The holidays.

Happy 2009! Ryan and I spent part of our holiday apart at our parent's houses and then joined back up for the second week of the holidays. My cousins and aunt stayed with us for Christmas and Hanukkah, which was great fun to have everyone together just hanging out. Once Ryan arrived we took a whirlwind tour of 1/2 of California for a few days. We celebrated New Years with good friends up in Clovis and then drove south to San Diego and north to my mom's for a day stopping at many many places as potential options for our wedding. Kind of a neat way to see the coast. Ryan got to see La Jolla, Encinitas, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Botanical Gardens, stellar Coastal views, Dana Point and Laguna Beach. Not a bad way to spend a day! We enjoyed time at my mom's house and her lovely garden. Hazie got to see the ocean for the first time and probably thought she got to go on vacation as she had dogs around everywhere we visited, my mom's dog Addie, April and Alex's dogs Callie & Beckett!

Here are photos from our time in Yosemite with April and Alex and New Years at their house. The second album is from the rest of the week. Enjoy!