Last week we spent some quality time with the whole Curtis Family on the Oregon Coast!
Here are some of the highlights...
#1 Meeting Baby Graham
Graham was born in May and is almost 3 months old. On the coast was our first opportunity to meet him. Zella was not a fan! She didn't like him getting Mom & Dads attention at all!!! We really enjoyed getting to love on him though:) He's super sweet, and reminds me exactly of Beckett. I even caught some of his little smiles! When Jon got to hold him he put him on his chest and said, "Ah, I miss this!" Seems so long ago Zella was little and let us hold her like that. They just grow up too fast!
#2 Whale Watching
The first couple days we stayed in Depoe Bay which is where all the whales like to hang out. We could watch them right from our balcony. Jon was the first to spot one! You had to know what you were looking for... They would come up and spout... Sometimes you could see their back really well, and sometimes they would flip their tail. It was hard to get good pictures but Jon managed to get a few pictures of the spouts and a little of its back. It was really cool. Next time we go I'd like to get in a boat and go on a tour so we can see them up close!
#3 Sea Lions
We went to the Sea Lion Caves where al the Sea Lions hang out. There were a lot of them! Zella really like them because they barked:) We got her a little Sea Lion souvenir that makes the the barking sound when you pat its back. She really likes it. We tried to get a picture of all the cousins on the Sea Lion Rock but Roderick wanted to hide so you cant really see him... So pretend he is "Where's Waldo" and see if you can find him;)
#4 The Beach
To say Zella loved the beach is an understatement. She loved playing in the sand, and each trip to the beach ended in us dragging her away in tears. She was way too busy to ever look at the camera so we got very few pictures with her looking let alone smiling... She was always covered from head to toe in sand, and of course hated getting cleaned off! In Seaside there were swings on the beach, and she LOVED that too:)
#5 Crabbing
We tried our hand at crabbing off a bridge in a river that came off the ocean. First we rented some rings that you had to pull up frequently because the crab just crawled over it. We only got small ones that weren't big enough to keep. So we rented a cage that trapped the ones that were bigger. We left that over night and caught two nice sized crab. They were both male so we got to keep them! We also happened to find a couple hiding in the rocks during tide pooling and were able to catch them. They were also both male and big enough to keep! So we ended up with 4 Crabs. They were yummy:)
#6 Tide Pooling
This was really cool!! We got up bright and early at the 8AM low tide. We got to see all kinds of sea life left behind in the rocks. Things like Star Fish, Sea Snails, Hermit Crabs, and Sea Anemone... We also found Sand Dollars and Beautiful Sea Shells... Lots of fun! The Sea Anemone were really cool because once you touched them they closed up.
Years ago the Curtis Family went on a vacation to the coast before spouses or grandkids... Stephanie brought one of the pictures from the trip and they recreated it! I think it turned out pretty good:)
We really did have a great time on the coast with all the family. Wish we could see this bunch more often, we have a lot of fun together! It wouldn't have been possible without David & Dianne. Thanks so much for providing such a fun trip. The memories will last forever!!!
#2 Whale Watching
The first couple days we stayed in Depoe Bay which is where all the whales like to hang out. We could watch them right from our balcony. Jon was the first to spot one! You had to know what you were looking for... They would come up and spout... Sometimes you could see their back really well, and sometimes they would flip their tail. It was hard to get good pictures but Jon managed to get a few pictures of the spouts and a little of its back. It was really cool. Next time we go I'd like to get in a boat and go on a tour so we can see them up close!
#3 Sea Lions
We went to the Sea Lion Caves where al the Sea Lions hang out. There were a lot of them! Zella really like them because they barked:) We got her a little Sea Lion souvenir that makes the the barking sound when you pat its back. She really likes it. We tried to get a picture of all the cousins on the Sea Lion Rock but Roderick wanted to hide so you cant really see him... So pretend he is "Where's Waldo" and see if you can find him;)
#4 The Beach
To say Zella loved the beach is an understatement. She loved playing in the sand, and each trip to the beach ended in us dragging her away in tears. She was way too busy to ever look at the camera so we got very few pictures with her looking let alone smiling... She was always covered from head to toe in sand, and of course hated getting cleaned off! In Seaside there were swings on the beach, and she LOVED that too:)
#5 Crabbing
We tried our hand at crabbing off a bridge in a river that came off the ocean. First we rented some rings that you had to pull up frequently because the crab just crawled over it. We only got small ones that weren't big enough to keep. So we rented a cage that trapped the ones that were bigger. We left that over night and caught two nice sized crab. They were both male so we got to keep them! We also happened to find a couple hiding in the rocks during tide pooling and were able to catch them. They were also both male and big enough to keep! So we ended up with 4 Crabs. They were yummy:)
#6 Tide Pooling
This was really cool!! We got up bright and early at the 8AM low tide. We got to see all kinds of sea life left behind in the rocks. Things like Star Fish, Sea Snails, Hermit Crabs, and Sea Anemone... We also found Sand Dollars and Beautiful Sea Shells... Lots of fun! The Sea Anemone were really cool because once you touched them they closed up.
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Years ago the Curtis Family went on a vacation to the coast before spouses or grandkids... Stephanie brought one of the pictures from the trip and they recreated it! I think it turned out pretty good:)
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We really did have a great time on the coast with all the family. Wish we could see this bunch more often, we have a lot of fun together! It wouldn't have been possible without David & Dianne. Thanks so much for providing such a fun trip. The memories will last forever!!!
