30th Birthday/Mother's Day Beach Trip

This past weekend was Nelson's 30th birthday, as well as Mother's Day, so I planned a fun (surprise!) trip away to Lincoln City and the beach! It was the first vacation for us as a family of 4! We went with one of our favorite families in the whole world, whose kids are the same age as ours and whose daddy had also just turned 30. We stayed at the beach house we rented last year and there was plenty of room for 2 families!

I asked Nelson to take off early on Friday (his actual birthday) and we picked him up with the car packed and loaded (THAT was not easy to pull off without him noticing and with 2 kids....), went to lunch and headed to the coast. The weather was predicted to be gorgeous and it was! Windy, of course, as Lincoln City always seems to be, but sunny and Oregon Coast warm (around 70!) all weekend. Kalaya is a true Oregonian and went in the water as much as possible, even though it was pretty chilly!

Friday afternoon we spent playing at the beach, enjoying the hot tub, having a birthday dinner and birthday cake for Daddy, as well as cards and presents. Saturday morning was some relaxing and beach time and waiting for friends to arrive! The Coupens family got there in the early afternoon and we spent the day chasing the older (3 year old) girls around on the beach and in the water, flying kites, digging in the sand, looking at rocks and shells, trying to keep the babies (3 and 6 months) from being blown away, getting food ready, playing with toys, making ANOTHER birthday cake for the guys and enjoying being together as friends and families. We hope this is the beginning of many, many vacations for our two families in the years to come!

Sunday morning was cleaning, packing, bubbles, Mother's Day cards and kisses, "Tangled", digging at the beach one last time, and lunch and shopping at the outlets. It was a wonderful trip and we hope to get together and do it again at least once more this summer!

 Happy, sweet boy, ready to hit the beach!

Poor Daddy is always the one chosen to assist in the cooooold water! 

Jakiah slept instead and chewed on his fingers 

 Happy 30th Birthday Daddy!

Kite flying

She did great!

First time 'in' the Pacific Ocean!

Love my boy!!

Elena wasn't as confident with this water as Kalaya!

Windy family pic

Relaxing and warming up after the beach

Daddies and babies

Happy birthday daddies!!

Cutest smile ever in an old outfit of my brother's

Love this one of the BFFs!

They were both out cold almost the whole way home!!