Happy New Year!!

Wow. I can't believe it's 2009!! This past year went by so fast. So I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! We had fun traveling up to Sacramento on Christmas day. We had dinner with my Mom and Dad and my brother Jeff and his family. The next day we went to the movies and saw "Marley and Me". So cute...not as good as the book but a very fun movie. That night Brian and I went to a little restaurant called Squeeze Inn. It's this little tiny place (no really....it's extremely small) that has some awesome burgers! We were watching "Diners, Drive ins, and Dives" and saw another restaurant that made a tribute to the "Squeeze Inn" burger, and we found out that it is in Sacramento so we had to check it out! So it is a huge burger piled with grated cheese that they let melt all around the burger so it creates a cheese "skirt". It was so good! Definitely check it out if you are up that way. Then we went to Mark and Mia's and Brian helped Mark with the granite counter tops while I played Rock Band with the kids. Your kitchen looks great Mark and Mia!! On Saturday we had a big dinner at Mark and Mia's with everyone. It was so fun. We played rock band and visited with everyone. We left the next day even though we really wanted to stay! But we had to get back. We decided to check out San Francisco on our way home. So we drove towards the coast and got to San Fran in the early afternoon. We crossed the Bay Bridge which was way cool and drove to see the Golden Gate Bridge. We walked along the beach a little and got some pictures. Then we had lunch and got back on the road. We decided to go down the coast and we were able to stop and see Nate and Susanne. What perfect timing too. We got to their house right when Nate was getting off work. So we were able to visit with them and the kids. Thanks for having us guys! It was so good to see you. And then off we went to Monterey for dinner at the Fish Hopper restaurant. Again..totally recommend this place! The clam chowder bread bowl is so delicious!! We have eaten there before so we decided to stop since we were so close. Then we headed home. And that was our trip (much of this trip would not have been possible if we didn't have our new navigation system that Brian's parents got us for Christmas. We made a lot of last minute travel decisions and were so happy we had something telling us where to go!). We had a really great time visiting with everyone. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us stay at your place. Wish we could have stayed for New Years!! We had a fun New Years at a friends house and then went out to Fillmore to see Brian's parents and younger brother on the 1st and watched the USC v Penn game and caught up on some sleep. And now here we are today. We are about to head out to our favorite Sushi place, Sumo. SO GOOD!! And I start school in a week and 3 days!! Ahhhhh!!!! I can't believe this is my last semester! It will go by so fast I know it! So everyone mark your calendars for May 15th which is my pinning (graduation) ceremony! (I'm almost positive that is the date - I will let you know for sure soon). Love to you all. We hope that 2009 brings many good things to you!