Ben and Andrea's Photo Gallery at benhawk.com

For our honeymoon, we spent a few days in cute Brugge, Belgium (where we got engaged) before jetting off to Maldives for a week-long luxurious vacation in paradise!

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Our wedding at Hoscote House in Hawick, Scotland on February 29, 2008.

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The week before the wedding was spent at a large, comfortable estate house, and enjoyed by exploring nearby towns and the city of Edinburgh.

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Before the wedding, Ben and Andrea spent a few nice days in Rome with Ben's parents and then had a quiet weekend in lovely Florence.

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Ben, Andrea, Jesse, and Meghan rented a nice cabin in Alpine Meadows and spent the long New Years weekend on the slopes.

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We joined Ben's parents for a vacation over Thanksgiving to their time share in picture-perfect Mexico. It was everything we wanted - sun, beach, and complete relaxation for 7 days!

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Ben had business meetings for two weeks in Holland, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates so Andrea joined him to see the sites. Before work started, Ben took Andrea on a surprise quick trip down to Belgium where he popped the question!

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Since Tahoe was such a success, Ben surprised Andrea for her 26th birthday with a long weekend getaway to Vancouver for some skiing at Whistler.

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Ben, Andrea, Jesse, and Meghan drove to Durango, Colorado for a long New Years weekend on the slopes. We also got to see Albuquerque, New Mexico unusually covered in over a foot of snow before flying home.

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Andrea had the opportunity to present her thesis research at the International Dairy Federation meeting in Shanghai, so we decided to turn it into a 3-week adventure exploring Hong Kong and China.

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Andrea flew to Calgary to meet Ben for a long relaxing weekend in Banff and Jasper National Parks.

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We took advantage of Ben's parents offer of their time share for a vacation in picture-perfect Mexico. It was everything we wanted - sun, beach, and absoluately no responsibilities for 7 days!

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Celebrated Matt and Heather's pending bundle of joy with a family BBQ at a local park.

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For my Dad's birthday this year, my parents came down to SLO for the weekend and we enjoyed a tour of Hearst Castle Saturday afternoon.

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Sal and I attended the American Society for Microbiology's week-long conference, giving us a chance to check out the great city of Toronto!

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Emily wanted to celebrate her 21st birthday in style, so we all headed to Las Vegas!

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The day after Thanksgiving, we took the ferry from the Port of Oakland (aka Jack London Square) over to the Ferry Building in SF for a relaxing afternoon in the Embarcadero and Chinatown.

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Emily has an internship this summer in Colorado Springs, so we made the five-day drive together stopping at three national parks along the way - Zion, Arches, and Rocky Mountain.

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My sister Rachel and her boyfriend Nik stayed a few days after Graduation to hang out and see the sites on the Central Coast. Before they had to leave to work at a summer camp, we got to celebrate Rachel's 22nd birthday!

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Charles planned a work outing to his motherland that included a lobster lunch in Puerto Nuevo, Saturday night in downtown San Diego, and an afternoon at Sea World.

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