Sunshine?

Today was the first day that we saw sunshine and blue skies in over a week! We almost forgot how wonderful sunshine feels on our faces! For the past week it has been raining-- no pouring. When it rains it pours here in Oregon, and most of our town looked like this from all the rain:

(This is the town north of Tillamook, but many of the roads were flooded as well here in town)

We decided that since we weren't having a baby today and we had a beautiful sunny day we would make the most of it and play at the beach. Let me remind you that it is still January--it was sunny but on the chilly side (only around 40 degrees!).

The kids didn't mind the cold weather, although by the end Mara said "I'm cold, let's go to house." and Ty responded "No Mara, it's not that bad!" He never gets cold! He could have stayed all day long!

When we got to our car we noticed a lady feeding the seagulls. She gave us a loaf of bread so we could enjoy feeding the birds as well. We had a blast watching the bird swarm in to eat the bread. They would fly up as soon as the bread left our hands and grab it in their beaks. Mara enjoyed eating the bread as much as the birds did (one piece for the birds, one piece for Mara, one for the birds...!!!)

We went for a little walk around the town of Oceanside, and by the end of our little outing we were all pretty cold, but it was well worth it! It was wonderful to get out of the house and enjoy fresh air. We are hoping for another nice sunny day tomorrow. It would be nice to go play with our daddy.