Friday, April 5, 2013

Seaside for Spring Break

I wish we could've spent the whole Spring Break in Seaside, especially with the amazing weather we had the two days we were there. At noon on Thursday we headed to the cute beach town of Seaside. We hadn't been there before as a family and we all really liked it though the kids requested a hotel with a pool next time. I loved the little place we stayed (even if the neighbors complained that we were too loud :), it was right on the boardwalk/beach with great views of the ocean and just a couple blocks from the main shopping street. The kids enjoyed being able to explore a little on their own and Chad and I loved our hour-long evening walk up and down the boardwalk. The kids all loved playing in the cold ocean and Nev especially loved the sand, never seeming to get cold. Friday evening we had a fire on the beach complete with s'mores! We had to leave Saturday morning around 10:00 am to head to Gabrielle's ODP training in Salem and then Easter the next day. It was much too short but left us wanting to come back for more!


  Love these pictures we took on the boardwalk during our first afternoon in Seaside

 

Elle enjoyed taking lots of pictures on her new iPhone (my old one). Here she is when we first arrived taking a picture of the ocean.

First steps on the sand!

Me with my favorite guy!

Genevieve was begging us to let her play in the sand the second we arrived at our hotel!


   This girl so rarely gets cold!

 
The view from our hotel's front lawn

Sunset the first evening from our hotel patio 

The boys had fun walking the main street, buying their coke and playing at the arcade

Some hotel room fun!

More fun in the hotel!

Friday at the beach! 

Our sand castle :)

The boys played some football


Cade and Elle were so good with Nev in the water 

This is where I wish I had my good camera so I could capture these smiles better

Where did my little boy go!??!

Crazy kids! That water was freezing!


Nev had a blast!

Love these four sooo much! 

What a great beach!

 
Elle went all the way into the ocean and boogy boarded!

 
Elle and I had fun doing a handstands and cartwheels on the beach!

 

Campfire on the beach!

We weren't the only ones on the beach with a fire :)


One last picture of our kiddos!

3 comments:

Amber said...

Your vacation looks like so much fun! You captured a lot for only being there for a few quick days. Love the pictures of Nev in the sand, Elle on the strand & the boys in the town. Oh, plus the hotel room fun pictures are pretty classic :) And I agree, where did my little nephew Cade go!?!?

Marilyn said...

Amazing what we can fit into just a couple days - good reminder to just do it even if it seems like it will be too short/too much work. More great memories and great time as a family.

Bethany Fegles Photography said...

What a fun vacation!! Looks like it was packed full of great memories made! And your one handed hand stand is Uh-Maze-ing!