We arrive at the Portland airport about one hour after taking off from Vancouver.
Thanksgiving morning, I go with Annie and some girls to Sahalie Falls for a hike, little did we know it was snowing up there!!
The falls were amazingly beautiful
hiking through the snow
Me with my big sister Annie
Playing with Denali, Annie's dog
Let the cooking begin! Annie with our little sister Hayley
cookin and singin!
Annie and me cooking away
Thanks for helping out guys
probably making some form of potatoes
Annie with husband, Tony
Mom and my big brother, Josh, get up to help
Josh carving the turkey!
Denali wanted in on it too!
Yum! Yum!
sweet potatoes with marshmellows....my fave!
After our late dinner, we relaxed in the living room. Me with big sis Mandy and Hayley.
We played a silly game with trivia cards.
too ad you lost Annie...haha!
The next day is a bit more mellow and we spend the day relaxing. In the evening Derek, Mandy, Annie and I play Cranium and drink our "adult" beverages :)
Saturday afternoon I get to spend some time with my good friend, Ashley in Eugene.
Later that day Derek and I make our way to Forrest Grove...
Where we got to spend a great night with Derek's dad and stepmom
We had a wonderful time!
Stuck in Portland, we make our way to the mall. Derek drinks his orange julias
We were bored...
Derek's sister Jennifer and our niece Sophia ride the carousel
Isn't she the cutest?!
We spend a great evening with our good friends Dan and Amanda at the Kennedy School McMenamins
we decided we needed to take some "album cover" pictures
This is our best album cover shot (we were having way too much fun!)
Another day at Derek's sisters house, still unable to fly home to Vancouver. This is Sophia heading off to school.
Later we went for a walk...Sophia let me borrow her scarf
This is our precious nephew Alex
Alex and dad playing outside
Finally! Some good coffee at the Albina Press
and desperate times call for desperate measures, we rent a car and drive home to Vancouver
The snow was beautiful
the roads were slick
This is I-5
To the border at long last!
...and a short wait
Derek got hungry
This is what we came home to. Our is burrined there somewhere
The beautfiul snow covered trees on our street. Home at last!
