Gavin's first bike race

While up in Eagle Crest there was a professional bike race around the Bend area for six days.  Not quit the Tour De France, but it did have several of the worlds top riders there as their team did not get into the tour this year.

Anyway, on the last day of the race after the professionals had taken off on their race for the day the organizers held a kids race.  Both kids were going to do the race but Gabbie ended up being sick(too much dancing from the wedding).  But Gavin lined up on the starting line for his first bike race, which was close to a half mile in length.  He was in the 5 - 7 year old boys group, and after a fast start and leading after the first turn he fell back.  With hard work at the end of the race he ended up finishing in about sixth place.

He did a great job and already is planning to get a better bike for next year so he can win the race.

At the pools with Dayanara in Eagle Crest

Just some pictures of the fun the kids had at the pool up in Eagle Crest. 

Gabbie and Gavin in the wedding

Gabbie and Gavin had a great time at the wedding.  They both did a fabulous job during the ceremony and looked very cute and handsome, respectively.  It was a beautiful day and perfect for an outdoor wedding.  As the evening went on the kids had fun playing around on the golf course. 

Once the sun went down and the dancing started Gabbie stepped into high gear and she wouldn't come off the dance floor for about 2 hours and that was because we were leaving.  Gavin on the other hand did not want to dance and was ready for bed along with being too cold.  You can tell which of them takes after Stephanie and who takes after me.   

Pictures of the Kids plus Dayanara from the rehearsal dinner

Here is several pictures of Gabbie and Gavin from the rehearsal dinner for the wedding.  Gabbie and Dayanara were flower girls and Gavin was the ring bearer.

Gavin's golf day with the guys

While Gabbie was busy helping out with the wedding shower for Kris, Gavin spent the day with all the guys at a golf outing for Kris' further husband Andy.  The round was played with Stephanie's Uncle Lonnie, and cousins Tyler and Tony, and Poppa came along for encouragement.  Gavin had a ball driving the golf cart with Poppa, and only had a couple of near crashes and only nearly ran over Lonnie once.  It was definitely an adventure when you got into the cart with Gavin driving.

On the golf course Gavin got to putt the ball in on most holes for me and did a great job.  On several of the holes while we waited for the group in front of us Gavin got to practice tying off.  He even did a couple shots better than we did.  On the final hole Gavin played the entire hole and actually had several shots that were probably 50 plus yards in length.

Pictures to follow.

Stephanie's cousins wedding shower

Friday morning while the guys were out playing golf, Stephanie, Cathy and Gabbie along with Stephanie's Auntie Josette held a wedding shower for her cousin Kris at our house.  Gabbie had lots of fun helping organize the party.

Too Hot for the Dogs

Well a hundred degree day in Central Oregon.(38+ deg C for all the people that can handle the metric system and don't have troubles counting by tens).  So the two dog took to hiding out where it was cool.

It even wore out Gavin, and he had to take a nap.  Well he was probably the smart one along with the dogs.

Metolius River Hike

We spent the morning looking and taking a short hike along the Metolius River which is 15  miles south east of Sisters Oregon.  Our first stop was to see the head of the Metolius, where the river starts out as a natural spring.  This was a short hike down to the river and as we weren't able to up to the water Roxy was very disappointed.

After our quick stop there we headed further west to the west trail head of the Metolius.  We got to the trails head and it was like a picture out of the "river runs through it".  I pictured myself as Brad Pitt(then I hear fighting and something pulling and realized I had two kids and a dog right next to me).  Reality.

This was an amazing place, the river running through the canyon and there were people fly fishing.  Roxy and Gavin had fun in the water and playing around.  Gabbie on the other hand was less than happy to be there, we wore her out the day before.  But we did manage to hike down the trail a little over a mile and see some beautiful scenery. 

Squaw Creek Falls

The Gately Family headed out into the Oregon wilderness today to explore Squaw Creek Falls about 10 miles south of Sisters Oregon.  After a rough 7 mile drive on gravel forestry roads we found the trailhead and were off on our adventure, which was a good 3 plus mile round trip hike.  For the most part we all had fun, there was only one point in the middle of the hike were one of the kids had a melt down.  Most could probably guess who that was.  

On the hike the kids had fun looking at the different flowers on the trail, and trying to identify them with a guide we had.  They also enjoyed playing in a creek we had to cross, even though it was a little cold.  Roxy loved the creek and probably could have stayed there all day long.  

Best friends and their kids at play

Saturday Stephanie and the kids spent the afternoon and evening playing with their best friends.  Tam and Errin with Taylor and Tanner had come down for the weekend from the Seattle area.  

July 4th Celebrations

Well another exciting July 4th, but of course I had to work leaving Stephanie and the kids to take care of the family July 4th celebration.  Stephanie and the kids had a BBQ at our house with Nonnie and Poppa, Dani and DayDay, and Jill, Rob and Anna.  As you can see from the pictures they had lots  of fun, even enjoying light off some fire works. 

Easy relaxing week after a busy weekend

The past weekend was busy just like last week. On Sunday I rode in the LiveStrong Challenge, raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation for fighting against cancer. I rode seventy miles and this year instead of asking for money from people I volunteer and rode as a bike medic to assist anyone that needed help. Thankfully we only had to help one person, which was good as it was extremely hot on Sunday. We did get to see Lance out riding, of course he was headed in the other direction. Just a little faster than we were.
Sunday night we had a nice time at Stephanie's Anutie Josette's house for dinner to celebrate the June birthdays that had occurred during the month. And of course Steve's 64th birthday which was Sunday.
Well Monday and the rest of the week so far we have eased things back and had a more relaxing week after the pasts weeks hectic schedule. This week we have just spent time around the house working on the yard and trying to pick up after the kids. The weather has also been hot so we haven't been really too excited to get out and do things.
Stephanie did start her training with her friend Cassandra for the San Francisco Half Marathon this coming October.
The kids have just been playing with friends and creating havoc around here. So not much too report.
One last final note, we didn't take any pictures this last week so sorry you'll have to wait until next week. Also if you have any comments or want to add any thing that your up to we'd love to hear from you.