Oregon Coast Family Session: Family Day at the Beach

I love spending time with this family anywhere.  They're just THAT fun. But I especially love watching them do their family thing on the beach! Watching Ellie see how she felt about sand was SO entertaining!
Watching Noah do anything is always entertaining, but I especially love watching him run wild on the beach. Watching he & Matt play catch together is incredibly entertaining. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he becomes a sports announcer when he grows up.
Watching them all have fun together is my FAVORITE!
We have an annual tradition of doing age/birthday photos with Noah.  This was Ellery's first one.
Thanks for the beach fun, Schaffners! You guys are awesome!

Paint Fight!

First: This was CRAZY FUN!!
So, I had an idea in my head of how this whole water balloon paint fight was going to go down. After about .2 seconds, it became shockingly clear that I was not the boss of this paint fight. :)  I quickly decided to update my goals to "get hit with as few balloons as possible." I'm proud to say that I was mostly successful with goal #2.