July

Wow.... I am behind. July was super crazy! I work at a hotel so with it being summer a lot more people are staying in the hotel and we are understaffed to handle it, so I've ended up working a bit more than I actually intended on.
We had a great fourth of July. We just did our own little fireworks show and we ate watermelon and corn on the cob.
On July 20th we left on my 10th trip to the Oregon coast. YAY for my 10th time. This time was a little different though because we went with the Young side of the family and I had never been on vacation with them before. There were 10 of us on this trip and that is also way more people than I have ever been on vacation with before so that was a good experience for me.
We stayed in Waldport in a big house with the most beautiful fireplace I've ever seen in my entire life. Okay so I might be easily impressed but I thought it was super cool!!

See, is't that rather awesome?
On Monday (which was probably my favorite day of the trip) we drove down to just south of Yachats (which is probably my favorite city) and we went to some tide pools. I had never really wandered around and just looked at tide pools like that so I really enjoyed it. We even found a starfish out of the water far enough that we could touch it. I've touched a starfish before but never in the wild.

Then later that day Tyson and I went to my favorite restaurant ever! It is a little place called The Drift Inn and the food is so fabulous that I can't even stand it! I crave it so often. I love their fish and chips, and Tyson had a lovely looking halibut burger. But the most incredible thing on the menu is the marionberry  cobbler with homemade ice cream. Oh my word it is the most fabulous thing I have ever tasted!!!
Then later that day we all drove up to Newport and walked around the docks. We got some taffy, I love saltwater taffy from the coast!
On Wednesday we went to my favorite store, Manoosh... haha it is run by a lady named Manoosh and is is so funny. I buy a very large percent of my accessories there and she is so nice to me! She knows how to run her business! And she has a website that you can order things and she will make them and you can go pick them up (she won't ship them out because she has to see how things look on you before she sells them too you. I'm hoping that next year we can design a hat for Tyson.
We also found this adorable little used book store and we got a little too interested in a conversation with the owner of the bookstore. We found a wonderful set of JRR Tolkiens Lord Of The Rings for a great price.
Thursday we went to another place I had never been before the theme park the Enchanted Forest.

Over all we had a really nice trip and I can't wait for our next trip back to Oregon!!!
Now since back we have gone back to work and both been working like crazy. Not a whole lot going on but I will be better at blogging and keeping up to date!