Thanksgiving on the Coast- The Ocean

Here we are at the beach:

 Discovering that sand isn't all that tasty!

Thanksgiving on the Coast- The House

Love the jeggings and the turkey bib!

photo from this website

Searching for fairy materials in our PJ's.  So here is the deal with the fairy house.  I checked out this book from the library and thought it would be fun to build one while on vacation.  Everyone had fun looking for good materials, no one really wanted to take the time to build it.  This would be a fun family activity.  The books on these houses are awesome.  Then, while shopping in town they found a fairy calendar and got it for me for my birthday.  

 I brought aprons and made everyone wear one!

 A gift for Dr. Heidi, the classy way to drink wine for optometrists!

I'll let the pictures do the talking.  I found this great rental outside of Florence, Oregon.  My sister flew in, my little bro and his wife drove from San Fran, we drove from Spokane and at 1:00 am we made it!  Most of the time was spent cooking, eating, drinking good wine, relaxing by the fire, relaxing with a movie.  We had a king size bed and it was heaven!  We watched Misery, Muppet Christmas, Peter and the Wolf, The Great Outdoors, and The Baxter.  I may be missing a few.  It was nice and relaxing!

Snowshoeing the Louisville Swamp

Remember the Jab Farm we visited in the summer? It's fun to compare the two seasons. Well Andy took us there again this last trip. Except this time we crossed over the frozen lake in snowshoes to get there. It was a gorgeous day. I like the signs that tell you the history of the family that lived there during the depression. They lived off the land, and two sisters lived there up until quite recently- the 80's I think. Built in 1880, and still standing. The little house that is complete has a stove in it and you can light a fire in the winter if you're too cold! I think it would be fun to do a winter overnight camping trip there.

Fun Shopping In Minnesota

When we were in Minesota I had to check out a few shops that I had seen from other bloggers. Serena talked about Hunt and Gather in Minneapolis- so we had to check it out. Kari of Artsy Mama is always talking about Nature's Harvest. We had a good time shopping in Wayzata. Although it would be more fun to stroll around the town in the Summer I think. We went to Wuollets Bakery- it was the competition of the old dessert place I worked at. So so yummy! And we had lunch at one of my favorites- D'Amico and Sons. We also window shopped at the Oh Baby outlet. Oh my. I LOVED everything there- they even had a designer named Luna Luna. Too bad that the outlet- 50% off price still listed everything at $50 an item! Yikes. It was good inspiration though. A lot of the clothes had embroidery and crocheted detailing and yo yos that I could definitely make myself. The colors were so fun. And since we're talking shopping in Minnesota I should mention The General Store in Minnetonka- it's a must see- especially around Christmas time. If you're searching for a unique gift it's the perfect place.

FYI: on a completely different side not I updated my flickr 365- I made it through January- we'll see how the rest of the year goes. I'm really having fun with this.

Sandpoint Getaway

Two weekends ago we decided to try to get away for the weekend. I originally wanted to go to Seattle, but we figured we should play it safe and go to Sandpoint Idaho. We only got away for one night but it was really nice. We stayed at The Inn at Sand Creek. It was a really nice place and a good price too. I was sad because I was looking forward to eating at Dish, a gourmet take out restaurant. It had rave reviews and Serena talked about it in Country Living magazine, but it went out of business. It was good to get away one last time for just the two of us.

At the Beach

I should just say that we moved, and are temporarily staying with Sam's grandma until we find something more permanent. I'll keep you updated.

I thought I'd share some photos of my mom and sister's visit from a few weeks ago. A week before we had to move we decided to make an impromptu trip to Portland. It was so much fun. At the end we decided to drive to the coast to dip our feet in the ocean. We went to Cannon Beach and only stayed for a few hours, but it was nice.

I think I'm about 26 weeks here. I'm 28 weeks now- (translation for the rest of the world who doesn't think of time in weeks- that's 7 months)
We first went to the ocean when we were beginning to get serious dating, and we have a picture just like this when we were 17- Sam had really long hair.