Coast Day, Fall 2008

This week, the kids had Wed-Friday off of school because of conferences.  Since Tim was working, I decided to take the kids to the beach…. or, as most Oregonians call it….”The Coast”, Enjoy these photos, and if you’re ever in the area, on an off chance… We will take you to Mo’s Seafood, and treat you to their famous Clam Chowder (sooooo yummy).  We went to Pacific City which is about16 miles North of Lincoln City, on Highway 101.  We spent a good part of the morning on the Beach there, watching the mesmerizing motion of the surf as it pounded the shore.  We saw a handful of Surfers and other beachcombers picking up shells, and parts of Crabs on the beach, as well as hiking up the dunes.  After spending a good amount of time on the beach, and watching Taylor get wet in the surf, we drove over the mtn. Range and crossed the Salmon River to make our way back to Lincoln City, where we went down to D river inlet, and to Mo’s (An Oregon coast neccesity if you like clam chowder.  I had mine in a bread bowl…. it was sooooo goooood!)  The River spills from the ocean, inland to form Devil’s Lake, which is just on the east side of Hwy 101.  The beaches all around the river/bay inlet are littered with driftwood (or in Maddie speak…. ‘dripwood’‘). We couldn’t even take off our shoes to walk in the sand because of all the chewed up wood in the sand. The size of the logs was amazing! Any of you who have lived next to the beach or a lake or river know the color that the wood turns after it has been floating in the salt water, and then thrust up onto the beach left to burn in the sun…. the silvery-white wood is neat to look at especially when there is so much of it.  It is like going through a maze just to get from the boardwalk to the water on the beach.  We saw GIANT Fir trees, Emma and I saw one while sitting in Mo’s, and it looked like the ribs and vertabra of a large whale… we could see the branches from accross the river, it was so large.  On the way home, we saw a sign for the Drift Creek covered Bridge, so we stopped and took a photo of it as well.  We will write soon again, with another adventure, I am sure!

a decade

Emma Jayne Palmer-10

Emma Jayne Palmer was born on September 2, 1998 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  She weighed 6lb 12oz.  and was 19 3/4″.  She was born at 9:02pm on her due date.  Currently she is 52 inches tall and 58lbs.  She is in 4th grade and she loves to be with her friends, she loves to read, and be in school (summer isn’t nearly as fun as school)  She is always on the go, she loves to be with little kids, and is a great singer!  She has a heart of compassion and hospitality as well as a spirit of adventure and a deep desire to learn about anything and everything.  Not to mention that she has an excellent memory, recalling facts easily.

Emma loves to Swim and is very graceful in the water.  She knows how to Freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, she tells me her favorite is the breaststroke.  She won 2 first place ribbons and 2 second place ribbons at 3 different swim meets this summer.  She loves Michael Phelps and even says that she might want to swim in the Olympics one day… it could happen… she pushes herself pretty good…but we are still working on the turns!

Well, Emma, something I have been meaning to tell you…Daddy told you when you were born(the first time he held you)  he said to you ”now, Emma, you listen to daddy, No growing up…ok?!”  It didn’t work, cause here you are… already 10…TEN!!!! how did that happen? …. you are such a contagious little personality!  We love you and are blessed to have you for a daughter~!  Here are some pictures of emma, (her photos came before digital… so, I don’t have any baby pics of her on the computer…and I don’t have a scanner either.)  what kind of photographer am I anyway?

Emma~ 2Emma~4

I did my own hairEmma~7

Emma~5

Em~5 Taylor~2