March 2010 - Yosemite with the Olsens

I finally talked my parents into coming out to Yosemite, and as expected, they loved it! We took them to El Cap Meadow, hiked to Lower Yosemite Falls, went to the Awahnee (a first for me and Andrew....my mom LOVED it there) and took them climbing for their very first time. It was awesome! Because of my dad's Fire Dept experience, he was a natural with all the gear, and belayed me on two different routes at Swan Slabs. He even got on one of them, and did a great job! And check out the anchor he built. What a guy! I'm so glad I finally got to share Yosemite with them!





Climbing gear 101:

All set up to belay me




Now this is what I call a simul-rap:



Perfectly equalized anchor!

January 2010 - NYC

In January, we went to NYC to visit Andrew's good friend Brian. We met Brian's cute baby boy, checked out all of our favorite 30 Rock sites, took the Staten Island Ferry, and got to see Brian in action in his office.

Christmas 2009

Just like last year, we timed our tri-state drive to Utah precisely at the peak of a tri-state winter storm.

Christmas morning at the Christensens

Big Brother is WATCHING

Don and Barbara....or....Russ and Heather?

Christmas afternoon at the Olsens

Sisters!!!

I don't think we're in California anymore...

Pearls from 'Nam

Stairway to Heaven, December 2009

December 23: Five pitches of beautiful ice!

Andrew sporting his sweet red one-piece

Me pretending to lead...

December 26: Mixed Climbing  (or some semblance thereof...)

As you see, it started off really well.

Yes, our very own "A Christmas Story" moment.

Andrew dry-tooling

Britany and Erik's Wedding - San Diego, Dec. 29