Christmas Vacation Extravaganza

We were all over the place for Christmas vacation and it was wonderful! Brandon and I got to see so much family and some friends too. We went from the coast to the mountains, from sunny/rainy CA to snowy UT. Before you scroll through the picture journal below, here's a synopsis: 1) Morgan Hill, CA with the Woodlands, 2) Danville, CA with my Dad and step-mom, 3) Draper, UT with my mom and step-dad.

Just like we were all over the place on our trip, these pictures are all over the place too (aka not in order--sorry!), but they sure are good pics of the memories we made on our first Christmas with our extended families (last Christmas we had just gotten married and were in Cancun by ourselves!...

Utah

Goodfellow Style

left to right: Sis-in-law Whitney, Brother Lish, Step-dad Scott, Mom, Me, Brandon

The siblings and spouses

The kids and our mom

Me and Brandon

Mom, Me, Brandon

Friends: Brandon, Me, Aubrey, Jana & James

California

Woodland Style

Christmas Day- golfing on the backyard putting green (in shoeless and in short sleeves!)

Brandon and his bros

The Woodland (and Burtenshaw) Gang at Monterey

Monterey Coastline- gorgeous!

Climbing rocks-- Debby above, Carl, Sean, Brandon below

It was one of those days in Caly that made us keep asking ourselves: Why don't we live here?!?!

California

Harris Style

My step-mom was in Canada visiting her daughter for the first few days of our trip,

so Brandon and I hung out with my dad.

They moved to a new place a year ago and it has a gorgeous view of a lake

with lots of weeping willow trees and rolling green hills.

This might be a funny last picture to have, but it really symbolizes our whole vacation--

happy times with family where we were so well taken care of!

Thank you, everyone, for hosting us this holiday!