My birthday was on Saturday, so I decided that I wanted to spend it with my favorite people at my favorite place~the lovely Oregon Coast.
One of my favorite parts of the weekend was Nate's new look. We stopped at the Gap Outlet on the way to Newport, and found this fine looking hat for Nate. He wore it with pride and got 18 compliments on it from all sorts of people. He is also taking a liking to 'button shirts' so he really was extra fashionable all weekend long. I love this boy.
We stayed at the
Elizabeth Street Inn. The biggest priority for our family when looking for lodging is whether or not there is a pool. This pool was great...and a hot tub to boot! The boys made 3 trips to the pool. Since it was my birthday, I had the option of sitting out. Which I took complete advantage of.
Dinner was at the
Rogue Brewery. It's a fun spot right on the water underneath the bridge in Newport.
Lots of pretty bottles all displayed neatly in a row. How about the artistic flair to this picture? Dan got me a
really nice new camera as a birthday gift.
Christopher looking for whales. No luck.
Mama and her boys.
We swung by grandma and grandpa's house on the way home from the beach to get my birthday present from them, and were treated to some lazy-daisy oatmeal cake and some chowder.
44 isn't so bad.....I'm truly thankful for another year.
He may be smaller....but he's tougher.
Boy-0-boy was this one ever touted as the biggest snow that would ever hit Portland! For the past 3 days everyone was waiting in anticipation of this mega event. I can't say that it lived up to the hype, but I can say that it sure was nice having all of the schools closed for a snow day....which meant we were all able to stay home and enjoy the snow before it melted away a few hours later.
Harry is a Snow Bengal, after all....so we let him out to see if his native instincts would kick in. Not so much~he wanted to get back into the warm house.
