the Simple Things

Lincoln City, Oregon

I love this picture of my boys at the beach.  This vacation gave both of them their first taste of the ocean and they loved it.  They could not get enough of the chilly Oregon coast.  What I love about this particular shot (and there are some amazing ones which I will slowly get posted on here) is that you get a sense awe that my boys had for these mighty waters. 

I hope that I will have the opportunity to bring them back to this beautiful beach.

 I am joining the Simple Things challenge.  Go here to see what it is all about.

Berry Booty

Berry Booty
(My Mom finds this title highly inappropriate, by the way)

I have memories of berry picking when I was a kid.  We would head on out to the local berry farm and pick a ton of strawberries.  There was a system to the picking, one in the bucket, one in your mouth, one in the bucket, one in your mouth...  We never left the strawberry fields hungry.

I wanted my kids to have this experience.  We arrived in Oregon July 6, a tad late for berries, but I wanted to try.  So I convinced my Mom and we loaded up and headed to Lone Pine Farms to pick us some berry goodness.

While there were not as many as there might had been at the peak of the season, nor were they very big,  there were plenty of berries for my kids.  They were ripe and sweet.  My kids enjoyed the hunt and their "lunch."

At Lone Pine Farms, they also have a beautiful farmers market, goats to feed, and a playground.  The kids really enjoyed the merry-go-round.  They do not have those in New Mexico and so it was another new experience. 

After all the play we finished the afternoon with a yummy bowl of Umpqua Ice Cream.  So yummy!