Delaney lost her shoe running through the mud pit at the Sweethome Invitational Xcountry meet at Camp Tadmor today. Like a trooper, she kept running. Seconds later friend Jenny, the Oakhill coach, found it and pulled it out of the mud and threw it to me. I in turn threw it to Creswell Coach Larry Powell on the other side of the pit, who after a short sprint up the course handed it to his daughter Olivia (2011 state xcountry champ), who proceeded to run Delaney down on the course for the hand off. The 400m relay Oregon style! Despite it all Delaney finished the race in 7th place overall!

Tubing hill in August?

We must be jumping the SHARC in Sunriver, Oregon

Further encounter

On the way through Pleasant Hill near our home in Oregon we ran into Further the bus. This is actually Further 2, the original made famous by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters back in the 60-70s. Ken's son Zain Kesey was taking the bus up to Portland and stopped by the grocery store in PHill for supplies. Fun encounter for all. Chris

Squirt Gun Hunger Games

After the 4th of July parade our backyard became a water gun battle zone. Chris

Creswell 4th of July Celebration Parade

Creswell does itself proud again this year with a bigger and better Independence Day party. I used music by the Creswell Marching Band, with Delaney on sax and Tiernan in the flag line, as the center piece of a video montage of the festivities. Chris

Aerial Silks Rectial

Tiernan performs a dual aerial silks routine at Bounce Gymnastics and Circus Center!

Jetboat Trip to Hellgate 2012

I joined Delaney and over 100 students, parents and teachers from the Creswell Middle School on the annual jetboat trip to Grants Pass, Oregon for a ride on the Rogue River, and of course I took my camera. Chris