Drew got to smash a Pinata at his friend's birthday
party. I only saw the pictures, but that sure is a lot of kids for a birthday
party if you ask me. Then Drew got to do one of his favorite things, washing
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| We took another trip out to Snoqualmie Falls, but this time the whole
family went and we did some hiking. All the way to the base of the falls
and then back up. Dan had to carry Alexa up, about .75 of a mile. He felt
very tired and very old after that! Gen again got some excellent pictures
of the falls. Oh and check the videos
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| More Cougar Football! |
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We took a week away to visit Long Beach, WA. It
is the longest beach in the world at 28 miles long. You can't swim there,
one because the water is so cold, and two because the undertow from the
mouth of the Columbia River would drag a swimmer out to sea. All 3 kids
had a lot of fun digging in the sand and avoiding the waves if they happen
to slowly simmer up the beach. One of Alexa's new favorite phrases is
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| Here is the view from our Surfside Condo, which of course includes Dan's
new favorite camera toy (yup, the panorama shot!) |
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| We spent a day in Astoria, which we thoroughly enjoyed. The Maritime Museum
was excellent and they didn't even kick us out when the kids ran around
and screamed a lot. The Astoria Tower had a great view, however the planes
you can purchase to throw off the top were rather disappointing. Drew's
plane took the longest flight. Maybe it is just that Mom and Dad tried too
hard when throwing the planes. Being the movie geeks that we are we saw
the Goonie house and the house from the Short Circuit movies, but we only
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| Fort Stevens State Park outside of Warrenton, OR had some great beaches
to wander around on. We watched some guys use big kites to surf on an inner
bay. We also saw a shipwreck right on the beach. Next time we will spend
more time here, perhaps we will camp here as they have a huge campground.
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| We drove down to Seaside twice during the week. The beach here is great!
We flew some kites, played tag, built a sand castle, fed some seals at the
Aquarium, and walked around the downtown area. We are definitely going to
stay at the resort here in the future, it is right on this wonderful beach.
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| Cape Disappointment is on the North side of the Columbia River. We hiked
out to two of the lighthouses, which wound up making Daddy really tired
instead of the kids. Drew could walk for miles, and Daddy is a sucker for
her Princess so guess who got carried all day? We also found out that Drew
is the best in the family at flying kites.
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| When on vacation, we always eat really well and spoil ourselves. We of
course pass this onto our wonderful kids!
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| The Cougs were taking on USC on the day before Halloween, so it was a
great party. Don't ask Dan if he remembers much, just ask Gen how many jello
shots Dan had! We didn't dress up, but everyone else had such great costumes.
The game was not much of a suprise unfortunately.
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| Happy Halloween!!!
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