In lieu of actual words, today I’m offering many pictures from last week at the beach, where we were blessed to gather with all our kids and grandkids plus John’s and my parents, 19 folks altogether. Much fun and sun was enjoyed by all. Click on the pictures to enlarge.
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- Complete with a moat and drawbridge
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- Walking with Oma on the beach
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- Dog racing
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- Dog is winning
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- Kite-flying
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- Splash
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- With Oma (great-grandma)
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- Precious baby
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- The view from our house
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- Sunny on the beach
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- Getting Oma and Grandpa Ron
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- Hiking with dad
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- The girls and Grandpa Ron
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- My baby girl
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- Keisha
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- Ben and Ascher
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- Peek
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- Cousins
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- Peace
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- A visit to the Aquarium with the grandparents
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- Ben and Amanda and Ascher
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- Showoff
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- Ascher
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- Getting a pix of the greatgrandbaby
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- Touch pool
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- Jelly
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- At the aquarium
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- In the shark tunnel
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- Look at all the sharks
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- Playing with the camera
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- Peaceful afternoon
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- Israel’s birthday
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- Sparkle
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- Cuteness
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- I see you under there, dad
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- What a big nose you have, daddy!
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- Hamming it up for the camera
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- Sweet Ranger
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- Learning how to make grandma’s rolls
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- Playing Halo, lots of Halo
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- Going for a hike
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- Do the splits
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- Relaxing
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- Em at the air museum
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- Space museum
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- Hoodie
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- Our pretty girl
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- With big brother
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- Me and my honey
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- Biking on the beach
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- Big bro gets one smiling
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- Don’t wanna smile for mom
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- Places to go
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- Loving that snad
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- Amanda and Ascher
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- Little digger
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- A kiss from Keisha
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- I love being Nana
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- Drawbridge
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- Octopus
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- Yay for the beach
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- Sandy little face
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- Big brothers are the best
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- Our whole clan in front of the house
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- Precious child
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- With Auntie Em
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- Smile
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- Momma and Ascher
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- Sunshine and kite-flying
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- Kites
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- Starfish
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- John and the girls
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- Splashing in the sunshine
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- Digging
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- Twirling
It looks like you had fun. Which VRBO did you stay at this time?
We stayed at the Crystal Rose http://www.crystalroseproperties.com/site/crystal-rose-properties-lincoln-city.html It is 7 bedrooms, is in a great location, and worked really well for us.
Love seeing these every year! And watching the family as it grows… wow, has it really really going on 8 years?
Looks like a lovely, lovely time!
It looks like a marvelous, relaxing, and fun-by-all time. I’m glad you got that one photo of Amanda, Ben, and Ascher at the aquarium. I was about to be disappointed at not seeing any baby bellies, since the kids are covering the mommies in all the other shots. 🙂
I just booked our first VRBO house, thanks to your past posts about staying in them. In Lincoln City too! My kids have never been to the coast and I’m so excited for them. (they don’t know they’re going yet – I think a 2 month wait for that kind of excitement is too much!)
I was researching the aquarium in Newport as well – and thought the ticket prices were pretty outrageous. Do you think it was worth the price? Any tips for discounts? Maybe you had enough people to get the group discount?
Thanks!
HI Alea,
How exciting! Hope your trip is great! We buy a 1-year membership to the aquarium every year or two, and try to go at least twice during each trip. It is still spendy, but we feel like we get more of our money’s worth by visiting twice during the week. If you need a good place to eat in Newport, we really like Kum Yon’s. It is close to the big bridge and is very yummy.