Weekend Getaway

Last month, we had a weekend getaway at the coast with some of our friends. And it was

Legen - wait for it - dary. Legendary!

We are so blessed to have such great grandparents for Ethan.

 Both sets of parents jumped at the chance to watch our handsome little man while we had some alone couple romance hubba hubba time!

We chose a weekend in Lincoln City, because we are so enamored with the ocean. I think we have been so spoiled - after living so close to the beach, I don't think we could ever live away from it. There is something so humbling and spiritual about looking at (or swimming in) this body of water so huge - so much larger than life. 

I'm kind of bummed because we never got a group shot, but the couple we went with is great. In fact, I think we may be obsessed with them :) They live about an hour away, so we don't get to spend much time with them, so being able to have a whole weekend was pretty awesome.

We started our weekend by exploring the beach..

I may or may not have overused the panorama setting on my phone. Sorry-not-sorry.

Also, once seeing this pic, I took that sweatshirt back STAT.

We had to remember Ethan with a Spiderman picture.

Our second day was filled with sleeping in, antique shopping and eating at Pelican Pub in Pacific City. This is quite possibly our favorite restaurant and our favorite beach. Win-win. How hot does Billy look in this pic? Mmm-mmm.

We so enjoyed some time to reconnect just us, and the opportunity we had to just talk and hold hands while walking down the beach. 

We are so grateful to such wonderful parents that make this possible!

What's a beach trip without tons of pictures of the... BEACH? Every picture was stick-it-on-your-wall worthy.

The amazingly gorgeous cottage we stayed in!

We loved every second of it.

One last parting pic of Pacific City. These blue skies were unprecedented! It was sunny almost the entire time we were at the coast. 

We may already be planning our next getaway...

"Who, being loved, is poor?" -Oscar Wilde

OUR Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Well, a week before Ethan's field trip, we went to the Pumpkin Patch as a family. We've gone every year since he was small enough for us to lay him next to a pumpkin for a photo op! It's one of our favorite traditions. Fall in Oregon is seriously so beautiful and so fun.

The minute we got there, we had to go on a train ride (we may or may not have gone on several more as well!)...

Ethan was so pumped for this! He's a typical boy, and is kind of obsessed with trains. The conductor was hilarious, and Ethan even gave him a high five afterward.

We went on a hay ride to pick out a pumpkin, and here's Ethan on our way back. He was so excited about his white pumpkin! We've decided we're going to carve it into an angry bird pumpkin.

They had this gigantic slide, and needless to say, we were there for about 20 minutes!

I love the look of joy on kids' faces when they go down slides. Every time - Every. Time. - is just as magical as the last. I don't ever want him to lose his sense of wonder.

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.” ― Socrates

Preschool Field Trip

I got to do something so cool last week!

What's that, might you ask?

I got to go to Ethan's preschool field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. It was seriously so fun. I love the age Ethan's at, because he's still so excited for me to do stuff with him and his friends. He was so proud I was able to come with his class. He kept telling kids, "This is MY mommy."

I've said it before - he melts my heart.

Ethan got to pick out a pumpkin. He was such a boy about it. Just walked into the patch, picked one up, and said this is it!

I love this picture, because you can see these boys had three mommies trying to get them to look at the camera. - Yeah, didn't work did it?

Whoops.

Okay, these kids couldn't get enough of these little hamster pipes! Look at these boys trying to roll the kids inside. This could've kept them busy for hours.

I got him to stop moving for maybe 5 seconds. He was just way to busy!

What a perfect class photo! His teacher's aide is on the left, and his teacher on the right. These two women are so amazing. Hands-on and playful, the kids love them so much. We feel so blessed!

We ended with pumpkin bowling - just as much fun as it sounds!

I feel so blessed to stay at home with my little man. It's been so amazing to be involved with his school activities. I can't wait for many more years of school to come!

“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.” 
― Howard W. Hunter