Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Oregon Trip

Jeff's family had a family reunion on the Oregon Coast last week. We flew to Portland and then drove to the beach to enjoy a few days of relaxing and visiting with family. The weather was so nice and everyone had a great time!
While we were there we visited the Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was pretty cool to see where the cheese we eat is made.


Farmer Karson and his cow Karlee:)


We sampled some cheese and then stayed to eat lunch.


Then we ate some yummy Tillamook icecream. Karson sure enjoyed that!


We went down to the beach a few different times. Karlee was so excited to go to a beach for the first time. The water was really cold but she didn't mind too much.


The first few times we set Karson down on the sand he wasn't a fan. He just didn't know what to think of sand and all that water.


Karlee loved the water, the sand, and looking for shells.


I got in about up to my ankles and that was good for me. I am used to the warm Atlantic Ocean from growing up and this water was too cold in my opinion.


The view from our house was so pretty.


Grandma and Grandpa Vocana with their 8 grandkids starting with baby Liam all the way up to 11 year old Jaxon.


Jeff and I


Karlee got in a little bit with her swimsuit on and Jeff and his brothers went all the way in.


The last day Karson just warmed up to the idea of standing on the sand.


We went to Jeff's parent's house for a couple of hours before heading to the beach and before heading to the airport on Sunday so Karlee got to feed the donkey that lives right by them.


It just so happened that our good friends the Barbers who live in Salt Lake were visiting Nick's parents the same weekend. We were able to meet up with them right before heading to the airport and got to see their darling little boy Cashe again.

It was good to get away for a few days and enjoy some cooler weather. Jeff, his dad and brothers got to go deep sea fishing, the girls got to do a little shopping and the kids loved spending time with their cousins. It was a fun little summer vacation.

3 comments:

The Olsons said...

the oregon coast is SO cold comared to NC, Skylar always asks to go back to the warm beach! When you drove from the airport to the beach you drove about 20 miles from our houes;)

The Barbers said...

It was great to see you guys and I love that we didn't even plan it! It was the best :)

Brad Zaruba said...

It's great you were able to visit with Jeff's family. Getting to see everyone is always a treat. Thanks for posting!