Weekend with Popcorn Papa!!

What a fun weekend we had seeing our papa! He had a little business trip out to Portland so he was able to drive over for the weekend and see us. The kids woke up from their nap a little surprised to see their papa in their home, but after only a few minutes they had warmed right and were so happy to see him!! We picked up Nate from work and headed to Cape Kiwanda for a nice sea food dinner! We had dinner outside on the beach at The Pelican Pub-what a view! For the first time in my life I ordered a fish dinner!! I must admit living in Oregon has changed my preference from hating fish to liking fish a little!! It was actually pretty good. I had the mahi-mahi fish and chips! It was a beautiful clear night with a tiny breeze, but after a little walk along the beach we were all pretty chilly--except for Ty and Mara who could care less about the temperature and enjoyed running in the sand!

The night wouldn't be complete without popcorn of course! Mara crawled right up on Papa's lap and as soon as the popcorn was served she started feeding it to her popcorn papa!

Although papa has been to Tillamook before, he has never been to the Cheese Factory! How can you say you've been to Tillamook but not the cheese factory? We took him on the tour and showed him our favorite place to taste cheese and eat ice-cream!

We then went to Garabaldi-- a little fisherman town just north or Tillamook and walked along the boat dock and checked out all the ships. It was neat to watch Ty walk down the boat dock holding papa's hand and asking papa all the questions about different boats and things he saw. Papa loves boats and we all wished we could go for a ride out into the ocean!
We had so much fun with our papa.Ty asked when papa was going to move to Oregon and I told him hopefully some day we will move closer to papa and the rest of our family! He was satisfied with that but asked 'can we take our blue house with us?'

* Thanks for coming out and seeing us papa! Thanks for all your help on our computer! It's running great!