The "Long" Weekend Lens
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).
AMAZING memories LOVE then & those smiles of Simon & Anna SUPER LOVE.. How could you not just want to smile yourself. FYI now I want to get on that swing :) Thank you so much for sharing!
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Awesome pictures ... what a wonderful time. Love the pictures of Anna & your mom & the three of you. As many have already said, Simon is getting so tall! His smile says it all ... it couldn't get much bigger.
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AWESOME stuff Ali! Love that you have so many picture takers in your family. Sadly, I am the ONLY one!!
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Truly priceless moments. Don't we all become young at heart at the beach? your post is making me so anxious for my own trip around the corner...
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Was this from this weekend? Where were the pictures taken that you need coats and blankets? Cuz I'm moving there! It's 80 degrees here in MA with about 120% humidity. It's gross!!
Hello Oregon :).
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Absolutely adore your post. It's wonderful seeing you sharing a fantastic memory filling weekend with your family. I wish you the best as you tackle this short week!
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What great pictures these are -- so glad that your sweet Lily got to enjoy herself with you all again on the coast. The picture of your mom and Anna...I think they share the same smile with you. Your mom helped me with a cross-stitch project one time and I've never forgotten her kindness -- please tell her thank you again for me. Thanks for sharing the pictures -- it looked like everyone had fun!
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I love the way you are keeping joy in your life, and your pictures prove it We are striving for this too after an unexpected terminal cancer diagnosis for my husband, a "healthy" 77 year old on vacation in Phoenix to see spring training baseball games, when he needed emergency care and tests. We have had such peace about it and are thankful that chemo can prolong his life up to 11 months. We had already bought tickets for a family cruise from Montreal to Boston and I hope we can capture the happiness you have in our pictures, as the eleven of us celebrate our 55th anniversary the last week of June. We will have to take him in a wheel chair, because he can't stand for long, or walk very far, but we hear there is an up-side even in that--wheelchair cruisers get to go to the front of the line! My word for the year is "gratitude" and what a help it has been to my attitude. Thank you again for doing "One Little Word". Verona
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Seeing these photos made my eyes a little moist, for some reason. It's so nice to have a nice, fun family who love your kids, isn't it?
I also laughed when I saw someone packed nice glasses (the glass you were holding) for a beach trip lol!
Those are glasses from my parents house - it's right there on the beach :).
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Jennifer Olson said
are going go to put the Oregon coast in your project life and does your Mom go project life with you where did you guys go in Oregon coast
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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.
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!
This time we were at Shore Acres State Park.
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