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Oregon Coast

Oregon Coast

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby  Summer is a magical time at our house. Bedtimes aren’t as important, homework doesn’t exist, and there is so much possibility for adventure. Our kids also seem to be in this golden period of childhood. They have…

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Going Coastal

Going Coastal

Last December, my parents made a reservation for the entire family to stay in a beach house on the Oregon Coast this August. During the last months of pregnancy I would think about going to Oregon and how it would be so nice to no longer have a baby inside of me and how that baby would be big enough to be interesting. (Yes, the truth comes out. While I loved both my babies from the start, I’m not head-over-heels…

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The Oregon Coast

The Oregon Coast

As our last vacation of the summer, Noel and I went to Oregon with my family. Seven of us piled into my parent’s Ford Windstar minivan with all of our stuff and drove to a little coastal city called Manzanita. When we visited Fort Clatsop (a fort where Lewis and Clark stayed) and Noel used our National Parks pass to get us all in the clerk said, “Seven of you, all in the same car?” and stared at us with…

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