Young Eagles spread their wings

Young Eagle Flights from Chris Pietsch on Vimeo.

The girls had the opportunity to take a 20 minute airplane flight out of the Creswell Airport recently. The flight was courtesy of a local flying club through a program called Young Eagles Flights. They got to fly in a four seat Piper Cherokee 180 flown by Mike Grant. The certificate they received was signed my none other than Harrison Ford although he was not in attendance that day.

Chris

Birthday Girl!

Tiernan is officially a teenager! She celebrated her 13th birthday Monday with family and a group of girl friends. We just got back from a whirlwind tour of Southern Idaho, visiting family, with me shooting the Oregon BSU football game. School starts this week. Crazy schedule, but we are pulling it all off.

Happy Birthday Tiernan!

Oregon Coast trip

One last summer fling on the Oregon Coast with the YaYa's, aka, the Champion, Yamamoto and Pietsch families. Here the girls build a dam along a small stream flowing into the Pacific Ocean at a beach near Pacific City. Click on the picture or here to see the full interactive panorama.

Chris

Coast Fork Cowboy Festival 2009

We had a blast this last weekend. Creswell put on the 5th Annual Coast Fork Cowboy Festival July 31st thru Aug. 2nd. In addition to taking in the entertainment, we hosted one of the bands, the Reddington family from Cove, Oregon who go by the stage name, The High Strung Band. They stayed with us for three days and we hit it right off.

They are, from left, father Shawn, mom Jennifer, Hunter, 14, Morgan, 12, and Landen, 15. They play a fun mix of folk music featuring the kids on fiddle, mandolin, and guitar.

We had such a good time we've already committed to hosting next year, although we told the Reddington's if they can find a host with more than one shower, we would understand. ;-)

Chris

Class Reunion!

Therese is attending her 30 year class reunion next week and coincidentally I stumbled on this www.yearbookyourself.com. We uploaded some photos and had some fun. It also gave me some ideas for my next makeover.

Chris

July 4th Photo Gallery

Hey everybody, the long awaited photo gallery of the trip to North Idaho is finally here! It was a great trip, bitter sweet, but it was wonderful getting to see everyone.

For those of you who might want to get prints, just click on the "Flicker" link in the slideshow. It will take you to a gallery on Flicker.com from which you can upload the photos OR buy prints. Let me know if you have any problems.

I may add some more photos later, so check back in. Oh, and please pass along a link to anybody you think would be interested.

Chris

Hope swim

The family enjoys a visit to Wendlemere on the Hope Peninsula where David and Jaye live. To see a panorama of the scene click here.