Spring break '09 - Nicholas' gone wild....

Here are the pictures - for some reason I can't add them into the text.... Either operator error or blogger thing...

Well, not really. It was pretty mellow but we had a great time.

I have been saying for the past few spring breaks that the boys and I would go to the beach for a couple days. This year, I booked us a room in Garibaldi for two nights. So this is how we spent our time....

Wednesday afternoon, we drove to Garibaldi and got into town about 4:30. Checked out the room and the boys were right to the pool. They spent a couple hours in there going from the pool to the hot tub and then back to the pool.... The pool really was just a big wading pool for my tall boys but they seemed to still have fun. Then we went out on the marina and found a restaurant for dinner. Couldn't believe I forgot my camera in the hotel. Missed some beautiful shots of the boats with the sun going down.

Thursday, we were off to Seaside. Oh boy - flashbacks of spring break during high school and college... Did we look that silly??? Kids riding those cycle cart things down the street - one texting, the other fixing her hair.... Another with 3 girls that couldn't turn the cart so they ended up on the side walk, out of the cart and trying to push it and turn it around... Boys and girls on every corner doing what every boy and girl does... Arcade full of smelly teenagers. Even had an Uggs siting!!! Several of them actually - what is the deal with these shoes???? We walked out to the turn around. Wow - Seaside has grown! What used to be a parking lot next to the Shilo is now a huge time share. The boys road the bumper cars and the tilt-a-whirl and hung out in the arcade for awhile. After grabbing some lunch at Subway, we were off to the go-karts. Oh my - the boys were in heaven. Jake had perma-grin on every lap and Lucas was Joe-Cool by driving with one hand on the wheel and one on his knee leaning out of the car! Then we headed towards Cannon Beach for just some playing on the beach time... Lucas braved the cold water and went in the waves. Then back to the hotel for some pool and then out to dinner.

Today, we had pretty yucky cold weather so we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for ice cream, Tillamook Smoker for jerky, and out to Oceanside for one last picture to end our road trip to the beach scrapbook! (Yes - already planning out the book of our trip....) But the boys played along for me and put up with the camera every time I had it out...

We got home this afternoon about 1:30. I sat in the chair and took a nap and the boys went to the man cave to play some video games...

Now to try to figure out dinner and maybe start some laundry. So have a nice night!

Til next time...
Laura