Oregon Coast

We finally took our long awaited family trip to the Oregon coast, and it was a lot of fun. Aaron has been taking math classes this summer so we weren't able to stay too long, but even a brief weekend was a lot of fun. We went with my mom and sister and her kids. We first stopped of at the waterfalls:

This is Multnomah falls

This is Horsetail falls,
(Aaron and Eden are in the bottom right corner)

We stayed at a house that overlooked the beach just north of Newport, Oregon. Since we were so close to the area we stopped in Tillamook and toured the cheese factory and sampled the cheese and of coarse the ICE CREAM!!

This was by far Eden's favorite part of Tillamook!

Enoch of course had his fair share too.

Then it was the most anticipated moment: THE BEACH!! We were so excited to go to the biggest swimming pool and play in an endless sandbox. We learned that the Oregon beach can be a little chilly. It was about 65 degrees and the wind was strong. The first day we were blown away from the wind and didn't get much beach time. The second day we dressed up a little more and got our feet wet. It wasn't as windy so it was a little more enjoyable, despite the cooler temperature.

Eden really enjoyed all of the nice fine sand, much better than her sand box at home.

Even though the water was cold, we were not going to let that hold us back from getting our feet wet.

We then went to the Aquarium in Newport, this was a lot of fun for all of us. We saw sharks, seals, crabs, jellyfish, otters and so much more!!

The seals and sea lions just swam right by us, enjoying the afternoon sun.

Eden touched a starfish for the first time.

They have tunnels that you can walk into and have fish and sharks swim all around you!

Our trip to Oregon was fun, we enjoyed being outside of Utah and the heat, we also were able to see friends and family that live in the area. We decided for our next trip to Oregon that we need to have more time there. That weekend sure went by fast, so next time we'll spend a whole week on the coast! It was sure beautiful and worth the trip!