Aquarium

The middle of our trip we went to the Newport Aquarium. I loved the tunnels where the sharks swam above and below you. The kids had a great time and enjoyed all there was to see.


The kids exploring the touch tank

My nephew watching the sharks go by above him.

AAHH it is eating us us!

Cousins



After we saw all the see life we played on some of the stone sealife!





How do you measure up!

We all enjoyed the aquarium and of course spending time with our family! My brother showing our true Howeird colors!

Coast Part 1

To start out our summer we headed to the Oregon coast for a family reunion. We stayed with some friends and then Ryans mom for a few days. It was great to spend time with them. Then we got up early and drove to Newport. All of my siblings and parents were there and we each stayed in our own camper trailer. My parents had all their kids with them and all 17 grandchildren. We were a crazy bunch when we all went some place together. We went crabbing off the pier and enjoyed fresh crab, we went to the OSU Aquarium, and enjoyed the wharf. Our little family also booked a trip to go whale watching. While we didn't see any whales, it was a lot of fun being out in the open ocean. I can believe how much the ocean moves. If Lindee wouldn't have fallen asleep half way through I probably would have gotten sea sick. But luckily I sat at the back of the boat and watched the land while she was sleeping!
Enjoying freshly caught crab on the deck of our rental trailer.

The wharf at Newport has the famous Mo's clam chowder and a lot of other fun shops. We bought some fresh salt water taffy. It also has an area where the sea lions like to lay and sleep. We watched them for awhile before we got on the boat to go whale watching.



Leaving the harbor.

Before Lindee fell asleep.

JT driving the boat

Lindee looking at the fishy at the OSU Science Aquarium.

Dryer

I couldn't find Lindee one day and I went around looking for her and where do I find her, but in the dryer. Of course, I had to take some pictures of her! She is just getting so big!

Lagoon!

A few weekends before school got out my niece Rachel had a dance competition at the the Lagoon. We decided to take the kids and we had a blast.
The first roller coaster of the day!
We did a lot of waiting

The egg drop was fun.
We took a ride on the train. This was the only "ride" that Lindee went on. She fell asleep in the stroller and slept for 3 hours and we all took turns staying with her and watching JT go on some of the smaller rides while the others went on the big roller coasters!

Luke loved the bumper cars but said that his favorite ride was Wicked and I would have to agree. It was a rush.

JT wasn't tall enough to go on any of the big roller coasters, but he loved the carousel.

We loved the log ride and rode on it a few times.


All wet!
here is the gang about to get wet!