Pacific Ocean Boat Tour! Oregon Coast Vacation

Kara and Trevor sitting in the captain seat, drivin' our boat! Watch out for icebergs!
July 29, 2008. Newport, Oregon. Marine Discover Tours.

Hey Trevor, are your fingers froze yet from the Pacific Ocean Wind!? Look at the Newport Bridge! July 29, 2008 - out at sea - Newport Oregon.

"Hey, is this the stearing wheel?" Trevor having fun on the boat tour! (above)

Crabbing in Newport Bay on our boat tour. Jeff thinks it cool, Kara's not so sure.
July 29, 2008. Newport, Oregon.

Pacific Ocean Time!!

Kara and Daddy at Nye Beach in Newport, Oregon.
July 28, 2008 Cold WATER! (above)

By the time we got to the beach, Trevor had had Enough!
Daddy and Trevor, Newport Oregon. (above)

"Can we get on the boat yet?" Kara waiting patiently to get on our Marine Discover tour boat!
Newport, Oregon. July 29, 2008.

Sheryl, Kara and Trevor headed out to sea. Wahoo for the Pacific! Newport, Oregon. (above)

Here's the family out at sea! It's not the same weather as Utah! That's for sure!
Newport, Oregon. July 29, 2008.

The beach was really close to our hotel and we couldn't wait to get there. We had some really fun play time with the kids, creating memories we'll never forget. Like freezing our feet off seconds after walking into the water. That was fun. Trevor slept through half of it, but finally woke up to join the family beach bonding time in the artic waters.
We went on a Marine Discover Tour the next day, to go "whale watching" , and lighthouse viewing. Well, we saw one lighthouse, and no whales. But we caught a couple glimpse of some dolphins! That was quite cool. We also went crabbing while on the boat! We caught and held some pretty cool crabs! It was awesome to sail underneath the beautiful Newport bridge! It was a very windy, and rainy(big surprise) so the Pacific Ocean wasn't showing it's soft side. This upset the stomachs of the girls of the family. The seasick girls sat down at the back of the boat, hoping not to leave the Pacific with a personal souvenir of themselves, while the boys "walked" (or really stubbled the best they could) across the boat laughing all the way. Trevor thought all the rocking was hilarious, he and his daddy were cracking up. Sheryl and Kara didn't think it was so funny. Luckily we made it back to solid ground before either of us tossed our cookies. Next time . . . lots of dramamine!

Oregon Coast HERE WE COME!

For our family vacation this year we took a trip to the Oregon Coast! July 27th - 30th 2008. We had a lot of fun and wore out the kids! (They are now very sick of the car.) We drove across the northern border of Oregon and Sheryl got to look across the Columbia River to her home state! We stopped at an outlook point to have a look at the beautiful Columbia. Our first experience of entering the Northwest was the WIND! Trevor thought it was hilarious! He had a pretty good hair style in the wind!(pictured above). Our next destination was the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR. Who knew Newport as so BEAUTIFUL!? It was amazing. Trevor got to speak face to face from one crabby little man to another (pictured)Hee! Hee! They also had an underwater walk through tunnel. The fish, and sharks swim all around you while you walk through their world! We also saw Sea Lions, Otters, Gelly fish, and Sea Horse. There was a touch tank, and Kara touched star fish and sea anemane.(Way to go Kara!) The Auarium also had a play area for kids with animal statues to climb on. This is where Kara had her "Turtle Time" (pictured). By the end the kids were exhausted(the way us parents usually like them), and were completely a wreck - which they are demonstrating in the picture we took with the Oregon Coast Aquarium sign as we were walking out. (Experience has taught us to always get this picture on the way IN . . .when they are still happy.)

Fun Times in IDAHO! July 3rd - 9th 2008

We had lots of fun at with the family in Idaho! We celebrated the 4th picking cherries! We sure had alot of fun with all of you! We hope to come again next year for the cherry pickin' season! The kids loved it too! Fireworks were fun that night with Terri and Dusty! Thank you! Jeff drove home with our dog Sadie on Sunday and the kids and Sheryl flew home Thursday, July 9th. While there Kara and Trevor enjoyed fun times with their cousins! We went to the beach, some fun parks, and Chuck-E-Cheeses. Thank you all for spending so much fun times with us! We miss you already!

The pictures above are of Trevor (18mo.) at a park in Idaho; Trevor (pink bucket) with cousin Sam at the beach, Kara(age 3yrs) picking Cherries on July 4th; Wrapped in towels after swimming - Kara(bottom right) and Trevor (top right) at beach in Idaho with cousins Taylor(bottom left) and Dani (top left).

Happy Birthday JEFF!

Jeff turned 28yrs old on July 8, 2008. On the day of his birthday he came home to an empty house! Sheryl and the kids were still in Idaho enjoying time with the relatives! Not being a big party man anyway, he was just as happy celebrating it the following Saturday (after our return) at the lake with family. The Stouts came too! Jeff got a little fishing time, but spent more time "fishing for birds" with Grandma Stout and Kara! It was lots of fun! Happy Birthday Jeff!