Mirav is in San Diego for her bachelorette party. So it's just me and the dogs this weekend. We're getting really close to the wedding and things have been crazy. Mirav has been back to work already. We are looking forward to seeing everyone two weeks from today for the big day!
We have a few friends that have birthdays around the same time. This year they decided to celebrate by renting a beach house and inviting everyone down for a long weekend.
This is the house we stayed in. It was in Lincoln City about 2 hours outside of Portland. The house was great.
We had a nice view from the enclosed patio on the second floor
Mirav's birthday was a few days after this trip, so she got in on the birthday action.
Nate is our friends Steve and Kim's son. He's getting so big. He came down to the coast to hang out with everyone for the weekend.
This was our third try at a good photo of Mike and Steve.
The first night there was a lot of Cake and drinking and playing of the board game Risk
The pictures end a bit early the first night because everyone else went to a casino and I fell asleep on the couch.
Lindsey and Nate say it's time for breakfast. Mirav and I made a potato and egg fritatta. It was demolished by 14 people staying in the house.
After breakfast we put together a few games of badminton. One side of the court smelled like a cat box so we alternated sides.
In the afternoon, Steve, Brian and I went clamming. We used a big tube to pull up chunks of sand to find clams. We spent about two hours tossing around sand and found four clams. I am told it's supposed to be easier and more fun than it was. I tried to eat one of the clams that we caught and cooked. It was FULL of sand. Not enjoyable.
After the clam fiasco, I took Mirav into town for her birthday present. I got her a glass blowing class. Unfortunately all of these pictures on on our other camera which is in San Diego right now. Update coming.
The second night we had a taco party.
Zack, feeling empowered by tacos, decided to bench press Steve. Steve is not small. He's probably 6'3" 240lbs. Which makes this pretty impressive.
After some effort, one rep was completed.
That was pretty much all that happened. It was a fun weekend and a much needed vacation. I probably have some more pictures from the little camera. I will post those when Mirav comes back.
