A Cannon Beach Thanksgiving

Jon's Birthday Weekend Extravaganza

Jon's Birthday Weekend Extravaganza started on Thursday when my mom made him a Guatemalan dish (stuffed chicken). There was cake and Jon scored some cool camping/picnic stuff and a Wii U game. 

On Friday we headed downtown to The Bite where we tried all kinds of good foods. Sliders, nachos, pizza, hush puppies, prawn poppers, ciders, liquors and a crepe. We also scored some nice free samples. 

Saturday the fun continued with a hike at Lewis and Clark State Park. We went a mile up and back on this really steep trail then we decided try and find the less steep trail. It was a really nice hike and Annabel had a blast. 

Then it was time for the main event, camping at Stub Stewart State Park. It was my first time there. It was a really nice camp site with a little of everything, hiking, disc golf, horse back riding, biking. 

After an exhausting weekend we are all ready for a nap!

Annabel's big adventure

This Memorial Day we decided to take Annabel to the beach for the first time. On the way we took her to Saddle Mountain for a nice uphill hike.

Before we started we all had our sandwiches to get us ready for the tough hike.

On the way up we took in some beautiful views 

We finally made it! We never thought we'd make it to the top!

Our fitbit counted about 189 FLOORS. Yikes! 

But it was worth it for the view. Jon thought he could see the beach from there

Then it was time to go back down

What?!? We have to go all the way down there?!?!? Yes Annabel 

Needless to say we were all pooped and headed to the beach. 

On the way it started POURING down rain so we decided to take a pit stop at mo's to let the rain die down. What happened when we got there??

Jon locked his keys in the car! What else happened? He locked his wallet in the car too! Luckily Annabel was still in the car and we called her over to the drivers side door and she hopped up and unlocked the door for us. PHEW! Did I mention it was pouring down rain? Thank you Annabel!!

So we went in and had some yummy food

By the time we were done the rain was done too so it was time to hit the beach! This was Annabel's first time seeing the ocean (we think)

At first she didn't want to touch the water at all. But she warmed up to it

If you want proof that she had a great time check out this video of her frolicking!

Cold and wet we tried to dry off as much as possible and Annabel put on her dry hoody and warmed up.

It was time to head home. But not before we stopped at camp 18 for their amazing giant cinnamon rolls to take home. 

Jon said I had to share my cinnamon roll with Smokey the Bear

We all had one huge tiresome adventure and were glad to get home and relax!!