Last week we headed down to Lincoln City for River's first beach trip. At first we didn't think we would be able to fit all 5 of us in the car, but the girls were willing to sacrifice comfort to go! They were jammed in pretty tight in the back seat, but we made it work! Needless to say we are in the market for a minivan! We stopped at Spirit Mountain buffet on the way down (Our fav!) and we had an hour to kill before the dinner buffet opened. Kinda hard to gamble when you have the kids with you (and little money lol) so Justin took the girls into the kids arcade while I sat in the lobby and fed River his bottle.
We stayed at a great hotel right on the beach. It had a fireplace and an awesome ocean view! It also had an indoor pool, a must for the girls. I have fond memories of my parents taking us on many Spring break beach trips to the coast. There was always an indoor pool....a good thing to have when you live in Oregon and never know what the weather is going to be like.
It did rain of course, but we had half a day of sunshine on Monday and spent some time on the beach. The girls and Justin explored the tide pools, while I carried River around in the baby pack. We also made a quick visit to Newport to visit my Aunt Jeaneene who has lived and worked there for over 30 years! We don't get to see her often but it is so nice when we do! We also stopped at the OSU Mark Hatfield marine center and spent some time in there. Its a cheaper version of the Newport Aquarium, but we actually like it better. There is a resident octopus there that the girls like to check out. They have a short life span in captivity so it's a different one each time and the girls love seeing them each time. This time the octopus was named "Pearl". The girls and I also managed to sneak in a brief trip to the outlet mall for some shopping deals!
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