Oregon - Day 3: Coos Bay

We got up Sunday morning and let the kids play with their cousins a little more before they had to go to church.
We said our good-byes to the Steenblik's and then it was back into the car for us.  We figured we would drive to Eugene and have lunch.  We wanted to get some gas so we decided to just go to the Costco there and eat lunch too.  Tony and I wanted something besides a hamburger.

After that we were back on the road.  Allie took a nap and we watched way too many episodes of Phineas and Ferb.
We got into Coos Bay about 3:00.  We decided to go straight to our little cabins/cottages and get unpacked.  We were the first ones there from my family.  They were at my grandpa's house waiting until they could check in.  I was able to get our key and we started unloading our car.

They others came soon after and it was a full out Clark family party.  Kevin and his family were the last ones to come a couple hours later.
After we unpacked our car we wanted to go to the beach.  It was beautiful weather that day!  We couldn't believe just how nice it was.  The kids all love the beach.  Since it was Sunday we told the kids to stay out of the water.  That was very hard for Megan and Josh to do.  They would get their hands all sandy and then want to "just wash them" in the water and then end up getting wet.  It is hard to not touch the water at the beach, but we wanted to still follow the no water on Sunday rule.
Speaking of breaking the Sabbath, we knew that we needed to go to the store and get some dinner so after a while we had the kids come back and get cleaned up so we could go.
We decided to go and get some dinner first.  We went to Kozy Kitchen.  It's a diner and the food is pretty good but it took forever.  They were pretty busy and I think that a bunch of us came around the same time so it took like 45 minutes for our food to come.

The kids were surprisingly good while we waited.  As good as they could be.  I felt bad that it took so long but the food was good and we all had plenty to eat.
After dinner we went to Walmart to pick up the food that we would need for the week.  By this time we all just wanted to be back at the cabins with the family, so we rushed through the store getting the essentials and then then checked out.
We got back to the cabins and most people were finishing up their dinners and getting their kids ready for bed.  We decided that was a good idea and got our kids in their pajamas.  I had Tyler, Josh, and Megan sleep upstairs together on the bed and we made Allie a bed on the floor outside of our room.  We knew that she wouldn't stay there all night but Tony really wanted a place for her to start out and that worked out good.  Tony and I were definitely ready to climb into bed and get some sleep.

Oregon - Day 2: Bend

We liked our hotel room in Boise.  It had two queen beds and a sofa bed so it fit our family perfectly.  The breakfast was pretty yummy and the kids even got to pick out a prize from their treasure box.  After our yummy breakfast we got all checked out and packed back into the car ready for the next leg of our trip.

The kids did good in the car again.  Allie took a good nap after we got lunch in Burns.  We stopped at McDonald's and let the kids play for a good long time before we ate lunch and then got back on the road.

We got into Bend in the early afternoon.  Cora was still napping so we had all the kids play in the garage and front yard.  They had lots of fun playing with their cousins (and their toys).  Even a neighbor girl came over and played with the girls.  I think they liked being out of the car and moving around.

After a while they wanted to go back inside so we headed in the house.  Nate came home from work and we had a good chat with him and Amy.  We decided to take the kids to the park.  It was the same park that we went to a couple times before and the kids loved it.

We wanted to do pizza for dinner so Nate and Amy picked up a cheese pizza for the kids and Tony and I picked up a couple better pizzas for us adults.  After eating we let the kids play more.  Nate and Amy have a big family/play room that the kids loved.

Then it was baths and bedtime.  The kids had a really hard time going to sleep.  They were having way too much fun.  Amy even sat the kids down and read them stories.  It was pretty cute to see them all around her listening to the story.  Allie was busy playing on the air mattresses and didn't pay much attention to the books.  Uncle Nate was super fun with Allie throwing her up and landing on the air mattresses.

We had the boys sleep in Matt's room on their big sack-thing and Megan and Allie slept out on a air mattress with Tony and I.  We watched the Olympics for a while and then went to sleep.  Tony and I were pretty tired.

Oregon - Day 1: Boise

After the kids all woke up and got ready we finished packing the car and then started our drive towards Boise.
We were all very excited to be starting our big trip to Oregon.  We decided that we would take two days to get to Coos Bay so that we wouldn't have to drive super long hours each day.  So Boise was our first stop.
We checked into our hotel and then got changed into our swimsuits to go swimming in their really fun pool.  I was bummed that I didn't bring my camera to the pool so I didn't get any pictures of the kids playing in the water.  We had the whole pool to ourselves and it was so nice.  We had so much fun playing with all the pool toys and being silly.  Allie was done swimming first so Tony took her up to the room to get her bathed and dressed while the other kids kept swimming.
After a while I decided it was time to get the rest of us cleaned and changed.  When we were all ready we got back into the car and headed to Costco.  We needed gas and we needed to pick up a dessert for a BBQ that we were going to at my cousin Mandy's house.

After Costco we headed straight to Mandy's. She also invited her two sisters that live close.  It was so much fun to see my cousins and their families.  I love my extended family and truly don't get to see them enough.  The kids had fun playing with the other kids and have asked to go back there next time we are in town.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to put the kids to bed.  We were all pretty tired and it didn't take too much time for us all to be sleeping.  It was a good first day of our trip.

Green Beans 2016

Megan's Last Soccer Game

Playing at Grandma Kim's

Boys Went to Lagoon

 

A friend in my ward took Tyler and Josh to Lagoon with her two kids for one of their birthdays.  They had so much fun and loved going.  They got way too spoiled and can't wait to go back some day!

 

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