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.