For the first time in 4 years, the McCoy family took a family trip to Pacific City, Oregon. We rented a 4400 sq. ft. house on the beach with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Enough space for the 8 adults and 6 kids, ages 1-6!
Here is our ginormous house:
And here is the view from our ginormous house:
This would probably be the one and only time that Grandma and Grandpa McCoy sat with their feet up, with NO small kids attached to them!
One day, we went on an adventurous hike:
Our fearless leader (AKA Sam) took us to our beach destination:
On another day, the grandparents graciously kept all 6 grand-kids while the other kids (us 30 year old siblings and in-laws) got to go have lunch on the beach at the Pelican Pub Brewery, followed by another adventurous hike.
The top of the sand dunes: 
Jon taking a moment to practice his yoga at extreme heights:
Haystack Rock peaking through:
We got an to area where the water was extremely rough and dangerous...but absolutely amazing to sit and watch:
We hiked down to an area, (that happened to be behind a sign saying, "Do not go beyond this point")
The waves were crashing in and we all found it fascinating to watch:
Back at the house, the girls find cheap entertainment on the staircase:
One night, Sam made all the adults Bloody Marys with Bacon Vodka. Believe it or not...they are very tasty. The kids felt a little left out, so he made them some too...virgin style:
And what is a beach trip without an ice cream cone?
We drove to Newport Beach to see the Aquarium there. The girls thought it was pretty cool to touch the Sea Anemones.
Jocelyn has a contagious cheesy grin!
Genevieve the scuba diver:
At the end of the tour through the Aquarium, we let the girls pick out a stuffed animal. Genevieve's choice was a pink octopus and Jocelyn's was an Otter.
Jocelyn, Bridget, and Caitlin. 3 cousins within 3 months of each other:
Let's go walk on the beach girls...
We are almost there...
Ah! Precious!
Nothing like roasting marshmallows at the beach!
The best experience we had from the whole trip was sitting around the campfire singing Kumbaya. Only we didn't sing Kumbaya.
Haystack Rock peaking through:
We got an to area where the water was extremely rough and dangerous...but absolutely amazing to sit and watch:
We hiked down to an area, (that happened to be behind a sign saying, "Do not go beyond this point")
The waves were crashing in and we all found it fascinating to watch:
Back at the house, the girls find cheap entertainment on the staircase:
One night, Sam made all the adults Bloody Marys with Bacon Vodka. Believe it or not...they are very tasty. The kids felt a little left out, so he made them some too...virgin style:
And what is a beach trip without an ice cream cone?
We drove to Newport Beach to see the Aquarium there. The girls thought it was pretty cool to touch the Sea Anemones.
Jocelyn has a contagious cheesy grin!
Genevieve the scuba diver:
At the end of the tour through the Aquarium, we let the girls pick out a stuffed animal. Genevieve's choice was a pink octopus and Jocelyn's was an Otter.
Jocelyn, Bridget, and Caitlin. 3 cousins within 3 months of each other:
Let's go walk on the beach girls...
We are almost there...
Ah! Precious!
Nothing like roasting marshmallows at the beach!
The best experience we had from the whole trip was sitting around the campfire singing Kumbaya. Only we didn't sing Kumbaya.
Jocelyn has naturally curly hair, but being at the beach with humid weather sure made it curl up even more!
3 comments:
Nice work, Carrie. I keep meaning to do this too, but now I don't feel like I have to!:)
Ok. Next time we head to the beach, I am getting advise from you. We went to Cannon Beach this weekend (first time) and went to Ecola State Park. Yeah, after an extremely treacherous hike down, we were quickly chased back up by high tide. We were muddy, filthy, and cold! But I guess it was fun. Your beach adventure looks amazing!
Wow...what a house!!! It looks like you had a beautiful family vacation :)
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