Fort Stevens

The first weekend in August, we took a short trip to the beach (Fort Stevens) to camp for the night.  The boys had fun riding bikes through the campground, playing outside, and roasting marshmallows at the campsite. 

     

We did a longer bike ride (a few miles long) down to the beach and then along the trails they have near the campground.  It was so beautiful and quiet.

 

After we packed up our camping supplies, we drove down to Hug Point, just south of Cannon Beach, to play on the beach for the day.  It was a little foggy all day, but it wasn’t too cold.  The boys, of course, weren’t a bit fazed by the cloudy weather, and they played all afternoon in the ocean.

             

I think the boys would run from and jump over the waves all day long if we let them!

   

Sauvie Island

I’ve wanted to make a trip to Sauvie Island for quite awhile, but I’ve never made it out there.  Once again, with Stacey to go with my everywhere, I finally made it there.  The kids had a great time, and it was nice that we could sit by the water without being too worried about waves or the tide coming in.  We could even get in the water without it taking our breath away!

Landon was playing the shark, and all the kids would run away from him.

 

The kids made this little water spot for Asher and Maggie to play in.

           

Symphony in the Park

Every summer, the Portland Symphony does free concerts in different parks around Portland.  This has become something we look forward to going to each summer.  This year, we invited some friends to join us for a picnic dinner at Cathedral Park while listening to the symphony.  I love Cathedral Park because it is under the Saint John’s bridge, and it is beautiful to look up at the arches.  We had fun visiting and listening to the music, and the kids enjoyed the traditional final “kid participation” song where they each were given an instrument to play along with the symphony.  The best news for them was that they got to keep their recorder to bring it home.  It made for a bit of a noisy drive home, but we were still glad for the experience.