Newport Beach

Since I am having trouble posting pictures on Facebook, I decided I should blog. I can't believe that I haven't posted anything since April. Time is going by too quickly.

The kids and I found a great little house right outside of Newport in a quiet little neighborhood that has private access to the beach. When we arrived on Saturday we dropped off our stuff in our respective rooms and headed to the beach.

The weather was perfect. Sunny, warm, with a little breeze


Hayden testing the waters


cliffs by the beach


ahhh. sooo relaxing


Bought this great Build-a-kingdom kit... it was fun... I enjoyed more than the kids


Ellie was scared of the waves after one knocked her down so I am holding her hand


She wanted to go deeper but I had to carry her... She was a little to close to take a picture. hehehe


Unlike Florida water... Oregon water is cold!


Hahaha... What a goofball


My kids tend to be a little dramatic. I do not know where they get it from


A "teepee" that was on the beach. Ellie said it was from the Indians


A bench overlooking the beach


Proof that they love each other


Hayden found this digging in the sand by the water... luckily it was dead... ewww


There was plenty of beach to play on. This was at low tide


Day 2 sandcastle that I mostly did myself... hahaha


Day 2 and heading to the beach in the evening


God does marvelous work! Just amazing


Here is a little bridge that we cross to get to the beach. I though the lighting was beautiful


Ellie and her pink beach toys


Hayden's favorite spot was on the sandbar. The tide was coming in and the waves her just starting to roll over the sandbar.


The sunset makes everyone look orange


It was beautiful


Hayden was walking by the creek that feeds into the ocean and sunk up to his knee and couldn't get out. He was saying the water is really cold


His sweet, helpful sister was trying to dig his foot out.


Ellie saying goodbye to the beach for the night


On our last day we thought we would take the more cumbersome trail to the beach


Yep, she is telling on Hayden


Trying to the get a pic of Ellie and I


The waves were bigger today


Since Ellie was knocked down by a wave she was very jumpy at all waves that came near her. The little ripple behind her made her jump sky high. Hahaha. Silly girl.


It is a Monday 11:30 am and we are heading out of town... within 25 minutes of our departure the kids were sound asleep


We stopped at Multnomah Falls for a potty break


Another one of God's wondrous works

We had the best time and it was also the first time that I had taken the kids on a vacation by myself! It was just the three of us and it was fabulous. God has strengthen me so much over the past couple of years. With Him, I can accomplish anything.