{"id":53745,"date":"2017-12-11T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=53745"},"modified":"2017-12-11T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:40:07","slug":"christmas-at-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=53745","title":{"rendered":"Christmas at the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend our family had a nice little getaway. My family is pretty big (on my mom&#8217;s side) and we used to do a summer camp out party and then a Christmas party every year. This year my cousin Di organized and coordinated a fantastic new Christmas party!<\/p>\n<p>She found a giant house on the beach in Rockaway, OR. It was a giant house, big enough for the majority of people to stay there. I think there was something like 4 or 5 bedrooms (several rooms had bunk beds) so tons of people could sleep there.<\/p>\n<p>We decided to rent a house in Rockaway with my parents. Our house that we rented was on the north side of town, the other house was south but it was literally 7 minutes to drive to the party, so no big deal.<\/p>\n<p>You can see pictures of the vacation <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcdY57bHBK7\/?taken-by=lisaeirene\">house<\/a><\/strong><\/span> we rented on my Instagram. It was <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcdY56jH-gm\/?taken-by=lisaeirene\">really cute<\/a><\/strong><\/span>! It was big with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, the garage was converted to another bedroom\/playroom. There was a fenced yard for Bella (fabulous) with a fire pit and picnic bench. The decor was super cute and kind of modern\/retro. Check out the photos I took.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, there was a GIANT closet stuffed full of toys for kids of any ages! Logan had SO much fun playing with the toys. What a great surprise!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/24796535_10155769896082527_3942401857756489702_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our house was one block from the beach, too! We had easy access to the beach. The weather was perfect this week&#8211;sunny and not windy and fairly warm. It was in the 30&#8217;s in the mornings, though!<\/p>\n<p>We all arrived at the house Friday afternoon and then went for a walk on the beach. It was gorgeous and we basically had the beach all to ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>After Logan went to bed, my Dad and Michael went to pick up pizza and Caesar salad for dinner and the four of us had pizza (Michael and I had beer from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buoybeer.com\/\">Buoy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) and we played card games. It was so much fun!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning my parents played with Logan and Michael and I went for a run. It was a very cool, cold morning but the sun was out and we warmed up pretty quickly. The sun felt nice! We ran around the neighborhood and by the beach. I ended up running around 2.75 miles. Then while Michael was making his famous mac n&#8217; cheese for the potluck, my dad and I went for a long walk on the beach while Logan napped.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53764\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/24796280_10155769896302527_9025771694670585701_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bella was LOVING the beach! I have some cute videos on my Instagram if you want to see.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch on Saturday we packed up the stuff we needed for the party and went down to the party house.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bcf8DHvHB2a\/?taken-by=lisaeirene\">video of the BIG house<\/a><\/strong><\/span> everyone else was staying in! It was huge and right on the beach! It had a hot tub and a fabulous view. Lots of room for a big group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/24910034_10155772156907527_5312965389047583458_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How nice is that deck?! What a cool place to stay in the summer time. The party was fun. My cousin brought her 14 month old twins so Logan had a BLAST playing with his little cousins! It was so cute!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Logan is all about giving high-5&#8217;s and fist bumps. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Logan did so good. There were a LOT of people (30? ish?) and he was a bit shy and unsure at first but he warmed up and had so much fun. It was so cool to see him spending time with family we don&#8217;t get to see often.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53763\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How cute (and hilarious) is the below photo?! HAHA<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a potluck dinner. After dinner my dad and I took Logan back to the house we rented because he was fading fast. My dad stayed with the baby and I went back to the party for the white elephant gift exchange.<\/p>\n<p>This is the gift I brought for the gift exchange. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/xmas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have to say, the sweater might be the best gift!<\/p>\n<p>Then a bunch of us went down to the beach for a bonfire. Nothing better than that!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/FullSizeRender-2-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next morning we had breakfast and packed and then went for one last walk on the empty beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53753\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1592.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53755\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53756\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1613.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to leave. I love the beach. We checked out of the house and headed home. Rockaway is about 2 hours from Portland. Logan slept for a good chunk of it, which was nice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-53757\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_1615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Home to unpack and I went swimming. It was a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend our family had a nice little getaway. My family is pretty big (on my mom&#8217;s side) and we used to do a summer camp out party and then a Christmas party every year. This year my cousin Di organized and coordinated a fantastic new Christmas party! 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