So, for the past two weeks, I have been blessed with the company of my daughter! That is right, after a long time of not being able to see her, she has come to Oregon. I was able to travel down to Texas to pick her up. Now...tomorrow night, I(along with Kate) will be traveling back down to Texas to return her to her mother. We have had so much fun. So much fun, that blogspot had actually slipped my mind.
Now, I am lying here in bed, the night before she goes home, and I am pondering all the wonderful things that we did, and what better way to do so, then to write it out. Plus, this way, my readers have something to read other then bad things that happen in the world today.
Two weekends ago, on the 30th of July, I left to go pick her up. I drove by myself down to Dallas, TX where I would be staying with my friend Victor. I had to wait a couple of days to pick her up. Luckily...God had other things in mind, and things worked out and were compromised enough to where I was traveling back with her Sunday afternoon instead of Monday. Which means, I was able to reach Oregon sooner, and that meant Alyssa had more time camping with my family at Suttle Lake. That was a lot of fun. Since the saying goes..."a picture is worth 1,000 words"....I will leave it at that, with this summary. We went to the lake, the beach and the zoo....these are those pictures. ;)
Kate and Alyssa cooking hot dogs over an open fire.
Daddy with his Squirmy(nickname for Alyssa). :)
An image I could not live without.
The three cousins....we are missig Rachel. :(
Uncle David, Auna, Daddy and Alyssa look at monkeys at the zoo.
Alyssa and I dressed like apes. lol
A waterfall off Hwy 6 towards Tillamook.
Alyssa took this photo of Kate and I....pretty darn good, huh?!! :)
Not too sound too presumptious...but these two got along together like peas and carrots. LOL
There is nothing like a Tillamook Chocalate Chip Mint ice cream to make you smile. :)
We finally arrive in Oceanside!! Time to take off our footwear and relax...or will we? :)
I was informed by one of my party that there could be buried pirate treasure in here...so look around. :)
Wow...as a father...I love this picture. Thanks Kate.
Another hole to crawl inside...looking for buried treasure of course! :P
Teaching her about the ways of the sea. :)
One of my favorite times on the beach were the 15 minutes we just sat and talked, about the waves, the birds...and then how thirsty we all were. LOL
The three of us at the Cape Mears light house. It was a lot of fun.
Overall, we had a great time. As a man, who is in love with a woman, and WAS concerned about his daughter meeting his girlfriend....things went wonderful. In fact...Kate alone had a slumber party with Alyssa, went shopping bby themselves, and had a great time getting to know each other the few days that I was called to work. I took over 400 pictures in two weeks, and I doubt I will be deleting very many of them, well.....at least not for a couple months anyways. LOL
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Have a great day!!
