Oregon 2011

Last month, I got to take a little mini vacation and go up to Oregon to visit my family for a few days.  It was just me and Ethan!!!

We stayed a few days with my grandparents and got to spend time with my aunts, uncles and cousins.  Then we went to the coast for one night.  It was the first time that Ethan had been to the beach.  At first he wasn't too thrilled about walking thru the creek to get to the beach and then getting sand on his hands wasn't any better !!  We stood at the edge of the surf but he didn't even want to get near it, the water was freezing and he didn't like that the water kept trying to get him!!!

 Here he is trying to shake the sand off of his hands

 Ethan was a little scared of going near the water so he had Grandpa Jim walk him down the beach

 Ethan finally got used to the sand and loved playing on the beach

 Grandpa Jim is helping him build a sand castle, it didn't get very big before Ethan had to kick it down!!

 Here's Ethan chasing a seagull, he chased it pretty far before the bird flew off and left him standing alone :(

 Grandma Norma is walking Ethan thru the creek than ran across the top of the beach area

 Ethan 2 years old

 He discovered he could throw rocks into the creek and it made a cool splash.  He had to show me all of his rocks before he threw them in.

 Grandma and Grandpa Wetzel came to the beach with us too!!  They wanted to come eat lunch at Moe's - who could blame them, the chowder is amazing!!!

Thank you to my family for the wonderful weekend.  We had a great time and Ethan loved being spoiled rotten!!!!  Love ya