Cooper's First Trip to the West Coast!!

The last time Cooper saw an ocean was for Tiffany's best friend, Katie's, wedding in Connecticut over Easter Break in April. After an amazing trip, we ended up getting blessed with 2 extra FREE tickets to travel anywhere in the U.S. for being willing to take a later flight home. What better way to spend those tickets then to head to the other ocean so that Cooper can tell his friends someday that he saw both oceans in one year!!

Mark's best friend, John Quail and his wife, Sarah, were hospitable enough to have us stay with him in California for a long weekend. The weather was amazing (70's the whole time we were there) and the fact that we were within walking distance from the beach made it even better!!

Cooper wasn't so sure about the beach at first... in fact, he was so unsure about the beach that he started walking back to the car on his own!! After we showed him that the sand is fun when you throw it, well- we had issues leaving the beach after that!!

Mark's best friend, John, is a Marine and was kind enough to show us where he worked in San Clemente, CA- Cooper was just wondering where he could get one of those cool uniforms Uncle Quail was wearing!! To our surprise, his wife, Sarah, had something special for Cooper waiting for him when he got back to their house.

We spent a lot of time at the beach (as anyone who is currently living in Iowa would do if given the opportunity in DECEMBER) and even made it to Hollywood for a day. Of course, to celebrate Tiffany's 30th Birthday, we all hit up Hooters (Mark and John's request) so Cooper could know what it's like to hang with the big boys (and big boobies)... Haha!! I think Cooper ended up showing Mark and John about his fun (coloring) more then they showed Cooper their fun (drinking).

All and all, our trip to California was amazing- special thanks to The Quails!!