Oregon-Washington Trip

As you can see, we finally made it to see Ivan and Terri and their families. Here are a few of the many pictures that Nicole, Ivan's wife, and we took. Nicole did a great job of getting some pictures of the whole family for us. Thank you so much, Nicole. This picture of Justin and I are up at the light house in Newport Oregon. As you can see behind us, it wasn't very clear that day. Although it didn't seem to clear up much at all the whole time we were there.

This is the family at the docks. Some people had just caught some crabs that were wandering around the docks that the boys got to see. Then just below us and to the right were some platforms with at least 30 Sea Lions that were sun bathing and barking. It was pretty cool. The boys enjoyed seeing these animals and were asking to see some more when we were trying to leave.

Here is the family again at the light house. We had a lot of fun.

Here is the family at the Oregon Aquarium. Good old Quentin decided that he didn't need to smile. So he had a great face in this one. We got to see many different types of animals. But I think the boys favorite was being in the tanks where the sharks and sting rays swam all around us. They also liked seeing the many different types of colored fish and star fish. We also happened to be there when they were feeding the sea lions. Pretty fun.

Here are the boys at the beach. Their favorite thing to do, was to throw sticks in the Ocean and wait for the tides to return it to them. They did this over and over again. It is like having their own pet, minus the mess. We didn't get to build sand castles because it was so wet and cold, but we will do it again another time. Maybe next time will be in Florida at their warmer beaches.

The boys getting dirty in the sand. They had a blast.

Quentin, Jessi, Mitchell, and Cyrus at the Lighthouse. They had a lot of fun running around and playing together.

Here we are sitting on a piece of petrified wood at the Gingko Petrified Forest in Vantage Washington, where Terri and her family live. Ryan, Terri's husband, is a park ranger for this park. Their son Konner is in between the boys. They had a lot of fun.

The boys got to do one of their most favorite things to do. Throw rocks in the river. Terri and family live just off of the Columbia River. So we got to be near enough to the water to throw rocks. They had a blast and did their best to sneak in the water and get wet when their parents weren't watching. Quentin had no idea I was taking this picture. What a poser.

Here is Zayne just chilling with his daddy while everyone else threw rocks in the river. What a cute little boy. I love that hat on him.

Above is the view out the front door of Terri's the first night we stayed in Vantage Washington. Justin had to run out with the camera when he saw it.
Below is a view of Agate Beach in Newport Oregon. This was the view from our hotel. We had our own entrance to this beach from the hotel.

We had a lot of fun on our vacation and wished we had had a little bit more time to spend at the beach and other places. But it was a great visit and we appreciate Ivan and Terri's families for being such gracious hosts. You guys are awesome. We hope to come see you again.