Christmas 2025: A Beach House

We rented a beach house a few years ago at Christmas and the kids had so much fun that we decided to do it again.  It's good to just get away together.  This year we went over to Lincoln City and found a great spot just a few minutes walk from the beach.

But FIRST Starbucks

The Bunk Room

The Twins' Room

The Beach

We weren't even unpacked and the oldest 3 wanted to run down to watch the sunset.  It's so nice that they're old enough to be able to do stuff like this.

Regatta Grounds Park

Maddie

I'm really noticing the differences in the girls' personalities these days.  Aubrey sticks much closer to our family where as Maddie is always off making a friend.

Daddy and Farley

Tide Pools

Downtime

One of the fun parts about going at Christmas and just our family is that there tends to be a little more downtime.  It's a little big cool in the mornings and there's no one to keep up with so it allows us to just move at our own pace.  We watched some Marvel movies this trip, did some puzzles, and cooked a bit.

Newport

The kids have not been down to see the sea lions so we had to take them.  I'm not sure they love them as much as I do but Wyatt did say they were his "spirit animal" which may make me laugh for the remainder of my life.  He can be really hilarious.

Gilgamesh

We ended with dinner out.  We were going to go to the Pelican but the wait was insanely long and we were hungry so we ended up at a new restaurant at the outlets.  It was just so so but Maddie loved the chicken strips which was a win and we didn't have to wait forever.

Always a great to get away together.  Thankful for this family of mine and this opportunity to make some memories together.

Christmas 2025

 Merry Christmas

This Christmas we did things a little different and we stayed at home just of the 9 of us.  We still had breakfast with Grammy but instead of joining the rest of the family in the afternoon we stayed and made dinner at home.  Honestly, we had really mixed feelings and I don't know what we'll do in the future.  We missed seeing everyone AND it was really nice to set up all the things and then just watch the kids play and not have to race out the door.  

Warmies were the one of the favorite gifts this year.

The kids get pretty excited about giving one another gifts which I love.  Makes for a lot of gifts but pretty fun.  Sadie picked out funny t-shirts for all the boys.

Dress up shoes

Make-up is always a hit

Big boxes still make the best toys.

A cork board for their room.

A pooping panda.  I definitely didn't realize what this was.  I guess it's a sign I have too many kids. Haha!

A new bed frame.

A COMBAT baseball bat.

I know it means your old when you're excited about a vacuum but I don't care.

Lunch

The big gift this year was a trampoline.  They've been asking for one for what feels like forever.  The surprise got a little spoiled because Amazon delivered it early but thankfully the boys were Johnny on the spot and got it hidden away before the little ones saw it.

Chicken Pomodori with all the new stuffies.

Merry Christmas to ALL and to ALL a good night!