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Shelly, Neil, and Eric put together a fun treasure hunt for the kids on the beach. Here they are finding the map and attempting to dig up the treasure box!

Eventually, Eric had to finish uncovering it because it was buried so deep! The kids had a great time with all of the fun loot!

On the way home from the beach we stopped at Tillamook Cheese Factory to see the cheese making process. The best part is all the samples at the end and of course we had to finish off the day with some Tillamook Ice Cream!
Most of our group watching the packaging of the cheese, what fun!

We had some fireworks when we got back that night

The day after we got home from the beach, we spent the day at the Oregon zoo, truly one of the best zoos ever! We all had a great time in the perfect 80 degree weather. (I don't have many pictures though because Andy uploaded them to his work computer which crashed promptly upon returning home. The IT guys are still trying to recover some of them!)

After the zoo we managed to gather all 23 of us for a family picture, with no photographer! Thanks to Andy and Brandon and their great cameras and Aunt Shelly for buying a tripod, we managed to get some decent shots. By the end of our little photo shoot, 2 or 3 of the kids had fallen and scraped their knees and both babies were crying and ready to eat. We're very pleased that we were able to get what we got. (These will be in another post!)

On Saturday morning Meredith, Meghan, and I and our families, were able to meet up with Aunt Marsha at Webber's (a favorite breakfast spot of our grandpa's). Aunt Marsha treated us to a great breakfast, it was fun seeing her and being able to catch up a little! After a week of trying to track down a Nintendo Wii, Andy was able to find one after breakfast and buy it with all of it's accessories, tax free! Needless to say Saturday was spent breaking in the Wii. We had a great time on our trip, the weather was so nice, it was hard coming back to our dreadful heat but it was time. We can't wait to go back!