Oregon Day 1

I LOVED Oregon! It had the best of both worlds for me plus more. It was close to the ocean, which I love, and still had mountains. Plus everything was so green and beautiful!

In Oregon we stayed at Q’s Landing. It was a fun house on the river. It had 5 bedrooms 3 baths plus a living area. Then the best part were the decks. There were huge decks where you could sit look out on the river and just chat or play games. They also had a big table that sat 10 so you could eat outside as well. There was also a doc and a boat house with a boat inside. Too bad we couldn’t use it. The “back yard” had lush green grass where the little girls played all day. The first day was a “rest” day where we didn’t have plans were going to chill at the house. The guys ended up going golfing and we just enjoyed Q’s Landing.

The coast was about 20 minutes away by a town called Florence. There were cute little shops and a really good seafood restaurant. Since Seafood isn’t my favorite that means something. I did get a pasta dish, but tried my dad’s halibut that was a bit on the expensive side and though it was to amazing!

After dinner we went to the Beach. It was late and cold and you had to walk a ways to get to the actual beach. However, it was worth it. The sand was so soft and I enjoyed walking in it barefoot. Also the view is gorgeous.

Current Post

So I know I’m in the middle of posting about my Oregon trip and over the next week I plan to get everything updated. However, I did want to post about the newest addition to our family.

Over much discussion and debating Jake and I thought a dog would be a good addition. We’re living a place that allows dogs. Jake is definitely a dog lover. He could keep me company while Jake’s gone. I’ve seen mice and Jake’s allergic to cats. So we got ourselves a Long-haired Dachshund. He’s adorable, he has a little bit of fluffy hair on his ears and soft black hair with bits of brown. His 4 months old. We named him Cash. We’ve only had him a couple of days so we only have a few pictures of him. He was napping with me today and Jake got a picture. Then after I wanted to get a picture of just Cash.

 

Road Trip

So I started this post forever ago, but I was having troubles with blogger post editor and posting pictures. However, I really want to get Oregon posted since that was a month ago. Plus I can actually post using windows writer since Jake’s computer doesn’t have the troubles mine has.

Anyway, my family decided with the number of people in our family that we could rent a beach house on the Oregon coast. However, we ended up with a house on the river about 20 min from the Coast. It was great trip! One of the fun things about it was the road trip. It took two days, but worth it. I got to visit with my sisters, enjoy a book with my husband and one leg of the journey It was me and the guys. I would just sit in the back, listening and laughing. Here are some of the pictures us driving.

The leg of the journey with my sisters was with Alicia, Michaelene and the two beautiful babies, Eve and Kaylee. Michaelene was awesome and sat in the back with the babies. She is so good with the kids! I love her to death!

The first day we ended up eating at a beautiful little park in one of the towns on the way. It was nice, we got to lay on the grass under the shade of a tree. The little girls were playing on the play ground just a little ways away. While we were sitting I actually got some beautiful pictures of Kaylee. She is so so so cute. I cannot believe how quickly they grow.

That night we ended up staying at a little motel in a small town called Burns. It was funny because not one of the best places I’ve stayed but the Brook and Erin loved it! We were on the second floor and the girls loved to look out over the edge and shout to whoever was unloading the cars. Then later before bed we all enjoyed the nice summer air sitting on the balcony chatting.

The next morning we headed out, but figured we had some time since it we only had 8 hours of driving and we left at 8 that morning. We ended up taking a route over the Oregon mountains which turned out to be beautiful. Tall green trees that even had moss or vines growing up the tree trunk. I was riding with Jake and Jason and we decided to stop at the next site seeing place and take some pictures. It ended up being a lava field which was extremely interesting.

After this we got to the house on the River and I am so sad to say that I did not take pictures of it. I cannot believe I didn’t take pictures.