Weekend at the Beach

Aug. 24-27th, Rose and I spent the weekend in Manzanita, OR with Grandma and Grandpa Goltz (my parents) and Rosie's cousins Darian, Anthony, and Choele. Our dear friends Evan and Sue let us rent their beach house for the weekend. The kids spent hours on the beach, playing in the sand and flying kites. It was cloudy and a little chilly on Saturday, so we spent the afternoon at the pool. We also celebrated Anthony's 7th birthday with birthday cake decorated in camoflage....it was hard to see the cake we were eating. (ha!ha!) On Sunday, we headed up to Seaside where Rosie and Anthony took a ride on the carosal and Grandpa, Darian, Anthony, and Choele went on the bumper cars. We had a great time at the beach with family.






Rosie, Choele, Darian, and Anthony eating lunch.












Anthony, Rosie, Grandpa, & Choele on the beach in Manzanita.













Darian & Anthony digging in the sand, Choele and Rosie in the background playing with the buckets.












Choele & Grandma digging in the sand.
















Mommy (Renee) & Rosie on the carosal in Seaside, OR
















Camaflage cake....where is it....I can't see it, can you?

Grandpa reading to Rosie, Anthony, and Choele.

Twins

I wanted my hair out of my eyes, as its growing longer everyday, so I asked Mommy if she would put ponytails in our hair. Here we are, we look like twins, with ponytails in our hair. My Mommy's so funny. I love her! -Rose :o)

Portland Rose Gardens

Friday, August 10th, Andy, Ryan, Rose, and myself took a quick trip to the Rose Gardens. The rose are still in bloom and beautiful. Rose had fun touching and smelling the Roses. Ryan didn't want to go at first, but he was glad to get out of the house. The weather was wonderful and it was a fun, relaxing activity to do in the afternoon on a sunny day in Portland.

To learn more about Portland's World Renown Rose Gardens, check out the web site at : http://www.rosegardenstore.org/thegardens.cfm