Our summer trip this year was to Southern California. We stayed in a small beach city called Dana Point which was about 5 minutes from Laguna Beach. Every day we explored a different beach; Crescent Bay, Laguna, La Jolla, Salt Creek, and Crystal Cove Beaches. The weather was mild and gorgeous. We also went to Legoland for a day and to Los Angeles for a day where we explored the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Wax Museum, and Griffith's Observatory which had great views of the city. I am happy to say that this was probably the easiest and most pleasant family trip we have ever had because our kids are all getting older. Robert and I both celebrated our 40th birthdays while we were there also, or as I would rather think of it, our 39 + 1 birthdays! Now we are all madly getting ready for school to start back up on the 26th. I think it's safe to say at this point that I made it through summer with my sanity in tact, although there were several VERY close calls.
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| Me and the kids at Salt Creek Beach |
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| Beautiful Crescent Bay Beach |
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| These two got along well almost the whole time!! |
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| Beautiful Miss M |
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| Exploring the cliffs |
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| My 5 precious people |
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| La Jolla Beach |
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| Lots of sand digging |
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| These two are inseparable. I love it. |
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| No one was happier to play in the waves than this boy. |
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| Me and my favorite |
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| Legoland |
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| Ashton's dream come true |
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| Kids in front of the largest Lego model in the world. Built with over 5 million legos. |
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| Grauman's Chinese Theater where the movie stars leave their handprints and footprints |
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| Wax Museum with Will Smith |
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| Madison and Justin Bieber |
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| Why does ET remind me of my dog? |
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| Hollywood Walk of Fame. Christian poses with Hugh Jackman's star |
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| Up by the Hollywood sign |
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| Griffith Observatory |
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| View of LA |
