Monday, August 1, 2011

Bonner Family Reunion 2011

Last week we returned from our Bonner family reunion in Seaside, Oregon. Steve has 3 siblings and with all of us combined there were 9 adults and 19 kids. Steve is the baby of the family which means a lot of cool big boy cousins for Carson to play with. We stayed at our timeshare in Seaside which was so wonderful because we all had our own space complete with kitchens. The Oregon Coast is BEAUTIFUL, but never warms up much. We made the best out of it though and had a lot of fun. Here is a summary of what we did:

***Rented two boats and went crabbing. The boys thought this was especially cool. We cooked our catches up for dinner, but seemed to have a lot leftover…


Isaac enjoying the ride
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Cleaning the crabs after they've been boiled.
Does it look like enough crab for 28 people??
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 ***Went to the tidepools at Cannon Beach.

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Beth and Rebekah 
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*** Visited the Tillamook factory and ate delicious ice cream!
{Josh, Matt, Isaac, and Carson}



·        *** Visited the Maritime Museum in Astoria.




Little boy Heaven!!

Making our own rope



·         ***Checked out the Seaside Aquarium only a few blocks from our hotel.




·         ***Plenty of playing on the beach. (Adults wearing sweatshirts and the kids playing in the water.) =)


Roasting hot dogs




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 ***Swimming, swimming, and more swimming in the hotel pool.
Perfect location, right on the beach (except for the ocean wind!)

Piggyback ride thanks Matt 

Swimming all by himself



·         ***And of course, plenty more!!!
Checkout the shirts Ruth designed!


chaos known as dinner

Isaac, Allie and Megan 


Grandpa eating a chocolate covered twinkie

Big girls being silly on the elevator

Carson initiating body slams during dinner. ( A common theme of the week...)

On the Promenade 

Luke and Josh

A highlight of the trip, the luggage racks!

Luke's attitude concerning the beach...Not a fan of the wind, sun, and coldness.

A HUGE thanks to Steve’s parents, Bill and Ruth and his sister Janel for putting this all together. I am very lucky to have such a great family that I married into!



3 comments:

Lindsay Griffeth said...

You guys have had some great adventures this summer! Looks like another great one.

Music4 said...

I love Seaside!It is a great beach! Our family has a lot of great memories there and at the tillamook factory and the aquarium! We miss being able to go there! Looks like you all had a great time!

kelleyplus said...

Looks like a huge success! I too am glad you married into such a great family!!!