The Bryans Do Oregon Part 2

This was the beach down from our little cottage.

The kids spent some time exploring and I enjoyed a pleasant walk by myself on Sunday.

We celebrated Merill's birthday a day late.

We all gathered at their cottage to eat and have cake and ice cream.

I missed the actual moment of the candles...but you get the idea :)

Ben made himself comfortable on the floor with his iPad...

The next morning Andy took the older kids along with everyone else on a sea expedition.  We were worried about how Ben would do on the boat so I stayed at the house with him.

Our cute matriarch...

They all went and ate at Mo's afterward...

Ben and I took a stroll through the community and I had to grab some pictures of the gorgeous hydrangeas...

...and honeysuckle :)

That evening we all gathered at Merill and Nancy's again and had dinner and took a family picture.

We were only missing two grandkids in the picture...both on missions...Katie and Zach.

The next (early) morning, Matt and Andy went deep sea fishing with some of the other more adventurous group members.

Matt ended up a little green around the gills and apparently he was not the only one.  Out of the 8-10 kids that went, there were only 1 or 2 that didn't get sick and a couple of the adults' stomachs weren't too happy either.  They ended up coming back about an hour earlier than planned.  Matt said he was glad he went even though he had been so sick.

(We {those who enjoy seafood} had crab-fest for lunch that day)

That evening we all went out to eat in Depoe Bay and then we swung around by the lighthouse on the way back to Bella Beach.  Abby and Josh walked down to the black rock beach with me.

The best part about this beach is the sound the rocks make as the waves roll over them and back out to sea.  Love it!

It was the fourth of July so we all gathered again and opted for some early sparklers instead of late fireworks on the beach during high tide :)

Ben with the boys...