Home again, home again

For those of you who left us in the Hill Country, yes, we did come home. It took about a month to re-enter, but a beautiful fall and a new puppy waiting for us, Izzie, helped.

Ethan still anticipates car rides with great excitement, and hops in the car as if he were again going cross county, even if he's only going around the block. The car is still his special domain as Izzie gets car sick (we're working on it for next summer.)

The tally of events:

Total miles: 9,000
States visited: Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri
Relatives seen: Mom,Uncle John, Aunt Jeanne, Cousins Jennifer, Jessica, Joel, my sister Laura, her husband Shawn, with children Daniel, Logan, Taylor, Ben, and Fionne, Jim's sister Patty, her husband Lew, daughter Carrie, Matt, Natalie and Nicholas Johns, Cousin Connie, her husband Terry, daughter Jessica, son-in-law Jason, Aunt Nitza, Cousin Pete, Cousin Greg.
Friends visited: Ray and Bill, Jim's college roomates, and Ray's wife Elizabeth (Whidby Island);
Floyd and Beverly Skloot (Portland), Kate and Nick (Coronado Island)

Not a bad 32 days of work and play, mostly play!