Hello Everyone! Thank for waiting so patiently for me to post our Spring Break @ Depoe Bay/Bella Beach pics! I'm warning you now..its really long...so sit back and enjoy :)***I also wanted to mentioned that my copy right and business name is now called "studio9 photography".***
Road trip! Kids now days have the best stuff to take along on trips. I think Scott and I, in our generation had walkmans, books, car games such as slug bug (which our kids definitely LOVE to play and basically know they can get away with slugging us LOL), license plate games, parents singing (ugh, let's NOT go there)...you get my point. These guys have laptops, PSP, Dvd players, iPods...pretty much anything electronic that is portable- they bring. I have to mention we did bring our Wii to the beach... :) Reminder: click on the images to view larger...
THis is the beach house we stayed at for a week. Beautiful house with oceanfront views. Stormy days, and high tides were kinda scary, and freaky at times..but I don't think it could get any better than this.
The Looking Glass House is the one that is on right ( 2 upper floors). To see inside this house click HERE . This house is sooo nice. Its a dream of mine to have something like this one day...
The kids enjoying the beach as soon as we got to the house and unpacked. THis was my first experience as a "parent" seeing our kids having fun and squealing while trying to outrun the waves. This made my heart soar, and so very happy at this moment.
Wade is fearless. I love this one of him. It just shows the feeling of being free..of being a kid with no worries.
Father and son. They were throwing the football around before I took this photo from the house deck above. I wonder what they were thinking or talking about? Then again...knowing these two, probably nothing at all :) Just taking it all in.
The boys went deep sea fishing. The girls and I stayed behind...I for one get sea sick so that wasn't a option...besides...fishing with a bunch of guys and the smell didn't really appeal to us girls LOL Anyways, this is the boat that took them out. I heard that the Captain was pretty cool.
Out in the deep blue sea- cold to start with! But, the day ended up sunny and warmed up a bit. I'd say it was a pretty good day for fishing.
Scott pulling up crab pots.
With one of the crabs he caught- there is a pic of him about to kiss it, but I will spare you that one.
Basket full of the fish they caught. I'm not sure what all the names of these are but can I just say one thing...EWWW.
This is the one that Wade caught- its almost as big as him!! HAHA!
So this is what the girls and I did after the boys got back. Pedis :)
My sister and cousin came along to stay with us for a few days. I am so glad they did. We had a ton of fun with them. The kids missed them pretty bad after they went home...so much that they actually said they were "bored". What?! How in the heck can you be bored at the beach!? I texted my sister and asked her if they could come back? LOL
Kids having fun jumping waves...
Here's Dad...watching over the kids...he constantly warned them to always pay attention, to never put your back to the water...
Why? Because something like this could happen....
See that little foot sticking out on the right? Yeah. Scared Kelsi to a point where she was crying and saying that she was not going to play anymore! She calmed down and was fine...and played more in the water during the rest of the trip...cautiously, and now knows Daddy wasn't kidding and will probably listen to him more often...(by the way, I was taking shot after shot when I caught this, and no I wasn't standing there watching this all go on. I too rushed toward the water as soon as this shot was taken. I had no idea that I had captured this moment until later. Just wanted to clarify LOL!)
Soaking wet and COLD but having so much FUN. For those of you who have never been to the Oregon Coast- the water never gets warm, even in the summer.
Family picture time...
oh yes, this HAD to be done...hilarious! monkey ears bud...
I ended up taking some school year/senior pics of these girls...gotta say that wave in the background is pretty cool. And, many times I had to run away from the tides coming in (hey I did have expensive camera equipment in my hands!!...but I made the girls stand in it. How nice of me :)
Scott enjoying a nice cold beer at sunset.
Here we are trying to get a pic together but kept running away from the waves LOL.
Managed to get one. Thanks to my sister :)
Thankfully we got at least one night that was it wasn't raining that we were able to go down to the beach and build a bonfire. Roast some marshmallows...yummy smores!! ( I didn't intend to cut off anyone's head- it was pretty dark and couldn't see the screen on my little digi) I so LOVED this. THis was one of my favorite times.
Can there BE anyone cuter than this?
We spent one day in Newport down at the historic Bay front. Boats docked.
These guys are hilarious to watch. What a bunch of FAT & GROUCHY sea lions! See the one that is trying to get in -on the right side of the pen- underneath the lion that has his head up in the far right corner? Oh man, did he really PO'd the others. Lots of barking, growling, biting. I mean c'mon HELLO, they were trying to bask in the sun and sleep! That one was a trouble maker for sure...
Speaking of sea lions. We were hanging out on the deck one night when I noticed this guy coming up on the shore. Poor thing wanted to hang out, but then other people saw him eventually, and scared him away. I don't understand why people are so dumb when it comes to stuff like this- don't you know you are supposed to stay away from them?
This is Wade with Johnny Depp! Who woulda thunk we'd run into him at the beach! I'm being totally serious!
Ok, I'm totally kidding. Just a wax figure of him. Darn.
Kids used the hot tub ALOT. I found them in here one morning at 9 am. Hey they gotta get a bath somehow right? (kidding)
All in all, I think we had alot of fun, despite a few challenges, but no family vacation wouldn't be complete without them, don't you think?? The next few photos are just some I took to add to my fine art collection. I will be showcasing "gallery-esq like"- in my new frames for the house that I am still trying to decorate 6 months later after we moved in...ENJOY :) Ps- these are available to purchase. Please leave me a comment or email me for a price quote. :)
