This Summer

A quick view of this summer's events. This last spring we found a great deal on a new-to-us trailer. As soon as we could we started making camping reservations anywhere that was still available.

We started off the camping season with a trip to Cape Lookout. It was typical Oregon Beach weather but we lucked out with only rain at night and pretty comfortable days for playing on the beach.

Our next trip was to Champoeg Park. It seems so silly to camp so close to home but it was really nice to just be away from the hosue and responsibilities and the kids sure had a blast with all the family who were there. We celebrated Mema's birthday and Chelsea's 1st birthday while we were there.

A couple weeks later we went to Winchester Bay and went camping with Sarah and Charlie (Michael's sister and brother-in-law). This was our first ever Sand Dune experience and we had a BLAST!!!! We took our little quads and just played for 4 days on the sand. Huge thanks to Sarah and Charlie for sharing their toys.

Even the little girls had a great time!!

We continued through the summer camping as much as we could. We went to Waterloo, Ft. Stevens, Timothy Lake and Silver Falls.

My "little" brother got married this summer!!! Aaron proposed to Tara in July and at the end of August they said I Do! We spent a good amount of time helping out with the wedding and helping Tara with a Groom's gift. The ceremony was beautiful and the recption was like a huge picnic. It was great and all the hard work was well worth it. I have a bunch of pictures posted on Facebook or photobucket, you should check them out!

We also had some out of town guests this summer which was really fun. We took some time and visited the nearby vineyards and went for some hikes and just enjoyed some time with friends and family we don't get to see very much.