Meeting in the middle

Last month we met Bird's family in Oregon and rented this beach house over Mother's Day weekend. When we started discussing a family vacation we decided we wanted 3 things out of the destination.

1. Everyone would be on vacation. 2. We'd meet somewhere new. 3. It should be no stress on anyone.

We wanted everyone to be able to relax and have fun. Once the destination was chosen we decided each couple would provide one prepared evening meal for the group. Breakfast, lunch and snacks would be more of a free for all with everyone sharing cereal, sandwiches, snacks, fruit and veggies. No muss. No fuss. It couldn't have been a better or more relaxing trip the drive included.

During our drive to Bandon we discovered dinosaurs wandering through the Redwood trees.

We explored new beaches, wrote our names in the sand and tried new options on the camera.

The photos below was taken with the "Color Accent" option on my camera.

Whale Head beach brought me to tears with its natural beauty.

Cousins shared quality time digging in the sand, chasing waves, flying kites & hunting for shells.

We celebrated Mother's Day, Italian style.

We enjoyed every second of our time together walking the beach, playing games, eating and talking.

As always, it was hard to see a fun weekend together come to a close. That said, we all agreed this might become one of our annual family traditions.