JPL Open House

This was at the annual open house for NASA JPL- Jet Propulsion Laboratory which is in California.  It was PACKED!  Had some pretty sweet stuff to check out.  This one was a model of a mars rover I think.  I won't try to go any further with the explanation.  lol

They had a little demo model they had roll over the kids.  The little one with the red stripe shirt is our nephew, Jacob.  

Silly Dave....RUN!!

The Beach

It was overcast and a bit windy, but we decided to hit the beach anyway.  It was really fun.  The kids LOVED it.   Huge sandbox and fun waves to play in! 

The boys played some ball...

...while the kids watched.

Some of us (including myself) bundled up and enjoyed just being there and watching. This is my sister in law Amy and her little boy, Gideon. 

I forgot Joey's jacket, so we borrowed Abbies...he did look like an ugly little girl, but at least he was warm and not crying! lol

This is our nephew/cousin out pretending to surf the waves!  :)

DISNEYLAND

Cousins!  We had such a blast going to D-land with Tom, Jacob & Allison!  What a great day!  Thanks guys!

I love this picture!  Allison is so cute! 

Ok, I think Abby liked this ride more than any of them!  Yes, she is in the drivers seat here...with no hands on the wheel!  She laughed nearly the entire ride! It was about time after crying on every ride in fantasy land.  

Just a little video so you can hear her laugh!  It is great!

Every kid's gotta get one of these while they are at Disneyland, at least once right??  There's just something hympnotising about them....they speak to children or something! lol  Good thing we had cousins there to share with!

This was the fun coaster hidden way back in Toon Town!  Abby loved it! She said it was only a little bit scary. :)

 

 

Of course the highlight of the day for Abby was meeting the princesses.  We only waited about...20-30 minutes. :D  She was in heaven!

Have any of you actually been to meet Mickey Mouse at Disneyland before?  You have to go through a maze of a house of his and then wait in a huge, mysterious, watch-a-movie line at the end of it that looks like it has no exit!  Then when it's finally your turn you go into a room with a small group of people and you get a short, hurry and take a couple pictures with Mickey time in this small room with the main man!  So...after all that, this picture deserves to be on this post for sure!  lol

No one else showed interest in going on It's a Small World, so Abby and I snuck over to it after meeting the princesses.  She LOVED it!  Slow, calm, lot of little things to look at with fun not too loud music.  It was a hit! 

Tea Cups are kinda a tradition to go on.  :) 

Aerial's Merry-go-Round was also a favorite.  

These two are in line to see Tinkerbell.  Unfortunately when we were 2nd or 3rd from the front of the line they closed the line down due to a bomb threat in Tomorrow Land!  We were SOO bummed!  

I snapped a shot of her just as they were making her leave so Abby could see her later.  She about cried when they made us leave right there in front of her. :(

Pull!!!  These two were so cute together!  They really tried to get that sword out.