Beverly Beach and More

We were able to stay in a house with some ocean view while we were in Newport for a Bible Conference.  It was close to Newport and it was so nice to be able to take the small ones for naps and get refreshed.  The owner of the home made darling cupcakes with Disney characters on them.

Here are some of her towel decorations that she had on the beds:

We were just a few minutes drive from Beverly Beach State Park. The weather was warm (mid-50’s), and the children enjoyed playing near the water, making sand “castles,” and wading in the creek that was flowing into the ocean.

Here’s a few more…

Malachi holding Mykaela in his hand…

On Thursday afternoon Mike, Micah, and Malachi went to an outing with the men of the church.  It was at a VFW shooting range.  They enjoyed shooting at clay pigeons for a few hours. After that the ladies met for a Bible Study at Sassafras Sue’s.  This is owned by one of the members of Trinity Baptist Church.  She makes such yummy foods it is almost impossible to resist.  She had some crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside cranberry oatmeal white chocolate chip cookies.  MMMMM!  The bottom right pictures Owner Kim Monroe and her daughter who own this darling little shop.

On Friday, when the weather turned and it was drizzling out, we went to the Hatfield Marine Science Center (http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/) in the last 20 minutes that they were opened.  The kids enjoyed the touch pools and aquariums.

Backing up a few days:  When we were on our way to Newport, we learned from my dear sister Karmyn that OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) was having a free open house for school teachers and their families and homeschooling families and we just happen to be in Portland on that day (I was getting a chiropractor appointment).  We decided it was too good an opportunity to pass up.  I forgot to bring my camera in to OMSI, but Micah got these pictures of the U.S.S. Blueback Submarine they were able to take a tour of.

More pictures of the inside of the submarine…

Astronauts Micah and Mykaela McDowell

Wow--It's Been a LONG Time!

Where have we been? I guess we've been a very busy family with very busy children! What fun and what a lot of blessings we have had since we last posted. We plan to just get goin' here again and put a little bit of stuff here when we get a chance! We took a trip to the middle east with all the children just to get a special picture for our blog! (OK, maybe it was just to OMSI in Portland Oregon...:) We just got back from a special trip to Newport, Oregon for a Bible Conference and had a really good time as usual. More on that later.


These were taken with the kids' camera...I am never quite sure what will come off of their camera. It is usually at least an interesting surprise, if not downright SCARY! Case in point below...One of the kids accidentally got pencil on their face from an artistic enterprise, then the pencil on the face became the fun and art.
Well, this is slow goin'! I am just learning how this blog thing works and it is 11:22 pm and Baby Kebron needs a feeding and I need a good night's sleep. Baby is 2 months, 3 days old, growing so fast, and so much fun! Micah (above) got such good pictures of him smiling. I'll leave you with one of these and hop off to bed for now! More later--SOON!