The "Long" Weekend Lens
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Things I know to be true:
The swing at Grandma & Grandpa's is the best.
Oh yes.
The kids love swinging and I'm actually pretty sure my parents really love pushing them too. The mutual joy there is a favorite thing.
Simon loves, loves, loves being at the beach. And if there are smores available there, well, all the better.
These two. Well, there's lots of "he won't let me be the line-leader" and "she's touching me" and "he/she isn't sharing" but when it's good, it's really good.
The word thankful doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about my parents.
My sweet dog Lily is pretty close to 12 and when she gets to the beach she thinks she's 2.
A blizzard taste-test is a really fun thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. The winner seemed to be a tie between the strawberry cheesecake and the banana split (my personal favorite).
I have super fun friends and family who get the photo-taking, crab-eating, long-walking, margarita-drinking, and adore my kids.
That the adventures my Dad has taken my kids on will be remembered their whole lives.
I love, love, love the beach too.
Photos above were taken by me, my Mom, and Katie (which makes it fun as we all get different angles).
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Glad you were able to get away and enjoy a weekend with your family. Love the photo of your lovely mother with sweet little Anna.
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Awesome photos Ali! Where on the Oregon coast were these taken? Just curious...some of them look familiar but of course, there are many areas of the coast that look familiar.
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The actual beach ones were taken on the beach at Shore Acres State Park.
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Sounds and looks like a wonderful weekend. So nice to see many pictures of you. I always trying to remind myself to be in photos more. My favorite is of you and your dog Lily.
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What more can I say? But just had to comment as they are just such beautiful pictures of a wonderful time!
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wow, wow wow, Ali what amazing photos, and memories, so love where your parents live, and love that miss lily was in the photos, the one of you on the beach where lily has her head on your leg is so beautiful, l just love animals, they are so faithful and loving, so glad you had a great weekend,
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awesome weekend and awesome photos, I love it when my kids smile, so I am sure these photos are very dear to you. :)
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Such gorgeous photographs, and wonderful memories. We just visited the Oregon coast for the first time this month and were wowed by its beauty!
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I LOVE generation pictures....LoVE, Love them.
Looks like a wonderful time was had by all!
Julie
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Beautiful photos. I would never leave that place. You and your children are so lucky to have your parents. I miss my parents so much.
I am loving 31 things!
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Oh, and adding the Blizzard taste test to our summer to do list!
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What I see in these pictures is Happiness! Spark back in your eyes.
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So beautiful... I've never been to that part of the country. Your photos make me want to go right now. That, and it was a humid 91 degrees here in Arkansas today. :)
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Wonderful! I'm glad to see that Simon allowed you to catch his joy this weekend! I'm amazed that you were all so bundled up! I realize that your weather usually preceeds ours and with the ocean temps probably felt a LOT cooler than just the air temperature. We had record setting highs in the 90s this weekend and then tomorrow's supposed to drop into the 60s, so perhaps tomorrow starts your weather from the weekend coming here to Illinois?! Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad that everyone seems to have had a magical time!
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What beautiful photos, Ali!
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Looks like fun was had by all!!
What beach do you guys go to? I love it!
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This time we were at Shore Acres State Park.
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Thanks for sharing your awesome weekend, your photos are precious.
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Love the photos of your mom. Her beautiful smile and hair remind me so much of my great-aunt Della who was a wonderfully hip and outdoorsy woman herself.
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Sooo many treasured moments. Good for you! :)
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Awesome pics, Ali! Looks like you guys all had an amazing weekend!
That swing looks so fun! Did your family actually make it? It looks like it was done out of an old chair...?
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My parents found it at a second-hand store. It's a swing that looks like a chair - you can buy them new.
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WOW...what a spot your parents have! it is absolutly breathtaking!
i love . love . LOVE the beach too! looks like a good time was had by all!
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