The week following Karen's wedding Tucker and I flew out to St. Louis and drove on to Nauvoo for my oldest brother's wedding that was a quick trip and I wish wewould have had more time to spend with family.
After the weddings in November we had a few weeks to regroup and relax before heading off for our Christmas Vacation. We were very ambitious and decided to drive up the coast of California before heading inland for Christmas with Tucker's family. We stopped by one of our favorite places Hearst Castle, here we signed up for the tour of the main house and living quarters the ceilings in every room were different and purchased from various old castles in Europe and the kitchen was truly amazing.
We drove up the coast a little further and found a spot where elephant seals come to mate and give birth so we stayed a watched for an hour or so and enjoyed the excitement.
We continued on up the coast to Big Sur for some hiking and then for some more hiking through Muir Woods.
From Muir Woods we headed to Tucker's parents for some much needed rest and for Christmas.
After our trip north we enjoy the calm of just being home I was able to finally finish my quilt.
We did some camping on the beach and hiked in the desert hoping to find it in bloom.
We have also done some hiking around here as well at a persevere that was recently opened to the public.
I was called to be the Miamaid adviser in Young Womens. Tucker's parents came down in May to visit for the airshow and his father got to ride in a P-51 Mustang ( I will have to post picture later I can't seem to find them at the moment.) One more thing I am 3months pregnant :)
