Rockaway Beach 2007!!!!!!!!

I love Rockaway Beach!

Rockaway Beach

Twin Rocks

I don't even know what to say, it was just a great vacation, with great people and great fun, great weather, great beach house, great nights, great vacation!

the beach house

My friend Christa, who I work with, hooked us up with her family beach house at Rockaway beach. It sits off the beach just a little and has this amazing view of the ocean. I am crazy in love with the ocean. I could have sat on the couch in the upstairs family room and just looked at it for hours.

Annie and I, handstands on the beach

The fire Topher and I started. The kid is a pyro!!

It was perfect: running on the beach in the morning, skim boarding in the afternoon. We took a couple trips around: Tillamook to the cheese factory where we had cheese, super long beef stick and ice cream, Portland to OMSI for the Body Worlds exhibit, and Cannon Beach, home to some of the filming of Goonies.

Heidi, Annie, Me, Sheena, Jared at the Tillamook Cheese Factory.


Sheena, Heidi and I. I have Jaguar ears, they're curly, not pointy!

We didn't hit any great seafood joints, but Adam and Annie cooked us up some amazing salmon. We also had some great food at the "Upper Crust" pizza place. Good food, strict rules, apparently children are to remain seated at all times. Yep, there were signs posted that said just that! And yet they tempted the kids to move with the video games they had.

Jared, Me, Jessica, Adam, Annie, Heidi and Sheena at Red Robin after the Body Worlds 3 exhibit at OMSI in Portland.

Flamingo Jim's, where you can get all the beach crap your heart desires.

Sunday was the best day, it was absolutely gorgeous!! I couldn't believe it, you wouldn't think the sun would be shining so brightly on the coast, but it was. We went to Sacrament meeting and by the amount of people that came pouring out of the church after the first block I'm guessing that half of those that were there were just visiting. We hit the beach after, it was just so nice, we even ended up with our own personal "sun god" Jared, who was quite burnt after our day at the beach.

Annie, Me, Jared, Sheena and Heidi, playing on the beach

Multnomah Falls

It was an amazing trip! We really had a great time doing not much of anything. It was nice and relaxing which I think was really great for everyone. I am so so so glad that everyone who came: Heidi, Sheena, Dustin, Rachel, Annie, Jessica, Adam and Jared.

Thanks you guys!

It was a great start to an annual tradition!!!