Every August my family travels to Lake Billy Chinook in Madras, Oregon to enjoy 5 days of beach bliss! We have been doing it for the past 21 years and it is the trip of the year that everyone, especially my cousins, look forward to. My Aunt and uncle own a cabin in 3 Rivers Resort known as "the Stone House" for the obvious reason that it is entirely made of stone.
In the early years we were pretty crazy kids. We spent all day intertubing until our brains were mush, played cards, built huge sand cities, and then finished our day with a trip to the store to stock up on candy. When we got back to the cabin we'd play more cards until bed. We had 2 rooms acrossed the hall from eachother asigned to us kids. One for the 5 boys, and one for us 3 girls. We would spend most of our nights sneaking into eachothers rooms to listen to my cousin Jeff tell funny jokes or scarey stories, and we would end it with a candy food fight. Our favorite weapon, candy necklaces. A sling shot and hard candy all in one. For years we would find leftovers from our candy wars under beds, behind doors and under the carpets. It was so much fun. Now we pretty much just want to star gaze, eat and enjoy the time away from the busy world back home.
In the mornings we wake up early to head down to the beach to get "our special spot", the only spot that will accomidate the size of our family. Some people cheat and put a chair or two on the beach the night before to reserve it. We just kindly move it aside to make room for ours. Its a very sought after "special spot." This year we were visited by a few fawns and some gorgeous butterflies. The water was 75 degrees and the weather was perfect...yum!! The beach wasnt very crowded as well.
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We did have more than the usual run in with the infamous scorpions at the house this year. A few years ago I was stung on the toe by one. I cant even begin to explain how bad it hurts. Like a huge needle going through your toe..huh!! Luckily there werent any life threatening side effects. Glad no one got stung this year. There were a few bad injuries though. We started our first night off with Peyton falling backwards off a bench onto her head. Unlucky for her the floor was stone. I thought for sure she cracked her head open but she didnt. She had landed on her arms first bracing her fall. One of my cousins was stung by a bee and then there are always the tubing incidents. This year my brother was victim. A tube had landed on his catching his head under the sleeve. It left a very large strawberry on his neck. Other than the usual tubing headaches and sunburns we lucked out with no other injuries. 
Peyton had a blast!! Last year she wasnt yet walking and constantly stuffed sand in her mouth so she really didnt get to do much. This year she spent everyday building sand castles, swimming, and even got to tube with her daddy which she loved. She also learned the word bee. Infact everything that flew she called a bee. She also learned what a boat was and insisted on pointing every one out saying "whats that, whats that". She was very cautious around the water, only going in when someone carried her which I was thankful for. She looked so adorable in her pink suit and sunglasses.
Trevor and I were also thankful for our family who took turns keeping an eye on our little one so we could go out on the boat and relax. We had such a great time and cant wait until next year!!!
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