Oregon Coast

How is it that we spent the whole month of August counting down the days until our vacation, and like that it is already over? We love the Oregon Coast: Seaside, Cannon Beach, Rockaway... the list could go on, but what we look forward to the most without a doubt is the time spent with family. This year there were 5 adults and 4 kids ages three and under, and though it was a bit chaotic it was so fun to see the cousins interact. Marek and Knox were best little buddies with McKenna hanging right in there doing whatever they were, and then baby Isla a happy and adorable audience to the older three. Highs were definitely bumper cars, the carousel, two beautiful beach days, Tillamook ice cream, Farkle (if you haven't played it you should), and the fabulous deals we found at the Lincoln City outlets. Lows would have to be battling the stomach flu the last two days...yep I could have done with out that! I honestly wish we could of had another week because it just went by way to fast. We love you Kyle, Stacie, Knox, Isla, and Nana!!! Hopefully we will get to see you in October! :)

 So cute! Holding hands on the beach at Rockaway

 Marek had so much fun in the water

 Knox showing off his tractor

 Buddies :)

 Kyle, Stacie, and precious baby Isla soaking in some sun

 Daddy and McKenna in the water...she loves her daddy

 Nana and her favorite son

 Tri-fecta

 Honestly...how cute is she?!

 Digging in the sand

 So excited to go on the carousel

 More carousel fun

 Don't even think about touching my sucker!

 The whole fam

 How cute are those 4?

 Mommy and McKenna in Cannon Beach

 Ha! My little animals at the Blue Heron in Tillamook

 Miss McKenna loved feeding the animals

 Marek driving the old tractors

 These two are just way to cute together

 The Carlson fam

 Nana and baby Isla

 Enjoying there first ice cream cones of the trip at Tillamook

 Wearing there matching shirts purchased by Nana

 Isla just being her ridiculously cute self

 One of my favorite pics of the whole vacation. Love that these two get on so well!

Nana and her grand kids

McKenna is 2

Two years ago today our sweet little McKenna Grace was born. I honestly cannot get over the fact that she is two! It is amazing how fast they grow! McKenna is definitely acting more like a two year old lately though. Her talking has exploded, and she will let you know what she wants and what she's thinking. The cutest things she says right now are "top it (stop it)" "Manek (Marek)" "gatrade (Gatorade)" and "pease (please)". She continues to have an easy going happy disposition, and is honestly just a ray of sunshine in our lives. I love that she is such a mimic of her brother. Whatever he does she does! :) But, unlike Marek she likes to at times do her own thing and is very content to play by herself. Sometimes I find her in the closet playing with toys as happy as a clam. Our little Kenna. Thank you for bringing so much happiness to our lives over the last to years baby girl. We are so lucky to have you in our lives!

 Family Picture :)

 Mommy and the Birthday girl

 Nana and the kiddos

 How cute is the purse she got from Uncle Kyle, Aunt Stacie, Knox and Isla!

 A toy story coloring book

 Suey coloring with Sissy

 Love the tiara from Grandma Barbara

 She loved the table and chairs she got from Nana...as well as her princess tea set!

 She passed out tea to everyone and was a perfect hostess refilling all of our cups

 Marek giving the piñata a good whack

 McKenna gave it a go as well

 Picking up the fruits of her labor (candy)

 Daddy helping her eat the candy

 Yummy...a sucker

 Grandma Barbara giving Sissy some loves

 Great-Grandma Babes getting some lap time as well

 Love that she's double fisting two suckers

 Enjoying being sung to

Obviously the cake was finger licking good!

New Ride

Yes, it's true. We have a new Jeep at the Carlson house! Okay, not a real one...its a power wheels. I won't go into detail about how we came to get it, only that my mom made us a generous offer and it all worked out. We decided to give it to the kids today, mainly because tomorrow is McKenna's Birthday and we wanted it to be a fun toy that both of them could use and we also didn't want it to over shadow her big day. To say that they were ecstatic would be an under statement. It was so fun to see them ride around the house in it. Marek did most of the driving, which was fine because McKenna was content just cruising shotgun! I think we had just as much fun watching them as they did riding around.

The first moment they sat in it 

 All smiles

Checking out the talking radio

Really enjoying themselves

Love the back view