A Seaside Trip

The kids and I took a short Seaside trip.

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean.

~William Stafford

Crossing the Columbia River over the Lewis and Clark bridge

The whole gang in the hotel lobby

Mollie, Bradley, Jesse Hoeschen, Lisa and Jackson

God gives every bird it's food,
but He does not throw it into it's nest.
~J.G. Holland

This beautiful piece was hanging over the fireplace in the lobby of our hotel.

Jackson and Mollie

out on the deck enjoying the beautiful morning.

As the ocean is never quite full of water,

so is the heart never full of love.
~Unknown

Jackson, Bradley and Jesse

in the arcade where they spent

most of their time!

Serious fun.

Brad and Jesse (mostly Brad) goofing around

for the camera.

We ran into Daniel and Laura Williams

in the arcade. Daniel is the youth pastor

at our church and his wife Laura is Ian's

piano teacher.

While the boys were playing in the arcade

Mollie and I went shopping!

I came home with this hat.

Mollie, did you forget something

this morning?

'Just Do It'

We had gone to the Nike factory store earlier and

we are all wearing something we purchased.

Brad and Jesse channeling

their inner Lewis and Clark.

Tillamook Head

We all met back at the Aquarium

to feed the seals.

Jackson and Mollie

throwing fish heads

to the seals.

The seals would do tricks and compete

for their food.

They were so much fun to watch.

If we didn't throw it fast enough

they would splash us.

Wolf Eel

Beautiful anemone

Getting in touch with nature

The Starfish are Jackson's favorite

Outside the Aquarium.

Tillamook Head in the background.

Mollie's friends Michael Smith

and Brian Kohler 'ran into' her

while at Seaside.

They all went to the movies later

while Jackson and I stayed back to watch

American Idol and swim some more.

Dinner at Dooger's

Jackson at dinner

We took the Astoria Bridge going home

View of Astoria from the bridge

Lewis and Clark's Dismal Nitch

Nowadays it's a full service rest area.

They could have used that back then I'm sure.

Stopped for lunch before arriving home.

We saw Spongebob Squarepants

on the roof of the Burger King.

We stopped at McDonalds!

Our memories of the ocean will linger on
long after our footprints in the sand are gone.
~Anonymous

~Lisa