Cannon Beach

We went to the Oregon Coast for the Isaacson Family Rendezvous July 27th-30th We stayed in a house on the beach and it fit the whole Isaacson clan pretty well. We went to Cannon Beach and walked around it was very humid and misty which made for some fun pictures. We lost Abbie at the beach for a good half hour and everyone looked around franticly Jason found her alone crying. She managed to get quite a ways from us. It was such a relief to find her. And other than that experience we had a great time. We toured the Tillamook cheese factory which was really cool ( I recommend it). We stopped at the Tillamook smokehouse for pepperoni sticks and sausage. We had to get 7lbs. of salt water taffy, which did not last long. The Salt water taffy is the best on the coast and the shop we got it at, Bruce's candy kitchen, makes all the taffy there. We ate taffy until we were sick.

The girls went shopping at the outlet stores in Lincoln city for school clothes. It was loads of fun.

Janzten and Grandpa Isaacson's Birthdays were the 29th. To celebrate we ate crab that the guys and kids caught from a boat they rented. The crabs were not meaty at all they caught probably 25 and we got about 2 cups of meat off of them ( wrong time of year to catch crabs). But we got just enough for everyone in our big group to have a small taste that wanted some. It was lots of fun .

The girls went shopping at the outlet stores in Lincoln city for school clothes.

The House at Lincoln City Beach. It had a Hot tub and a pool table. With a nice little park area just off to the side of it.

Lyndie and Erick

Jason and Lyndie walking on Cannon Beach

Adam, Erick, Emily, Jacob and Addalee

Aria, Leif, Camden, Parker and Owen

Sarah and Matt

Nora and Lily

I love this Picture of Grandpa and Jaron

Kim, Lyndie and Abbie

Owen digging in the sand

Leif

Corey and Janzten running from the waves

Jared loved the water so much we couldn't keep him out. He kept going in face first and was soaked by the time we were done. The water was pretty cold too. What a nut!

Cole with his bucket of shells

Lyndie loved the sand and water.

Kim and Lyndie

Abbie

Grandpa Jaron and Sarah

Seth lost his feet

Abbie and cole trying to out run the waves

Seashells

3 amigos COLE CAMDEN & JACOB

Tyler enjoying the cold water

Jason and Lyndie

The Bonneville Fish Hatchery

We made a stop at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery on the Columbia River on our way home from the coast. The grounds were amazing. They were so well taken care of. It was beautiful. A definite worth while stop. We fed the giant rainbow trout. The kids were in awe at the big trout, until we made it to the last pool with the sturgeon. Holy Cow! They were enormous.

Jason helping Lyndie feed fish at the Rainbow trout pool.

The boys checking out the trout.

Grandpa and the boys.

Grandma and Grandpa Isaacson stopped with us and helped spot the fish.

The last pool was the most impressive. It had the Enormous Sturgeon

Grandpa Isaacson is trying to touch it here. I also got to touch it. It was a bit eery to see them after just watching shark attacks on the Discovery Channel that same week. I know they are not sharks but when they are swimming in the water their top fins come out of the water much like a shark.

If you look closely you can see the sturgeons fin coming out of the water (like a shark) by the log .

One of the Sturgeon in this pool is named Herman. He was around 80 years old and around 500 pounds and over 10 feet long. The sturgeon can get to be over 20 feet long and can weigh 1800 pounds.

Lyndie was so impressed.

Jared's Birthday

I just realized we only got video clips of jared's Birthday and no pictures so here is a short video of his birthday. He is wearing a lovely coon skin cap in the film ( One of his birthday gifts we got in Yellowstone). Jason took a picture of Jared'with birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa Marchant. He got cowboy stuff as you can see. Later Jared got cowboy boots from Grandpa and Grandma Isaacson. He is really loving the Cowboy stuff and wears his boots all the time.