California or Bust!

We took three trips within six weeks this holiday season. So this blog, chronologically, should be between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, but I forgot to throw it in there and blogger is a stinker for changing little things like that. Anyway. Here is a photo log of our travels to Sunny (sometimes) California for my psychotherapy conference (which was totally worth the trip, by the way. I am way more honed in the art of psycho than I was before:O)

Mom, Josie and mom's friend/co-worker, Amy, who was a true enough friend to agree to sharing living quarters for about 12 days with a three month old!

This is Josie's third plane trip, and she is a great little travler - she gets a little fussy, but hasn't cried and almost always falls asleep for the bulk of the trip.

We stayed in Grandpa Johnny and Grandma Moon's apartment in China Town for the first 5 days. Josie took a bath in a tiny little disposable roasting tin we found until Dad finally went to Target and bought an actual baby tub.

Lots of the Yee Clan at Dim Sum
(from left to right and in the back:) Marilyn, Gene, Susie, Kieth, Shirly, Eric, Betty holding Josie, BettyJean, Gning - Gning, Andy, Mom, Dad, and Henry
(in front:) Vicky, Jeannie and Christian (Monette is taking the picture)



Eating out is always Tommy's favorite part of any trip, so there are several pictures of us in eating establishments. This was an awesome Japanese place with more of the Yee Clan. Henry looks quite eager to dive into the huge food boat - very yummy steak and pinapple!



Selina's brother, Sam flew into Cali a few days after we did. He has a friend who owns a condo on Rodondo Beach, so we dropped by to enjoy the sun (what little of it there was, it was quite rainy and cool) and some great company.

Dad, Josie and Mom at Rodondo Beach

Josie and mom checking out the sand and surf from the safety of the kitchen

Amy, Selina and Elaine

Tommy, Uncle Bob holding Josie and Uncle Sam

at Some Steak House on the Pier at Rodondo Beach

Uncle Bob and Josie became fast friends

We spent our last morning in China Town at Alohmora Street, which is like a little Mexico in the middle of China Town

Then we were off to Aneheim for my conference. No pics of the conference, sorry. But it was really good. I got to sit in on seminars conducted by people who's works I have studied and books I have read. And Irvin Yalom, who's books were used as some of my class texts in grad school, stopped us in the book store and asked us where a good place to eat would be! How cool is that? Unfortunately, I think I gave him bad directions. Oh well.

We had talked about visiting Disney Land, but the weather was cold, and we would have had to trade off on who would miss a ride while holding the baby. So we opted to save the money and just visit DownTown Disney, which is an outdoor mall just outside of the amusement park. It fully satisfied my craving for anything Disney for a while.

Mom, Josie and Dad wishing it was a little warmer

Mom, Josie and Dad still freezing in DownTown Disney

Tommy got to spend a good amount of time with his cousins (though he would always like to spend more time with them) while Amy and I were at the conference

Josie with Auntie Liz and Uncle Ed