Fourth Happenings

We had a busy fourth of July. Lamar and I drove to Scappoose this morning for the Scappoose Firefighters Doernbecher Breakfast Fundraiser. It was really good!

Then, for lunch, we went to the Harley's home. They are good friends from church and they invited anyone who wanted to come, to do just that. It was a great barbeque. We had fun watching the kids play in the pool and had great visits with several others from church.



After going home to re-group, we then headed to the St. Helens waterfront for the fireworks. We took mom along and met a bunch of friends, again from church, and visited until it was time for the show. It was much better this year, for sure!

Lincoln City

Wednesday, we packed up everything at Depoe Bay and headed to my Aunt and Uncles little place in Lincoln City. It is so wonderful to be able to stay there when we have the time!

On Wednesday, it was still very windy out, although not quite as bad as Depoe Bay.


But, by Thursday, the wind had practically disappeared. We took a nice long walk in the morning and it was oh, so wonderful!






We were going to stay two nights, but ended up only staying one. We're kind of glad we came home early because today we hear that the coast is totally socked in by fog and the traffic and crowds are terrible for the fourth! Ahhh, there's no place like home. There's no place like home!

Depoe Bay

Lamar and I have the week off, so Monday, we packed up Brittany and my mom for two nights at the World Mark Resort at Depoe Bay. We had never been there before. It really is a beautiful setting.



The skies were blue, but because of the heatwave in the valley, the winds were very strong and COLD! So, we really didn't go out much because it was freezing! BUT, we still really enjoyed our time there. The first night, we had an amazing sunset. Ahhhh.


Tuesday, we traveled south to Newport...just to get out. We braved the wind and cold and stopped along the way to a few of the viewpoints and parks. We do live in such a beautiful state, don't we!