Happy Birthday Seraph

November 11, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

I can't believe it's been 39 years. You're allowed to stay this age forever.

Haloween

October 31, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

My costume. Expect protesters from the American Dental Association.

New Orleans

August 29, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

We've been having a great time in New Orleans. It's the 10th anniversary of Katrina, so everyone is remembering that including presidents. The weather has been perfect, unlike 10 years ago. We took tours, visited the WW II Museum, took a steam boat ride, listened to Dixieland jazz, and wondered through the French Quarter. What a fascinating place.

Renters

August 12, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

We had some renters staying at the Siletz house this summer. They were very cute, but messy. Ana says they left yesterday, I'll miss them.

More Reunion Thoughts

June 18, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

I am thinking that I will cook a turkey dinner on Wednesday.  I'll be mostly hanging around waiting for everyone to arrive, so watching the turkey cook will give me something to do.  I'll also cook the standard mashed potatoes and vegetables.  Yayoe volunteered to bring tofu as well.  I'll be sure there are eggs and pancake mix for breakfast on Thursday.  After that you are on your own for organizing shopping and meals.

I'm excited to see everyone.

Some initial organizing details:I think we sh...

June 17, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

Some initial organizing details:

I think we should all plan to meet at the Bella Beach house on
Wednesday.  We can have dinner there and sort out who will be staying
where.  The addresses are:

Bella Beach house - Spy Hopper (house name)
Bella Beach Drive, the first left off Ocean Drive
Drive straight - the house is on the corner where the road turns toward the beach

To get there from the north on 101:

• Continue through Lincoln City and, two miles past Salishan
  Lodge the one lane road turns into two.
• 
  Keep your eyes open for Oceanview on the right hand.
• 
  Turn right onto Oceanview and left on Bella Beach Dr.

• App 2 miles north of Depoe Bay, look for the Thriftway grocery
  store on the right.
• 
  One (1) mile past the Thriftway grocery store is a turn-around
  to go back south.
• 
  Use the turn-around and make your first right onto Oceanview
  and left on Bella Beach Dr.
  

Reunion

June 03, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

The vacation rental is ready.  Start thinking about who is staying in each location.  The last thought I heard was the old people could stay in our Siletz Keys house and the children could stay in the Bella Beach house.  The parents of the children need to decide if they want to chaperone children or vacation from them.  Maybe the grandparents would be willing to take over chaperoning.  Main meals (dinner) probably should be in the Bella Beach house.  A sandwich buffet could be setup in both houses for in between.  We still need to decide on side trips.  I'll research suggestions.  Driving directions are:

If you are visiting Bella Beach from out of state, Portland's PDX airport is the best to fly into when visiting us.

We recommend the following path to the beach!

• 
  From PDX, follow hwy 205 to I-5 (app 25 miles) and head South towards Salem (app 30 miles).
• 
  Take the Salem Parkway exit just past the baseball field and follow it into Salem
• 
  Turn right onto the Marion St bridge towards West Salem and Ocean Beaches, staying in the left lane.
• 
  It is app 60 miles to Lincoln City
• 
  Continue through Lincoln City and, two miles past Salishan Lodge the one lane road turns into two.
• 
  Keep your eyes open for Oceanview on the right hand.
• 
  Turn right onto Oceanview and left on Bella Beach Dr.
• 
  The office is on the left hand side.

Arriving from the South:

• 
  Follow Highway 101 through Newport and through Depoe Bay.
• 
  App 2 miles north of Depoe Bay, look for the Thriftway grocery store on the right.
• 
  One (1) mile past the Thriftway grocery store is a turn-around to go back south.
• 
  Use the turn-around and make your first right onto Oceanview and left on Bella Beach Dr.
• 
  The office is on the left hand side.

Happy Birthday Jenny

May 26, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

It's the start of the family birthday season.  Happy birthday Jenny

Happy Birthday, Dad

March 06, 2015 by Adam in Lohring

Happy birthday, dad. 

Thanks for entertaining me over the years with talk of science, computers, and board games.  You've helped turned me into the manly nerd I am today.

Old Photos

February 06, 2015 by Adam in Lohring

I was digging through old CDs at work and found one full of all these scanned photos from your childhood, dad.  There's some super cute ones of you as a squishy baby on there too.

Vacation revisions

January 31, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

We were a little late getting our reservations in. I reserved the house for June 24 through June 30. I hope this will still work. Here are some pictures.


Our house has three bedrooms with double beds and a large room that currently has a double bed and futon.  I can add a blow up bed and even a bunk bed if needed. 

My thought is that Adam's family and some kids can stay in our house with one or two other couples.  The kids can sort themselves into our big room or the room with two bunks and a twin bed.

Upper Floor

January 31, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

Main Floor

January 31, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

Bottom Floor

January 31, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

Family Vacation Housing

January 23, 2015 by Lohring in Lohring

We've been working on the housing for the family vacation. All the kids except for Simon can stay with Adam and Joanna in our Siletz house. The other adults can stay in either the Worldmark if we can get a room or a vacation rental. We're on the waiting list for the Worldmark. A rental house will cost about $2500 for June 27 through July 3.

The Worldmark is at https://www.worldmarktheclub.com/resorts/ge/#descriptions
We would get a 3 bedroom suite. See the description for the sleeping arrangements.

The vacation rental is at http://www.bellabeach.com/vacation-rental-home.asp?PageDataID=21436
It has 4 bedrooms with two bunks in one bedroom.

If we want the rental we need to put down a deposit now. Comments?