Saturday, May 23, 2009

Reed, Paige, Henry




More Pictures of Henry

We picked Paige up from school and Henry was greeted by hundreds of little kids when the bell rang. And before that Reed and I took him to the park to play, yes Reed played hookie the day after he got his new puppy. By the time we got to the car with Paige, Henry was one tired pup!!



isn't he handsome

Henry is a bonified bird dog, as you can see by his first bird



HENRY

yes, this is Henry, our new 7 wk old yellow lab. He is Reed's birthday present this year!!





I haven't seen two happier kids in quite some time



Pole Peddle Paddle Race 2009

May 16 2009 was the 33rd annual Pole Peddle Paddle Race here in beautiful Bend Oregon. We decided to participate in the race this year and when I say WE I mean even ME, even tho I didn't actually officially participate. But, I signed everyone up and I ran from place to place to take pictures, with Paige in tow, so in my book on an 84 degree day with Paige whining for everything from a snuggle with a movie, which sounded really good at times, to the guys beer who was sitting next to us at the canoe leg, she was thirsty, I felt like I had run a marathon when it was all over, but it sure was fun!!! It started out with Eric doing the downhill skiing part, then Cody took off on a 5 mile cross country ski route. He had never cross country skiied in his life!! He did great!! Even after falling over after the first mile and breaking his pole!! So the one pole wonder finally arrived and Cole took off on his bike and headed 22 miles from Mt. Bachelor to Bend. My pictures start there. I have some from the beginning that Eric took but I couldn't find them on my computer this morning. I hate computers, wait, I love computers. Ok, I love computers when they don't make me feel stupid, so mostly I hate them. I know those pictures are on here somewhere!!!! UGH! So for now enjoy the ones I COULD find.





There are lots of interesting things to see, like this gal and her
pet pig Gordon

So here we are again at the canoe leg, you will see Eric and Cody getting TO the water, then IN the water, and finally on their way after side swiping the guy in the yellow kayak, oops.


Pole Peddle Paddle Race 2009

Cole finished his 22 mile bike leg from Mt. Bachelor to Bend in
in a little less than an hour, it was mostly downhill. So here we
are walking to the next leg of the race which is Ashley finishing
her 10k.

Reed, Cole and Paige


Paige, Ashley and Reed waiting for Cole to arrive on his bike

yeah!!!! Here he comes!!!!



More Pole Peddle Paddle Race 2009

Here is Ashley taking off on her 10k
and here she is about an hour later at the finish line
Then Eric and Cody took off on the canoe leg

Reed finished off the race with a big sprint to the
finish line!!!! He was so happy and proud to be
part of the Hayden Family Team!!!

The Hayden Family Racers




Monday, May 11, 2009

Pictures off my phone of ALL my girls, even Avey











Isn't technology the greatest!!! I recently found out that some of the pictures on my phone were saved to an album online. Maybe not new news to most people but I was like HOLY COW!!! I thought those pictures were lost forever!! So here are a few, I took the picture of Paige a few summers ago on the boat and it was one of my all time favorites!! I was so happy to see it again!!

Avey Lynn's Blessing











Uncle Reed is the BEST!







Reed LOVES this baby! While we were visiting Whitney and Rusty a couple of weeks ago for Avey's blessing, Avey started to get a little fussy one day so Reed did "the walk". You know, those walks that are the only thing that will make that baby happy! And if you sit down they immeadiately are not happy! So he paced the hall for awhile. It worked like a charm.

more baby Avey