of his favorite souvenir's was a bag of rocks. So many of the stores would have these really pretty, polished, rocks for sale. I thought it was silly but Kylee always would go to the rocks and ask me to buy some too. Finally I decided what the heck...if she wanted a bag of rocks why not let her pick out a $3.00 bag of rocks. They both really loved playing with them (and Cannon loved hiding them all over Aunt Tonya's house).
We took a little potty break and such and Aunt Tonya kept the kids entertained by playing catch with the new big bouncy balls she got them from the aquarium. They are really cool.
Then we stopped at Depoe bay and went SHOPPING! They have a ton of great little shops and again amazing views of the ocean. Thanks to uncle Daniel Cannon was able to get in a quick nap in the car while the girls hurried and shopped a little.

Kylee is totally my girl! She LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the ocean and the beach. I love this picture of her.

She is so dang cute.

We watched the boats come into the bay. I would have loved to gone on a whale watching tour but I was a little nervous about my kids on the boat (although they probably would have been fine) and it was getting late in the evening so it was getting cold. It will just have to be something we do the next time we are out there.

We sat on the dock of the bay and ate caramel popcorn and just enjoyed the beauty around us.

It was so fun.

Just awesome!