Oregon Coast

We were so close that we had to go to the ocean, so we headed to Seaside. When we got there we naturally wanted to go to the beach and show the kids the ocean. Both Hayden and McKall hated the sand and didn't want to walk out to the water. We did have quite a walk on the sand, and it was deep, but we couldn't believe they were acting like that! This is McKall with a yucky face after touching the sand. We made it to the water and the kids finally started having fun, thank goodness, and Mike and Hayden headed out into the water. McKall didn't want to go into the water, so we played on the beach. Hayden got soaked, but he was loving it.

One day we headed out to Cannon Beach. It was chilly and windy, but beautiful. As we walked back to our car we took a path from the beach up to a main road. Well, Hayden, or should I say Mr. Independent 4 year old, decided it was ok to walk on the busy road. Obviously that was not going to fly. He would not listen and it was getting to be dangerous so it had to stop. Hayden did not want to stop. So, I attempted to grab him to pull him up to the sidewalk and keep a hold of him and he proceeded to run into the road, so I ran after him like a crazy lady. He threw a great big tantrum and it resulted in him being carried over Mike's shoulder to the car- kicking and screaming the entire way. We can laugh at it now, but Mike and I were not happy, to say the least as this was happening. I knew one day we would be able to laugh, so once mike has him secure, I couldn't help but take a picture of it! Our friends, the Rahl's, had recently moved to Seaside, so we were able to hang out with them and have a great time playing on the beach, eating ice cream and on the last night there we had a fire on the beach.