We are Oregonians!

I am bummed to be posting without pictures - which we do have! - but I can't go any longer without a post:o).

We spent a beautiful day on the beach in Cannon Beach on Saturday. It was sunny and warm enough, believe it or not you fellow NWerners, that we could run around in swimsuits! (Okay, the kids and Bryce ran around in swimsuits - I wore my cloths...) And the ocean water was "warm" enough to stick our feet in. Bryce even went nearly waist deep!

So true to Oregon nature... this weather was not to last.

Sunday morning we had an 8 mile run to accomplish and thought it would be great to run on the beach (which is a total of 5.4 miles long - thanks Dad:o). Well, it was a wet day. By that I mean, it wasn't truly raining... it was misting - a very usual Oregon Coast day. (Late August and it's grey, wet and in the 60's)

In Michigan - we wouldn't have gone out. However, we are in Oregon!

The kids got bundled in rain coats and ponchos, two very neatly wrapped plastic bundles in the stroller, and off we went! We ran what we gussed to be 4 miles one way and 4 miles back... the whole time fighting coast breezes (more like gusty winds with sand pelting our exposed legs, because of course, we are wearing shorts!!). We were drenched in about 2 seconds, but it wasn't "cold" so we persevered.

There were others as brave as we were... so we weren't totally crazy. However, some where along the way it started truly raining, and when we got back we could wring water out of our socks and had puddles in our shoes... not to mention what the rest of us looked like. The kids were completely covered and came out totally dry - with the exception of Jadon, who didn't like his feet covered, go figure, and was slightly damp on his legs.

We got our 8 miles in, and proved we are still Oregonians to the core! Yay us! Also true to being Oregonian, we had hot showers and snuggled in sweats and had hot drinks while napping in front of the Discovery channel's showing of a baby tigers documentary, much to both kids' delight. Later we went out for coffee. Yup, it's good to be back:o)!

Pictures will follow soon.