Trip To The Coast

To celebrate my first Mother's Day, we planned a (very) short trip to the coast with some friends whose baby is the same age as Kynzie. Our little vacation didn't start until mid-morning on Sunday and we were home by 6:00 p.m. Monday. We reserved yurts, which are small round cabins with heat, at Beverly Beach State Park in Newport. But our first stop was Tillamook, to see the cheese factory.

It was Sunday so they weren't operating the packaging department, which is the interesting one to watch.

We were at the cheese (and ice cream) factory, so it was obvious that indulging in ice cream was unavoidable. Kynzie was being quite fussy, and although she didn't really eat much of Ryan's ice cream, she sure loved digging those top two teeth that are coming in into it.


After the factory we finally arrived at our destination. The beach was too cold to hang out for long so we only spent about 20 minutes there. Kynzie seemed to enjoy it though!

It wasn't too long before she had a hand full of sand! She squished it in between her fingers for a few minutes before I washed it off.

The beautiful Oregon Coast.

Kynzie and I were sharing an "Applesauce To Go" at our campsite.

On the steps of our yurt. We stayed in "Albatross."


We went to breakfast. Kynzie kept trying to feed Kiev and he looked scared. After our meal we headed to the Oregon Coast Aquarium.



We rented a double stroller and the babies wouldn't stop touching and grabbing eachother. We gave them both crackers and it was a battle to keep them from taking them from eachother.



Kynzie seemed a little confused by the touching exhbit, but Ryan was eager to explore it with her.


Kynzie seemed mezmerized by this tank, where you could stand up in the middle of it.


She wanted to grab those fishies!


Daddy was telling her all about the sea creatures!


Ryan wanted to give Kynz a better view.

This was in the "Passages of The Deep" exhibit, which is a tunnell through an enormous tank. The babies seemed somewhat interested in the floor part of the tank.

Happy Mother's Day!