We had dinner on his birthday at a local steakhouse restaurant. Our very good friends (we are called the gaggle group!) joined us and we had a very relaxing and fun time. Here are the six of us at the end of dinner! The restaurant brought out a sample of their famous fried cheesecake, decorated with "Happy Birthday" on the plate - it was quite tasty!
We stayed Friday night in Pacific City. Beth and Bryan gave us a gift certificate for a night at the Inn and we decided to use it for this special weekend. It's a wonderful Inn and had lots of the coastal charm!
We also got matching T-shirts from Beth and Bryan from the restaurant across the highway - it's owned by the Inn- and Greg decided to show his "best side" as he puts it! He is standing on the balcony of room, looking at Haystack Rock. It's the most famous landmark in that area.
The dory boats come into the cape; we were fortunate to see one as it was coming in. The season is usually June - September. You definitely have to be watching out for them during dory season if you are on the beach.
One of the best parts of our weekend was being able to take Rusty with us! The Inn caters to dogs - even giving us blankets, towels, and doggy treats just for our pet! Rusty LOVES the beach and is so happy to spend his time running up and down the sand dunes!
Our balcony was the resting place for Rusty. He loved going outside and watching all the activity. We laughed when we saw him making friends with the "neighbor!"
The three of us-can you tell we are having a grand time! 
All good things must come to an end and we had a glorious sunset to end our time on the beach! Greg truly enjoyed his birthday and loved the time we had together. He says turning 60 wasn't so bad after all! Happy Birthday, Greg! Love you lots!!
I am at the last bit of the weeding. Once this was done, it was a big chore to remove all the old bark and replace the weed barrier. The old stuff wasn't working, hence the weeding!
My supervisor! He loves the yard and kept an eye on me. No slacking allowed with him! (Of course Rusty gets to just lie around - oh for the dog's life!)
Weed barrier is down and new plants are in. I managed to salvage a lot of them and even divided the primroses so now there is a border. I hope they all make it! 
Okay, the walls are done and the carpet has to go! It's horrible! So we went carpet shopping. Once there we decided that we needed to do the entire upstairs; the guest bedroom carpet was just as ugly as our room-only blue-so more decisions to be made. Oh wait, then the hallway carpet needed to come out and that meant the stairs as well.......But it doesn't end there. Oh no....now we had to paint the hallway and stairs (that was fun!). So back to Lowe's we went to pick out paint colors. We kept the hallway walls a creamy white and it really has brightened up the upstairs. 
Finally the carpet arrives - three weeks after we orderd it - and the installers worked for 8 hours to get it all in! We LOVE the results. It's so much better; we just wonder why we didn't do this sooner!
I'm just starting with the first blob of molten glass. I had to keep turning it to cool it down and begin the shaping process for adding color.
Adding the colors: blue, green and white 
Greg's done blowing his float - the colors aren't nearly set. They put them in a kiln overnight to get the colors to fire in.
The results! We will remember this experience for a very long time! 
So after the glass blowing, we hung out at Depoe Bay looking for a mat....more at the end of the story.....and we spent the afternoon just browsing the shops. It was very windy with winds gusting at 60 mph, and pelting rain, but we had fun running from shop to shop! Even bad weather on the beach is good day! We ended up at the Surftide Motel back in Lincoln City in a room with a fireplace and our private beachfront balcony.
Here's the view from our balcony.....very romantic!
And now for the rest of the story......Greg found this mat last summer when we were whale watching with my sister and brother-in-law. Greg and Beth laughed about how we should buy it and have outside for when they come to visit! So.......while in Depoe Bay, we went from shop to shop (because of course, we couldn't remember which shop it was in!), and finally discovered it! So here it is (we like saying "Butter my buns" but I guess the original saying is as it says above!). These date weekends are way fun and I'm so thankful we are doing them! 
This was one of the steep climbs we undertook. Greg is actually 1/2 way up the hill when he stopped and took pictures of us beginning the ascent. We snowshoed for 4 hours and were exhausted at the end of the trek. Great day it was!