Soaking up the Sun. Meeting the Mouse. Bumming at the Beach. Aah Summer we love you!
Disneyland is one of our favorite places to go as a family. August 2013 we met Grandma & Grandpa Cooper, along with the cousins for a week of magical fun in the sun before heading down to Laguna Beach. Admittedly summer is
not my favorite time to go to Disney--entirely too many people for my taste--but the kids love being with the Cooper Clan.
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| Me & my girls |
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| Still fresh faced & smiling--it must be the beginning of the first day |
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| We finally got everyone one Space Mountain (Rachel, Me, Lauren, Grandma, Hayden, Rob, Ben, Grandpa) |
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| Ben with his crazy surfer hair |
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| "getting cozy at the Cone" |
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| Radiator Springs |
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| Luigi's Casa Del la Tires |
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| Hayden |
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| The cousins have arrived-yay! |
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| Lauren and cousin # 2 |
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| World of Color |
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| A 2 hour wait to ride cars?!? AGH! |
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| Whose idea was it to let Hayden drive? |
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| At least cousin #2 is older than Hayden |
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| Meeting the Mouse |
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| Uncle Nate trying to show us his sword prowess |
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| This may be the only time we all are on Splash Mountain together. It scares the snot out of me. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. (Heights and I do not mix well, add in the free-fall feeling and I want to die) |
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| You should wear that style to Jr High...orange is your color baby! |
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| Nothing better than a giant ball made of bones and netting to corral wayward children |
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| Trying to get chosen for Jedi Training |
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| It worked--every one of our kids (and the 2 cousins) were chosen |
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| Darth Vader |
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| Darth Maul |
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| Obi Ben Kanobi |
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| Lauren Skywalker |
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| Cousin #1 |
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| Cousin #2 |
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| Hayden Solo |
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| Mace Rachel WinDu |
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| Defeated. The kids LOVED this!! |
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| Aunt Amy & cousin #3 |
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| Mary Poppins, is that your name? It's lovely |
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| Bumming at the Beach--Inn at Laguna Beach |
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| Soaking up the Sun |
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| Ben kept moving farther out & down the beach until he was hanging out with a bunch of 20 something year old beach bums. Poor kid should've been born on the coast. |
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| Hayden spent the afternoon on his boogie board |
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| Proof that I was at the beach...Ben & I were boogie boarding buddies |
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| Aunt Amy & cousin #3 |
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