I've been so excited to share some of our pictures from our
beach trip last weekend with you – but first I just wanted to take a moment and
say thank you for all of the emails, comments, and messages regarding my post yesterday. I had no idea I would have so many wonderful and encouraging words
from so many people… it really blessed my heart today, and gave me a little
extra encouragement and hope. I took today and didn’t do any work – I picked up
the house, listened to my favorite easy listening music on Pandora, and watched
the kids play in the sunshine. It was a
beautiful day.
I took a nap with Noah, and now I am currently sipping on a
glass of Petite Syrah, sitting here listening to the radio where our high
school basketball teams are playing in the state finals – the girls just won
the state championship and the boys are up in the third quarter. It’s funny how I never attended school here,
and moved here back in 2007 and have fallen in love with the sense of pride in
our town and schools…
Anyways, last weekend we stayed three nights in Lincoln
City. I had found a Groupon a few months ago for a one bedroom hotel room with
a full kitchen right on the beach, and snagged up the great deal. The weather
was absolutely amazing.
We left on Thursday after school, but Anika didn’t want to
miss school on Friday because she had a big project due, so she ended up
staying behind with our friend, and came out Friday after school…so Thursday
was just Wayne, Noah, Emma, and I.
It’s crazy how exhausted you really feel when you finally
get away – how you never realize the level of tenseness your body is in, and
then you finally get a couple of days away and it’s never enough because you
just want to sleep and do nothing for a few days!
We really did just that, relaxing until Saturday, when we
drove down to Newport and visited the Oregon Coast Aquarium (I’ll have a post
on that soon!) and then on Sunday we ended up driving North 101 all the way up
to Astoria to visit a friend and attend a birthday party… and we stopped in
Tillamook for Ice Cream at the Cheese Factory.
After staying in a room with a full kitchen and extra
bedroom, it really made me realize how much more important it is for us to have
something like this if we truly want to relax (and save money!) …we are just
growing out of a regular hotel room, and need the extra space to relax…guess I’d
better keep my eye out for deals!
Sometimes you just get lucky – like 65 degree weather (with
no breeze) in February on the Oregon coast.
Have you had any recent mini getaways? Where is your
families “go-to” place for a weekend away?
~Melissa
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