Oregon Trip-Day 3-Sunday

Sunday at Church

Day three of our trip, was Sunday and as planned, we all went to church to have my sister, Michelle's and Uncle Barry's brand new baby twins blessed. It was awesome to be back in our old church for the day and to see old friends. This is where it all began for Brian and I with joining the Church of Latter Day Saints and is also where we had our daughter, Zoey, blessed just two years ago.

This is Brenna Chanel Lee.

This is Chantrel Megan Lee.

Here are The beautiful new additions to our family!

Here is Brian and my Brother-in-law, Vince kissing the babies heads. They each gave a baby thier blessing that day. What a huge honor it was. Vince actually gave Zoey her baby blessing in 2006 and has had alot of practice. It was Brian's first baby blessing ever and although, he was scared, he gave a beautiful and heartfelt blessing. Good job Brian and Vince and thank you Michelle and Barry for letting us all be a part of your special day.

--It was testimony Sunday that day and both Brian took the opportunity to get up and bare our testimonies. It was such a special experience to be able to testify of my love for the gospel and of how much it has helped shape and change our lives and to be able to say so with my family present. I told my family and parents how much I loved them and how grateful I was for them and I know that thier hearts were touched. It was a beautiful Sabbath day, Seaside reunion.--

To Seaside with the family

After church, since it was our last day with everyone, we decided to go back to the Seaside promenade with my parents and sisters, Lisa and Tiffany, along with thier six kids and my brother, Brett's two kids one more time. Here is how Zoey spent the first half of our afternoon.

This is our angel baby. She is a true life angel with wings and halo, I swear. I have seen her change sadness to smiles and even change a life or two...her Mommy and Daddy's.

This is just one bunch of the beautiful flowers found all around Seaside. Whether it be a potted plant or growing naturally, Oregon is full of color and fresh beauty.

This is my Niece Rhiannon, Tiffany's daughter.

Here are Ryan and Jazmine, my brother, Brett's kids.

Here is our little 'tour guide' group. My Mom and Dad, Sister Lisa and her son, Steven.

Here is Brian pushing the stroller so that I could play photographer.

My husband and the Love of my life, Bri.

"Guess who woke up and just look what Grandma Bowman got you!"

This is downtown Seaside and a traditional sight in the summertime. Brian and I rented one of these once when we lived in Seaside, strapped Zoey to the back in her carseat and peddled three miles to Tillamook head and back. That was a workout!

Here is a family size fun wheel bike. So cute!

"Beep, Beep!" Another fun little thing to do to get around Seaside.

This is a great shot of the Seaside Promenade. It totally reminds me of an old school town, stuck in the 1950's or something. It is so much fun with little tourist shops and old fashioned candy stores. They even make thier own fudge and saltwater taffy from scratch.

This is the infamous Elephant Ear snack bar. They serve these ginormous flat pancakes, (deep fried, of course), drizzled with cinnamon sugar, jam or Brian's favorite, chocolate syrup.

Nana and Zoey waiting patiently.

Dad reaching out to say "It's Okay, Lisa, everything is going to be alright".

Tiffany swirling little Racer around by the finger.

Our happy little family. Yummy!

Cannon Beach

After Seaside, Brian and I decided to go for a drive to see Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock. We didn't get out of the car because we really didn't have enough time...a common theme we heard ourselves repeating throughout our mini four day vacation. But, who's complaining?

It was just as beautiful as I remembered.

Check out this house. How would you like to live there?

Couldn't help snapping a quick shot of the ultra cool rental car Brian scored for us as a free upgrade when they told us all they had left were SUVs. It was a 2009 Toyota Camry. Nice!

Here is a quick shot of Cannon Beach town. Very cute, ritzy and full of fancy art gallerys. When we lived in Seaside, I had plans to try my hand at painting again and then, we were going to try and sell my work from one of the gallerys here.

Lewis and Clark Trail

After Cannon Beach, we decided to drive the Lewis and Clark trail around the back side of Warrenton and into Astoria. Here are the wetlands we saw along the way.

I love this photo...It looks like a painting.

These are my favorite Oregon flower, purple Foxglove.

We even saw some cows and had to pull over to open the door so that Zoey couls look out and see too. She loved this little baby cow.

The Astoria Column

In Astoria we made a quick trip to the top of the mountain to see "the big stick" as we told Zoey, better known as the famous Astoria colomn. There was a guy flying his cool little motorized airplane up on the ridge and we all sat transfixed, watching it fly and dive in the air. Cool hobby.

Here is what Astoria looks like from the highest vantage point. That is the bridge leading into Washington across the Colombia River.