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Once again, we made a trip south to the Oregon Coast and stayed at our favorite little town of Seaside, Oregon.   The above photo is from the neighboring town of Cannon Beach where we like visit to see the famous Haystack Rock. We love staying at Seaside, however, because they have the Promenade or "the Prom" which is a wonderful walkway along the beach where we can get in our daily walk. 

                     

I love looking at all the gorgeous beach homes along the Prom and check out how they've change over the years with remodeling and upgrading.  And it's also a great way to walk into the little downtown full of shopping, restaurants, and arcade.

This year, we just made a quick trip down to Seaside for a visit with Bruce's brother's family who were also there.  His brother was celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with their kids and grandkids that included 12 people. 

They all live in the Midwest so this was a big trip for them so we thought it was an easy way for us to get in a good visit with family since we only live about a 4-hour drive away.  We took some of our smoked salmon and they loved it.  We also took our favorite browned butter chocolate chip cookies since we knew there were a lot of mouths to feed and who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies?

They all took turns making dinners by each family every night, although we were only there a few evenings so we were excused of dinner duty. But everyone cooked wonderful meals while we were there, including barbecued chicken.

And another family prepared a taco bar and then another fixed pulled pork sandwiches, all which were so good! We felt a little guilty mooching all the good food. Everyone was so hungry by dinnertime because they all did their own thing during the day like hiking, playing on the beach and exploring neighboring areas. We went into Cannon Beach both days, although it rained one day so we mostly just browsed shops and had lunch.  I've written about this before, but we had to eat at Nick and Lauren's favorite Pig'N Pancake.  It's a tradition.

It was a quick visit to Seaside but it's always good to get caught up with family and that was our main mission on this trip.  We were here two years ago for Bruce's birthday when we did a similar trip with our whole family. 

It's not often we can all get-together like this so we must do it whenever we can as our families continue to grow and change.  We're happy that Bruce's brother's family was able to have their time together, too. And also that we were able to join in.  Mission accomplished!    








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