Drift Creek Falls. Lincoln City, Oregon

Friday, Rhett and I took a little hike down into Drift Creek Falls.... The 250 foot high suspension bridge you bounce and sway across down to the falls adds a little adventure to the easy breezy luscious trail...

Beach Days

We have been so blessed to spend a wonderful, extended weekend with our good friends Mike and Amy on the Oregon Coast. Blessed and straight Lucky. It's not every day you get good weather on the Oregon Coast. Wait, scratch that. It's not often, AT ALL, that you get good weather here, and it has been downright beautiful, every single day. This afternoon Mike and Amy took us to a beautiful little beach set in a cove that protected the beach from the winds, and I swear to you, with almost no wind, and with the sun beaming down.. Us girls, laying on a blanket on the warm sand, actually said out loud two words rarely said on a coastal strip in Oregon: Swim Suit. It was actually imaginable to think, in that moment, that exactly where we lay + a day like today + a bathing suit = within the realm of possibility. Of course, just 30 minutes later a cloud layer rolled in and provided just enough sun blockage, that while still a decent day on the beach, dashed all that nonsense of two pieces of itty bitty clothing right outside the window. Still though. Lucky. What a wonderfully lucky day.

You saw it here first ~ The Fab 5

allow me this mommy moment.. that kid in the middle?  He's mine.  And those multi colored polo shirts all those fab boys are sporting?  I bought 'em. At Goodwill.  Yep.  Cause I'm a stage mom like that.  ;)  I couldn't be prouder of Tristen.. every year he expresses interest in being in the school talent show, but has never come up with anything he'd like to do.  This year he was determined to put a boys group together and do a "spoofy" take on some current chick pop songs.  He hosted rehearsals, dreamed up the wardrobe, begged his mother to foot the bill for some polo's, and sent constant coordination and reminders to the group to wear jeans on performance day.  The boy is a natural born leader, and seeing him increasingly develop this god given talent is joy for his mommy to watch.  And personally, I think the Fab 5 killed it!  Did I mention they were the closing act?  They were.  We think it's cause it was known they'd bring the house down, and they did.  ;)