Rainy days are here to stay. Family Reunion '07 Part 2

The second day of our stay at the coast I really wanted to get some family pictures down on the beach, I had picked out matching clothes for us to wear and everything. We get all dressed up, my sister curled and styled my hair so it looked awesome and Kendle was actually staying clean in her white shirt if you can believe that. It was drizzling all morning, so we waited and waited and waited some more. It didn't stop raining one time before we had to go to the family reunion lunch. So much for my plans of getting some beautiful pictures on the beach. We all changed out of our nice clothes and headed to the family reunion lunch and ate ourselves sick. I ate so many different kinds of desserts it was obscene. The kids made homemade icecream the old fashioned way and everyone took a turn cranking for a while. Nothing beats the taste of homemade icecream that you've slaved over for hours.

















My uncle attempted to organize everyone by family to get their picture taken, our picture was missing my two sister-in-laws, my mom and my nephew so it's not the full fam, but for some reason our family cannot take a good picture if our life depended on it. Me and Riley always have our eyes closed and my dad is always doing something funny...check these out:

What a train wreck!

After the lunch we headed back to the beach house to relax for a bit. My brother's had been up late the night before getting the new Harry Potter book and they were reading at light speed all day trying to finish it. I kept annoying them by asking them about all of the rumors about what happens in the book and how it ends. Me and Riley decided to go shopping for a bit at the Outlet Mall there in Lincoln City.

We got there with only about an hour left before they closed so we hit two stores and were done. I love finding good deals. I have almost all of Kendle's school shopping done. When we got back Riley took Kendle down for one last walk on the beach. It was just starting to get dark and was very pretty.

Later that night we watched a very funny movie and got packed up to go home the next day. It's amazing all of the stuff you can accumulate. Shells, sticks, toys, sand....it all found it's way into our car for the trip home somehow. Kendle is one of the worst pack rats I know. The next morning we packed up and headed to the Pig 'N Pancake for one last meal together. I have to say that they had the best pancake's and hash browns I've ever had. DELICIOUS!

I sat in the back with the kids on the drive home and we were all passed out two minutes into the drive. I'm sure Riley appreciated the quiet for once. When we were almost to Pasco, Kendle started getting excited that we were almost home. Even after the best vacations, it still feels good to be home in your own bed safe and sound. Back to the hot, hot weather.

This is what our car looked like when we got home - can you believe we took that much stuff?

Pretty scary huh? I'm still putting stuff away from our trip.

Well, that about wraps it up. Looking forward to next years family reunion, I think it's in Wyoming where our family is dedicating a pioneer trail marker or something like that. Hope all of your families trips this summer were/are as fun as ours!