Photos from 2009!

Pre-New Years trip to Catalina Island

Hiking above Avalon Harbor on Catalina Island

Christmas 2008 with Grandma and Grandpa Fitch and all the grandchildren

Adrian and Gabe watching a Clipper game courtside

Tammie, Grandpa Dahl and Steve on Christmas Day 2008

Laura meeting John Lasseter of Pixar/Disney

Steve with a turtle from Disneyland's Electrical Parade


Laura posing with her "renegade quilting" purse (center top)

on display at the Institute of Mosaic Art in Oakland

Gabe meeting his favorite soccer player, Eddie Johnson in Cardiff, Wales
For more details, see Gabe's Study Abroad Blog

Adrian (far left) with his high school soccer team
which won the Southern California Championship

Adrian graduates from Saint Francis High School with honors in June

Adrian, Anna, Gabe and Laura at the base of Big Ben in London
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Anna straddling the East and West Hemispheres
on the Prime Meridian in Greenwich, England

Anna, Adrian and Gabe in the Lake District of England
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Paris at dusk from Notre Dame Cathedral
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Sleeping Beauty's castle at Disneyland Paris
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Laura and Adrian on a Segway Tour of Washington DC
while visiting colleges

Adrian at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC

Adrian moving into his dorm room at the George Washington University
in Washington, DC

Gabriel at his apartment steps away from the beach in Santa Cruz.
He will graduate in June from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in History.


Steve, Anna and Laura visiting San Francisco
and the Walt Disney Family Museum

Gabe golfing with Grandpa Fred

Thanksgiving with Grandma Fitch in Ramona

We all mourned the loss of Laura's dad, Roger this year.
He was a great dad, father-in-law and grandpa
and we take comfort in many great memories.

Roger with Laura - around 1963

Grandpa with Gabriel

Relaxing in our backyard

Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for a great 2010!
Laura, Steve, Gabe, Adrian and Anna