Marine center and Tillamook

After we left Brandon and Marci's we went to Newport to a little marine center. We saw an octopus feeding and the octopus kept sucking onto the lady's arm and is was funny because she had a hard time getting it off over and over again. We then went up to the Tillamook cheese factory and saw how they make cheese there. It was pretty cool and Oliver and Teddy thought it was awesome. And I liked the cheese samples.

Beach and tour of campus

Since the redwoods is very near Crescent City, CA, we went over to the beach and saw some seals and a lighthouse. Oliver begged and begged to play in the sand but since we didn't have much time, he didn't get to play much. He also got very upset when we found out the light house is closed for tours until April. Only a few days later. We also toured a little city called Bandon that had art made out of trash, a candy store full of samples, and we ate fish and chips on the bay. It was also the day that we planned to go see tidepools and lots of seals. And it turned out to be the only day of our trip with bad weather. The waves were high tide and the rain and fog were pretty thick. So Oliver didn't get to play on the beach like we had planned and although we could see the many seals, we couldn't see them clearly.

We stayed at Brandon's house for Easter and he gave us a tour of Oregon campus. Oliver loved the O since his name starts with an O.

The redwoods

So last week we went on a road trip. The boys did really great in the car. We got a rental so that we would have more room and it was really fun to drive a brand new luxury car for a week. Most of these pictures speak for themselves. The trees were huge and we camped in a really cool campground with lots of trails for two days with Eric's brother and family (Brandon, Marci, Rocky, Daisy, Rosy, and Ike). Teddy was my little poser who would hold still for pictures. And Baby Ike looks just like Eric did in all of his baby videos that we have of him.