I spent Saturday washing and vacuuming vans at the house. I gave the Ford a quick check-over for Sunday's drive to the coast. Sunday we got up early and went to church, had lunch at McMinnville and travelled on to Lincoln City. After checking in, we went for a walk on the beach, before the rain started.

Then we went to the campground where Jim & Vonnie Lash were camping and had a great dinner with them (Jim BBQ'd). And played cards (it was still raining).
Monday we drove to Newport, OR and met up with Roberta, her Mom (Fran), Jacob, Peter, and Bethany. Close by, we visited the Hatfield Marine Science Center - very interesting! I think the kids really enjoyed touching the live sea animals in the "touch pool". We piled into the two vans and went to Izzy's for lunch. Great to see everyone! Peter and Jacob...thanks for the the "sea rocks".

Just wanted to add a few more pictures from the past weekend.

What a great Father's Day weekend!!! Friday night, after work, Carol and I had a BBQ dinner at home and had a quiet evening at home. Saturday, I worked in the yard and Carol went to a graduation ceremony. We went downtown and saw "Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs" . Now, today was the Best... we picked up Mom Peters and had breakfast at Sheri's. Then we picked up the Van and headed for Grand Ronde for the "Show and Shine" car show.  Here's a few of the shots I took...

 

I'll add more this week...hope everyone enjoys these as much as I did taking them!

 

I can't believe the time has gone by so fast! The past weekends have been filled with stuff around the house (without any side trips:( )  But, last weekend Mikayla, Madison, and Grace flew in to spend some time with their dad. We are fortunate enough to live fairly close to Eric...so we're taking advantage of that opportunity!

I can't believe it's been almost a year since we've seen the girls and they're growing up so fast!

I tore a small muscle in my lower back this week and had to take a few days off. Ofcourse, the weather was great...and I'm flat on my back. I went into work yesterday and I'm on light duty for at least a week. Hope everyone is doing well. I'll write more soon.