For her birthday we had originally planned to take Abigail to Out of This World, but since we ended up having an absolutely gorgeous day, we changed our plans and headed to the coast. 
We first stopped at Camp 18, an old logging camp that has been turned into a museum and restaurant. The food is pretty good (not to mention abundant), and it's just a fun place to go. 
The next stop we made was what used to be the tallest Sitka Spruce in the United States, but after our storms at the end of last year it's now half its original size, which was over 200 feet tall. We had been meaning to stop in the past, but, alas, we waited too long.
There was a negative tide on Saturday, so we went to Haystack Rock near Cannon Beach and explored the tidepools there. It was probably the nicest day weatherwise we have ever had at an Oregon beach! It was absolutely the perfect temperature (as long as you weren't getting into the ocean), the sun was glorious but not beating down, and it wasn't even as packed as I thought it might be.
We saw hermit crabs, anenomes, chiton, starfish, and other neat creatures. Abby manage to scrape her leg up pretty good on a barnacled rock, but per her usual toughness didn't let it keep her from having fun.
After a couple of hours the tide began coming in again so we left the beach and headed home, but not before doing a few geocaches along the way.
When I asked Abby what she wanted to eat for her birthday she said, "Cake and meat!" That's my girl! So while the coals for the steaks were heating, Abby opened her birthday presents. It was such a beautiful day that we took the gifts outside and enjoyed the sunshine.
After she opened her gifts, she and Ryan began playing catch with her new purple baseball glove, thinking she was done getting gifts. When she saw Daddy wheel her bike around the corner, she dropped her glove and came running to get on her new bike. She got right on and began riding like a pro, as long as she doesn't have to turn!
Finally it was getting dark, so we reluctantly came inside to eat our meat and cake. Abby had requested an ice cream cake, but when I ordered it from Dairy Queen I didn't realize there isn't any cake in it! This is the first year I haven't made the birthday cake, so it was kind of different for us. We sang Happy Birthdya, she blew out her candles, ate a piece of "cake," and went to bed shortly thereafter. It was a full and fun day!
By the way, Abby's birthday wish was that she could be with her family for the rest of her life...ahhh, isn't that sweet?!
2 comments:
Sounds like a great birthday to me!!! Praise the Lord for perfect weather and spending it outside!!!
That bike is exactly like Hannah's bike! :)
Yeah, it was this or Barbi. And I am not a big Barbi fan.
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