Well this post is a little late, but better late than never, right? As I lay around after just getting my tonsils removed, I am finally finding some time to catch up on my blog posts! I have a lot to catch up on including my fun Holiday mini sessions that happened a few weeks ago as well as some fun adventures I have been on recently, which I will blog about come later today or sometime this week so be sure to check back later! Anyways, in the beginning of November, Brandon and I went to California to celebrate his grandparents 65th anniversary! How awesome is that?! While we were there, Brandon's cousin, Chad, and cousin in-law, Cortney, announced that they were pregnant with their first baby, and asked if I would take a few pictures of them for their announcement. The photos turned out super cute, and the announcement turned out even more cute! After a lot of communication, editing, and revising, Cortney and I finally finished the movie poster announcement that you see below. Super cute, right?! Congratulations to Chad and Cortney ... I am so, so happy for you! Thank you so much for letting me be apart of all this!

And here is the fun movie poster announcement we created! I especially love how the puppies were included in it :) So cute!

I never thought I would see such a gigantic tree in my life. Brandon and I were driving through Yosemite National Park towards Mariposa Grove of the Giant Sequoias, and I said to him, "How will we know when we see a Sequoia tree?" We thought that the trees already surrounding us were pretty big. But when we saw one we knew it.

A few weeks ago, Brandon and I took a trip to California. I met him in San Diego, where we stayed with his Aunt and Uncle for a few days. While there, we went to the San Diego Zoo and went kayaking in La Jolla. The San Diego Zoo was so much fun. It was by far the biggest zoo I have ever been to, and it was really cool because I got to see Panda Bears, which I have never seen before. Kayaking was also really fun. We went on a tour in the La Jolla caves, and it was really pretty. We saw tons of fish, sea lions, harbor seals and leopard sharks.

After spending a few days in San Diego, we took a 6 hour train ride up to Fresno, where we stayed with Brandon's cousin for a night before driving to Bass Lake to spend the weekend with Brandon's grandparents. Having heard so many great stories of Brandon's about Bass Lake, I was excited to be there and to experience it for myself. We spent a few days boating, fishing and swimming in the lake.

On Friday morning, we woke up at 3:30 a.m. in order to drive to Yosemite National Park in time to drive to Glacier Point to catch the sunrise over Half Dome. Neither of us had been to Yosemite National Park before, and it definitely was a site to see. I wish we could have spent more time there because it was so beautiful. After a short nap in the car, we then went to the Mariposa Grove of the Giant Sequoias. This is was my favorite, favorite thing about our entire trip. We hiked around the grove, and I was mesmerized by the giant trees. I have never experienced anything like them before. If you haven't gotten to see them, I would highly reccomend it. I fell in love with the Sequoia trees. Some of them are over 100 ft. in diameter. Can you even imagine that?

The next morning, we drove back to Fresno where we spent the day listening to live music, swimming in Brandon's cousins pool and relaxing in the hot tub. We woke up early the next morning to take the train to Sacramento, and from there we flew home to Denver. It was a great trip and I am so thankful for all I got to see, experience and do while I was there. Thank you to Brandon's awesome family who took us in and took care of us while we were there!

Oh, and did I mention that I bought an underwater camera while I was there? We had a lot of fun with this highly unnecessary purchase...