Almost, but not quite...home

Ava was sad to see everyone leave the Sunriver
house...we were the last to leave. She slept the first 2 hours
of the drive but was not havin' it anymore once we hit
Portland. We stopped in Vancouver again for the night. This
time in a little nicer hotel...she was happy to be out of the car
and free of restraints.


We had a great time! Ava had fun with all of her
cousins, and aunties, uncles, gma, gpa etc...
We miss the Michiganders too:
Aunt Josie
Uncle Dan
Mary
Mike
Kayleigh (did I spell that right?)
Jessica

All of the Sunriver 2008 pics are here.
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Anonymous said…
Yah you spelled my name right! :)
August 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
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