climbing with friends...

We spent the weekend climbing over at Smith Rock.

Our climbing party: Amanda (Crystal's high school buddy), Crystal, Scotty and Joei.
Scotty leading a 5.10b, Amanda is belaying.
Amanda on the same 5.10b, she looks like she belongs in a calendar.

Joei and Crystal waiting their turn.
A stunning sunset from our camp site at Skull Hollow.

weird family

We have been blessed with a wonderful family that actually likes hanging out together. We spend the last weekend of August all together at the Oregon coast.
Sisters...the Kelley girls.The maiden voyage of the Kelley boy's boat didn't go too well; Scotty is holding the boat where it drifted into the rocks.
Let the Kelley Sand games begin, officiated by Grandpa.Karen and her sad face.
Cute couples on the beach...

3 years today

Three years ago today, we promised to be roomates for the rest of our lives. So far so good.

pamelia lake

We went backpacking at Pamelia Lake with some of our friends from Dox.
Just walking.Three men, one map...wait isn't that a trail sign? Hmmm.
A different view of Mount Jefferson.Jenn is ACTUALLY shooting Peter with a bow and arrow in this picture.
Here duckies...Jenn wants to say hi.
See, girls CAN look good in the outdoors.
Boys like fire.

mr. & mrs. hurt...as in ouch

Lauren is so cute in this picture.
The happy couple.We like to party.

Mary's Peak

Kaitlynn decided it would be cool to hike up to the top of Mary's Peak. Crystal was an innocent bystander that got tricked into going along. ..okay that's not true, she was a willing participant.It took us about 3 hours to get to the top of this 4,097 foot beauty, but the view and the sense of accomplishment was worth every minute.
Joei didn't think so though.Aw, girl bonding time.
View from top of Mary's Peak facing SW

it's official...ruby and lewis are hitched

the kiss of love

mr. and mrs. lewis kiker

mr. and mrs. scott kelley

we like to party

look out, white kids trying to dance

day of independence, happy

Ah... observed holidays! We took advantage of the days off and headed towards the hills...Jefferson Wilderness to be specific. This was our first backpacking of the season.

Scotty reading up on survival skills.

Joei had a hard day of hiking.

We camped near this meadow the second night. It is always a weird feeling to walk from a dense forrest of Douglas Firs and Pines into a wide open meadow.

We built this shelter to practice, maybe next time we will spend the night in it.

Scotty is good at outdoor stuff.

Crystal likes taking pictures of stuff.

Mount Pisgah

We found a neat little baby mountain in Eugene area to hike, called Mount Pisgah. We hiked to the top of this 15oo foot "mountain" and got a great view of the Cascades and a snow capped real mountain.

Scotty and Joei like to hike.

Graduation

Crystal walked in OSU's graduation ceremony on Father's Day. There were over two thousand students walking in the ceremony.

Thanks Mom and Dad!!

It's a family affair really...(l-r, Karen, Cindy, Scotty, Crystal, Charles, Brian)

...the Kelley's (what you don't know is that Brother Brian was behind the camera, hence the funny/scared faces)

Crystal's in there some where...think of it as where's Waldo...only not. (Hint: Crystal is next to the yellow mortar board hat, holding her diploma up for all to see.)