We just got back from a week of windy fun on a trip down the Oregon coast to visit my grandparents. We stayed in Newport the first night, where we met up with Tyler, Anna and the girls. We spent some time at the tourist traps before heading to Bandon...
We stayed here at the Hallmark Inn. It was a nice hotel, except for the horrible flight of stairs going down to the beach... 
Gaaah!
First trip to the beach! Here's Megan after she found an agate.
Neil shedding the shoes & socks
"..Water...water..."
We visited the attractions at Mariner Square - here the kids are enjoying an educational speech about circus freaks at Ripley's Believe it or Not!
My three boys with an elephant at the entrance to the Wax Museum
(smile, Larry!)
Look, Johnny Depp was there!
Oddly-feminine looking Bigfoot
Crossing the Indiana Jones bridge
Poking sea life in the touch tank at Undersea Gardens
Audrey phone home!
Finally we made it to Bandon! We stayed at the Jetty House again
Almost the whole gang - Megan, Grandad (aka GG-pa), Alan, Larry with Natalie, Me with Audrey, Neil, Gram (aka GG-ma), Tyler with Eleanor
Ella visits with GG-ma
Grandma, Anna, Audrey, Alan, Megan, Larry & Neil sprawled on the floor
Having pizza and visiting at the Jetty House
Waiting for lunch in old town Bandon - it was super windy
Alan at the Jetty House
Myrtlewood chair in old town. Tyler loves myrtlewood!
We didn't lock the kids in the dog crate, they crawled in there on their own. Honest!
See? 
Larry & Ruby
Alan & Megan
Vrooooom!
Audrey, Beach Babe
Prehistoric Gardens - Neil, Audrey, Alan, Meg, Larry & triceratops
Sitting around on a T-Rex's tail - Ella, Neil, Audrey, Meg, Larry, Wade & Alan
Caw! Caw! Or whatever!
Anna & Audrey visiting a brontosaurus or something
Alan, Larry & Megan goofing
Natalie in her Big Bird diaper, reading up on Myrtlewood (must be a family trait) and listening to music
I don't think our kids had ever seen one of these before
Ella helping with the jigsaw puzzle 
Beach bonfire (mini-bonfire?) - it didn't last for long, too cold & windy!
Look at Megan & Ruby huddling together for warmth :)
The ever-popular Bigfoot pose, which our family seems to do a lot more often than the average person...
Packing up to leave - where did the time go?!?
Can't go home without a stop at the Tillamook Cheese Factory (OK, I can't go home without stopping at the Tillamook Cheese Factory)
Ice cream! Check out Larry giving his ice cream cone some rabbit ears - weirdo :)
alan with teachers at the 6th grade moving up ceremony!
neil at his school party
chowing down in the buffet line
