Pacific City

For Labor Day weekend we went to Pacific City with 2 other families to spend some time at the beach. The weather forecast was awful but God blessed us with some sunny moments, and my kids will play in the waves in the rain too. It was great.

The first day, we woke up to sun and we were so surprised that we raced to the beach thinking it might be our only sunny day. Kadie is a big beach lover so she lead the way.
Even the rainy days did not stop us from playing. Brad and Kadie's favorite thing is to chase the waves together.

The morning we left, it sprinkled and was windy, everyone is dressed in jackets except Kadie who was out there in the freezing water in her swim suit.

Trying to get the sand to go back in the ocean.

Chasing waves with Landon.

So fun. Only one time was she over taken by a wave, some of them were super big. But Daddy was there to scoop her up right away.

The first day we were at the beach, I thought I saw a black lab swimming in the surf but then I realized it was a seal. It played around in the surf for a while (I forgot my camera) then it walked up on shore for a nap and some suntanning. It was amazing. The kids were amazed. Jack said it was the coolest thing he has ever seen. It was right up there for me too.

The perfect pose from our pet seal, really amazing!

Pausing only for a moment to take a picture.

Jack loves tackling the waves too. He would play in the surf for hours, even though the water is freezing, they don't care.

Racing the waves with Ben.

Jack.

The wave won on this one, he was soaked but went right back for more.

Issie still is not a big sand lover and the wind did not help but she is getting better and we realized that wearing her shoes helped a lot.

Issie and Mama. I spent most of my time with Issie, since she did not want to go near the water (probably safer that way) and did not really want to be in the sand. But near the end of the trip she decided it was fun to be with daddy near the waves.

Issie finally discovered she liked feeling the water, she just wanted her hand to be in not her feet. So right before we left the beach she decided she likes it now.

Issie and Daddy.

It was fun. We love the beach and being near the ocean. We had fun with our friends and the kids loved sleeping in sleeping bags on the floor all together. Kadie kept everyone up to all hours of the night talking and laughing and then was the first to wake everyone up in the morning. She is the life of the party. Now summer is officially over and it is already feeling like fall.