"Price"less!

This morning I was in my happy place at my happy place (that would be Seaside Coffee House) when the nicest text came through. Hood River friends, Brian and Audrey Price and their 5 kids, were on their way home from Manzanita and wanted to meet in Seaside. We've talked about this a number of times and never quite connected - but today was the day! I hurried home, made my bed, threw dishes in the dishwasher and had enough time to dash to the local market and get 2 bags of oyster crackers. Kids + Seagulls + Oyster Crackers = Good Fun! (I hoped!)

You all know how much I love this place. And I know that kids (and dogs) all love to run and play at the beach. So I knew it would be fun, but I wan't sure . . . would they think the Boneyard was weird? (No) Would the seagulls scare them? (No) Would my dog hump their legs the entire time? (Yeah. So sorry about that.) 

It was a super fun visit with the unexpected bonus of seeing my beloved Boneyard through the eyes of 5 enthusiastic, energetic, curious little humans. Every rock, piece of bone and shell was a prize discovery. The seagulls and even the crows (my bad beach boys) behaved themselves and  feasted gratefully on oodles of oyster crackers. Reggie chased the birds and the kids relentlessly.  Kids stumbled and fell over rocks and got back up without a peep, in a hurry to get to the next thing.  Excellent questions were asked; imaginations fired full blast; no one thought the bones were gross and the sun even peeked out here and there!  When we got back to the house we compared individual bones to an intact bird skeleton; made spiralizer zucchini noodles and discussed horror movies while exploring the creepy basement. It was a good day.

Audrey and Brian, you guys rock. You are ballet dancers - making the grueling, exhausting work of parenthood look flawlessly effortless. Now that my 'young' parenthood days are behind me, I marvel at how we do it - but we do. And before you know it, your precious babies will be driving themselves to college in pick-up trucks and you'll wonder how you got there. And then you'll smile and have a glass of wine mid-afternoon - because you can!  I bow before you and thank you for sharing your beautiful family with me today. Much love to you all. See ya back in The Hood. And now I'm going to have a glass of wine!