Beach Fun

We spent last weekend in Yachats, OR enjoying a family reunion with my mom's side of the family. There were probably about 30 of us that made it, and we had such a great time just relaxing, enoying the beach, and each other! Here are some pictures of our weekend. Sorry there are so many, but as I was complaining to my friend Brynne that I was going to have a hard time figuring out which of the hundred pictures I had to post, she said, "Don't worry, just post them all!" So, I thought that was good advice and posted a bunch. Not all of them, but indeed plenty. :) Exploring the beach. The weather was CRAZY that weekend.....from sun, to hail, to even snow! We caught a sunny break and ventured out, had fun, and then made it back inside just in-time before a hail storm hit. Oh well, it made it kinda exciting. ;-)
My brother, Matt, the mountain goat. He just maneuvers around on those rocks like he was born to do it. Cracks me up!
Brother Mark and niece Elena watching the breaking waves.
My brother Matt, brother Mark, and husband Andy. :) What a handsome group! And then there's this handsome fella, Zach. Zach and Elena. They are so cute together! The last time Zach talked about her he said, "Elena is a lovely girl." And she is! Me. I'm not much of a lover of photographs lately, but I decided to put this in anyway cuz I like the setting.

My brother Mark and my nephew, Jace. Zach and Jace had a BALL in the pool. I think they drug their dad's down there at least 5 times over the course of the weekend. Pretty good.

The twins......can you tell they're father and son, or what???? Abby, who we thought would love the water, really wasn't too thrilled about it. I think it was because she was a bit sick and thought the water was cold? Who knows, but this was about the best picture I could get of her in the water.

Andy and the kids, plus niece Jasmine.
During one of our breakfast extravaganza's. Man, with everyone pitching in, we had some GOOD stuff to eat. It was fun.

This is my cousin's little girl, Sophia. They live in the Czech republic so it was quite special that they were able to join us since they don't come to the states very often. Sophia is such a cutie, and it was so fun to hear her speaking both English and Czech! (she's 19 months old)
Zach, Jace, and Elena posing in a golf cart.

Kids playing together.
My brother Matt brought "Guitar Hero." I didn't know what it was before, but now I totally love it! It's quite addicting, especially to those of us who fancy ourselves musicians I think. Makes us feel like rock stars!
Zach wanted to play sooooo badly. He thinks he's really rocking out here. :)

Yes, that's me. It was fun, ok? Andy brought our Wii, so the boys had fun playing lots of those games too. This is my brother and my uncle boxing. Pretty funny!
Peek-a-boo!
Coloring cousins.