Free Range on Fairview

Shane hasn't had any extended vacation time from work in a while so we were thrilled to finally be able to take a nice long family vacation. The first leg of our trip we drove down to Gearhart, OR where we had rented a two bedroom condo right off of the beach. It was a short 10 minutes from Seaside but in a much more quaint and relaxed town. We figured staying in a condo (which was basically like an apartment with maid service, a pool and fitness room and a laundry room facility) would be much easier and more economical in the long run than a hotel room. We had two bathrooms, a full kitchen and a nice balcony with an amazing 180 degree view of the coast. The weather was great and we had more fun and relaxation than I thought possible.  It took a lot of food and snacks to get us through the trip, but I'm sure much less than if we had bought it all along the way. Bags, boxes and coolers helped us stay on budget while still eating fairly healthy but still enjoying ourselves

Yes, I'm still alive! It's been pretty busy and we are in the midst of summer but I've just been taking time to take care of the kiddos and myself and get things back on track. We just got back from a much needed vacation, some camping, some birthdays and some other life stuff that got in the way of blogging. But here we are. Hopefully I won't be reposting any ideas or pictures but it's been so long since I've posted things are already fuzzy :) We started of July pretty wild!  Lincoln and Dylan were wrestling around with each other and some how Lincoln's arm got hurt. After X-rays and hours in the ER nothing was really confirmed and he got a splint wrapped arm and a sling for a few days.  The cool X-ray of his bones, he was so excited to see what things looked like on the inside. Daddy met us after he got off work and helped walk Lincoln out. Luckily having one arm didn't keep him from doing much. He still wanted to try and help mop.