The tale of the Christensen Fam Reunion!

(WARNING: long post! exciting... but long!)
So back at the end of July we had the Christensen family all come up here to oregon for week!! It was soo fun to have all of J's immediate family be here! We loved being able to show them the different things oregon has to offer! And we loved having the family be able to see where Jesse and I live! WE had a blast! It was soo nice to spend time with the family and see all our cute nephews! We reserved a beach house up at Rockaway beach, Oregon! I love it here! It is sooo beautiful! It is one of my favorite beaches to stay at! I love the BEACH!! The best part was our Beach house was LITERALLY RIGHT ON THE BEACH! It was soo AWESOME to open our back door to the sand ...and see/walk right to the ocean! Plus their was the added bonus of the house having a gate around the backyard, so the kids were all able to play in the sand, and we didn't have to worry about them sneaking out to the ocean! I was soo happy that we were able to have a house that fit every single one of us and had room to relax..plus it BACKED to the beach and it was afforable!Oh my!!... It was paradise! well..except the water is icy cold...and the weather was not 90 degrees! but come on...we are at the oregon coast for goodness sake...not Hawaii!


B4 we went off to the coast for our fun week..We took the family to the nature reserve here by my house! It was soo fun! I love the nature reserve, and i love that u always have soo much fun! Plus it is FREE!! We packed up a picnic dinner...and decided to take the family and show them this awesome place. We had a ton of fun! We walked the nature hike and saw all the beauty their is to offer! I would say EVERYONE HAD A BLAST!









After all the excitement and Craziness to get out the door to the coast...we FINIALLY MADE IT!...It was soo nice!


We got to practice yoga.





And we played lots of beach soccer!(my fav...but i am sooo OUT OF SHAPE!)




We did a little of this...







And a little of that...








Jesse and seth had a special moment


We got to spend hours everyday looking here:




We saw some awesome sea friends! there where soo many everywhere!








My 6 year old found me a heart shaped rock..he then presented it to me as a suprise and told me how much he loved me! It made my heart melt! And i had to keep the Rock!


You may call us crazy, but we all ran willingly in the Freezing Cold OCEAN for a swim!!...oh my..!!! OH MY... Was it cold...Conner even braved the ocean..and same with his cousin josh!
(tara and I with our worried faces b4 running in the ocean)





Mr.C and the Gavinator had a blast with their cousins...and they tell me daily how much they miss them.







By the end of the week, we all became professional ROCKSTARS!!
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We loved being able to enjoy this time with family! It was soo nice to have them up here! We loved it, even through the occasional choas:)..We want to do this again! and we miss everyone already!






It was soo nice to escape the real world! and who better to do it with than your family!
Goodbye... Rockaway Beach....until next time!

Happy Birthday Gavinator!!

So the birthday's in this family are close together. Conner and Gavin's birthdays are two weeks apart. Mine are Jesse's are a week apart. The boys are in the summer. Mine and J's are in the winter.

I just wanted to give a little shout out to my little baby, the gavinator! Except sadly he is no longer a little baby. I cant believe today he is three. I swear it was just yesterday that i had him. He is such a delight! He has brought soo much to this family! We love him soo much. I am soo grateful for him. Happy Birthday little man...we love you to death!(he would say ..."i not little man...I a Huge boy.") hahahaha.

I love his raspy little truckers voice...i love his sense of humor...i love the way he squints his eyes just like i did when i was little...i love he thinks the WORLD of his older brother!..and would do anything for him!...i love his cute little smile....I love that when he talks he puts the letter "f" in front of his words...He will tell me all the time how much he loves his "frother"(brother)I love how he says "frandma and Frandpa(for grandma n grandpa). I love how he says the word "Trucks"...except it comes sounding like another word like that, but just with the F sound in front! hahaha..oh man, i laugh everytime! I love how he blows me kisses...he blows me the kiss first...then he makes the kissy noise with his lips.(backwards to how it is normally done)..I love how much he makes our family laugh....I love how every night when we put him to bed...he ALWAYS come out at least 3 times. And each time he says..."i just needed to give you a kiss mommy"...or "i just needed a hug mommy" no matter how many time i have hugged and kissed him goodnight..!!!oh the list could go on for days and days...WE JUST love everything about this boy...head to toe! I love my amazing boys! I love them both soooooo much! They are the world to me! Thank you little gavinator for joining this world 3 years ago...and thank you for being my "huge boy"!

Happy birthday Buddy...we sure do love you to pieces! A look down memory lane!