Independence Day



3 carseats in the back seat of our truck!



My husband and I have always moved away for work during the summer. In past years we have gone to California. This year we decided to come to Oregon and it has been a lot of fun. Dan grew up here and still has two brothers living nearby. His older brother is married with two boys.

Yesterday for Independence day we went with his wife and boys to the Tillamook cheese factory and then the beach. Tillamook was delicious and a needed break from the drive to the beach.

Oregon beaches are nothing like California beaches. The high yesterday was 65 degrees and it was super windy, and we were still excited because it wasn't cloudy. Collin was extremely fussy when we got there. He did not stop screaming until we got him into the tent that Dan was smart enough to bring. I tried a few times to take him out of the tent but he would have none of it. So Dan and I took turns caring for him and our gutless pitbull in the tent.

When it was Dan's turn to man the tent I got to spend time playing in the sand with my nephews, they are 1 and 4. I saw that the people around us had all dug holes as shelter from the wind, so I grabbed the biggest toy shovel we had and broke ground. My youngest nephew had fun throwing toys into the hole so that I could throw them back out to him, and my oldest nephew had fun standing on the edge of the hole to make sand slide in.

  

By the time my glorious hole was finished it was almost time to watch fireworks. We didn't end up using the hole because one nephew fell asleep on his mom's lap, one nephew and one dog were scared, and one baby had to be filmed because he loved the fireworks. It was such a sweet experience to watch the wonder and awe in my son's eyes. I get so used to the routine of nursing, playing sleeping, nursing, playing, sleeping, I sometimes forget that he is someone unique and special and fun.