post #2 from seaside...

our walk on the beach...

papa and cole had so much fun... cole loves his papa...

noah and ethan wanted the full experience of the feet in the waves... even though it was chilly....

abby and cole had so much fun in the surf and sand... here they run for fun... it was a beautiful day...

cole and ethan run towards grandma and abby and the incoming surf...

abby looks on in approval of cole playing in the sand...(love the reflection)...

ethan has enjoyed the binoculars... lots of birds to look at... even in the rain (yesterday)...

we braved the 45 degree weather(yesterday) and drizzle to swim... our kids love to swim...

ethan and abby on the carousel...

we ate at pig'n pancake for dinner tonight... another friend recommendation...

yummy...

post #1 from seaside...

noah and cole on the carousel... fun time...

girtles... very good food... recommended by a good friend of mine at work... boy was he right...

us...

view from our room... tillamook head... beautiful...

noah, ethan, abby and cole with grandma from here and papa...

homeschool alert... alot of teaching has gone on about lewis and clark...

havin a great time...

P-A-R-T-Y

We celebrated the Miller family summer birthdays yesterday at Papa and Gramma's house. Happy Birthday to Calle, me, Uncle Tim and Noah! Noah's birthday is not until September 14th, but we thought we'd celebrate his birthday, too, while we were all already together.

Noah counting some of the birthday cash he received. He's saving up for a Wii Force Unleashed game, which comes out sometime in September. He can't wait to take his wad of cash to Costco as soon as it comes out!


Mark trying to light Noah's hair on fire along with his birthday candles. As you can imagine, every dad there was laughing and every mom was yelling, "Maaaaarrrkkk!!!"


Cole with Uncle James and Cousin Tyler. Cole absolutely and completely loves both James and Tyler and cannot get enough of them whenever we are together!


Tyler, Cole and Noah. Noah absolutely and completely loves torturing his mother and cannot take a picture without doing the rabbit years .... uuuugghhh!


Mark, Gramma and Cousin Evan just hanging out.


And sweet Abby and Papa enjoying each other.

We had a super fun day ... thanks Miller fam! Thanks for the pictures, too, Auntie Holly, since I forgot our camera!

(And, for the record, Ethan was actually at the party ... he just always has this way of sneaking upstairs and watching Sponge Bob every time we go to Papa and Gramma's house...)

girl time...

my last day of vacation... 20 days strong... i am so thankful for the time i have had off and to tell you the truth... i did nothing...

now, when i say i did nothing, im not including the *driving 4330.0 miles* or *driving a top speed of 103 in my minivan through montana* or *relaxing with family and friends across the country for 16 days* or *enjoying incredible food* or *starbucks drive-through in 5 states* or *shopping at COSTCO in 3 states* or *playing the wii (alot)* (the list could go on)

until today... i actually broke down and worked on something... i worked in the garage for a couple of hours... and i think i got a good start... so...

while i did this, the boys played wii... mom took abby and grandma carol(my mom) on a little girls outing which included a trip to the park, a stop by the library for some fresh books and movies, and a cold beverage at STARBUCKS... what a treat...

the kids have a great mom, my wife, my love... gwen....

thanks for being so good to us...

love ya
mm