The Fam


Jada and I began our lives together on July 30, 2000.  Jada brought a cat named Savannah, and Dave brought 3 bikes into the joining.  

On February 16, 2001, a little girl named Ellen Grace blessed us with her presence, and she has made us unbelievably happy. 

On March 2, 2003, Obi became a little girl named Phoebe Rose.  She is very beautiful just like her sister.  

I think that catches us up.  On this page, we will share pictures and news of note from ye ol' Pearson household.  Pics and journals are reversed from what you're used to.  Most recent are at the top.

Share and enjoy.

I've added a new page for pictures that Ellen and Phoebe take on their own cameras here.

Journal

2012

·         Journal for December (1/4/2013)

·          Journal for November (11/30/2012)

·         Journal for October (11/1/2012)

·         Journal for September (10/1/2012)

·         Journal for August (9/1/2012)

·         Journal for July (8/2/2012)

·         Journal for June (7/4/2012)

·          Journal for May (6/2/2012)

·          Journal for April (5/1/2012)

·          Journal for March (4/1/2012)

·          Journal for February (2/29/2012)

·          Journal for January (2/2/2012)

2011

2010

2009

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2006

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2004

2003

Ellen Pics

August 2012

·         Riding with Ellen in Sunriver, OR along the Deschutes River

July 2012

·         Ellen flying a Harris Hawk at Skamania Lodge during our Santana Columbia Gorge tandem rally

·         Ellen holding a barn owl after the raptor show at Skamania Lodge during our Santana Columbia Gorge tandem rally

·         Ellen’s bike all decorated after Cycle Oregon Weekend kids bike parade

·         Making an attempt at riding a penny farthing at Cycle Oregon Weekend

·         Riding a horse on the merry-go-round at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in CA

May 2012

·          Ellen enjoying some chilly at mile 75

·          We Reached the Beach!

March 2012

·         Ready to shoot down Star Ridge

February 2012

·         Happy Birthday, 11 year old

·         Ellen at 11 years

January 2012

·         The Ninja strikes on Shooting Star Ridge

·         Up Periscope!  Visit to OMSI’s USS Blueback submarine

November 2011

·         Ellen emerges from her chrysalis at Zoo Lights

·         Hotel Barcelo horse lamp, Barcelona, Spain

·         On the road to Garrucha, Spain

·         Horse riding in Malaga, Spain

·         Europe’s most southern point, Cape Europa, Gibraltar

·         One of the primates that roams the Rock of Gibraltar

·         A suspension bridge we had just ridden across, Portimao, Portugal

·         Cobbled plaza in Lisbon, Portugal

October 2011

·         Queen Cleopatra

·         Ellen at the Fun Run

September 2011

·         Ellen’s first soccer game of the season

·         Cycle Oregon 24 2011

§  Day0, Sutherlin

§  Day1, queuing for the blue rooms

§  Day1, Cottage Grove, not as excited to see the Death Mobile

§  Day2, Cheers with our chocolate milk to finishing 91 miles

§  Day2, Ellen finds our bags

§  Day3, heading south on Highway 101.

§  Day3, Fish tacos for lunch

§  Day3, Sunset bay overlook

§  Day4, Cape Blanco lighthouse

§  Day4, Cape Orford bay

§  Day4, Bandon camp laundry playground

§  Day4, Bandon playground tugboat

§  Day4, Bandon, Coquille Head beach

§  Day5, Powers after dinner journal updates

§  Day6, Dawn breaks over our campsite

§  Day6, chilly morning rest stop

§  Day6, with CO Ride Director Jerry Nordquist and Site Coordinator “Cowboy”

·         First day of school

July 2011

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February 2011

January 2011

December 2010

October 2010

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February 2010

January 2010

Birthday Gallery

Family Pics

 

August 2012

·         Crossing Gilkey bridge on the Covered Bridges Bicycle Tour

·         Approaching the Shimanek covered bridge on the CBBT

·         Jada and Ellen with Shimanek bridge behind us

·         Crossing the Larwood covered bridge

·         Putting the last covered bridge, the Hoffman, behind us on CBBT

·         Re-living our nuptials at Jenkin’s Estate

 

July 2012

·         Santana Columbia Gorge family friendly tandem tour

o   Visiting Herman the sturgeon at the Bonneville hatchery.

o   Posed family shot at Horsetail falls

o   Entering the Mosier Twin Tunnels

o   Managed to get all the kids to sit still for a second on July 4

·         Packing up from a fun Cycle Oregon Weekend, and noticing the girls’ bikes resemble butterfly wings on the back of the Subaru

·         After 60 miles on Day 2 of the Cycle Oregon Weekend, they still have energy to do this

·         Happy Birthday lunch at Chevy’s.. Ole

·         Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, CA

o   Ellen and Phoebe ride the Sea Serpent

o   Ellen, Phoebe, and Pete with the Pacific ocean behind

o   Jada and Phoebe after riding the DoubleShot

o   Jada, Ellen, and Phoebe on the Pirate Ship

 

June 2012

·         Getting to ride in style from O’hare to Elgin, IL

·         Another fun evening at the “Putt the magic dragon” mini golf in Pekin, IL

·         Jada picked up some flowers at a road-side stand during one of our rides and put them in Phoebe’s Camelback

·         Group shot of the 5 quad teams at the Northwest Tandem Rally in Salem, OR

 

May 2012

·          I just couldn’t get a sweet mother’s day pic

 

April 2012

·          A lucky nice day for a beach trip

·          Our last ski day on Easter Sunday

 

March 2012

·         A rare dry and warm-ish weekend day

·         Gymnastics performance on the low beam

·         Jada and Laurie with Phoebe just coming over the hill in pink behind them

·         Dave and Jada on Kinnikinnik

·         Riding Shooting Star lift

 

February 2012

·         Action shots of Jada skiing on Shooting Start Ridge

·         Action shot of Dave skiing on Shooting Star Ridge

·         Après Ski, Dude!

January 2012

·         Prepare to Dive!  Jada under battle conditions in USS Blueback at OMSI

·         To your stations!  The kids and Jada are summoned in USS Blueback at OMSI

·         Happy New Year at the top of Mt Hood Express at Mt Hood Meadows ski area

·         Snow bunny Jada at top of Vista Express with Mt Jefferson in the distance

·         Ellen (in black) and Phoebe (in Pink) following the leader down Buttercup during their lesson

November 2011

·         Jada has emerged from her chrysalis at Oregon Zoo Lights

·         Christopher Columbus statue in Barcelona, Spain

·         Leading the pack on our bicycle tour of Barcelona, Spain

·         Departing Barcelona, Spain on the WindSpirit

·         This is how I spent most evenings on the boat before going to bed

·         All the tandems (except ours) were secured on the bow

·         Playground in Garrucha, Spain while waiting for our boat

·         Riding up to the boat through an agate quarry in Garrucha, Spain

·         The WindSpirit crew getting our quad onboard

·         Jada and her horse in Malaga, Spain

·         Jada and her horse riding in Malaga, Spain

·         In front of the Rock of Gibraltar at Europa Point

·         Touring the tunnels inside the Rock of Gibraltar

·         Gibraltar’s airport runway with the main road bisecting it to the left from Jock’s Balcony on the Rock of Gibraltar

·         Time for a dip in the pool while we crossed the Strait of Gibraltar

·         Watching the sails on the crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco

·         Riding to the Kasbah in Tangiers, Morocco

·         That’s the WindSpirit at berth in Cadiz, Spain

·         Photo Op in Lagos, Portugal

·         Enjoying the morning in Lagos, Portugal

·         Dave relaxing in a plaza in Portimao, Portugal

·         Flying kites off the back of the WindSpirit

October 2011

·         Trick or Treat!

September 2011

·         Cycle Oregon 2011

o   Day1, Toga!

o   Day4, Bandon camp on Bball camp

o   Day6, On the move

o   Day7 rest stop

o   Day7, The End

August 2011

·         Our quad on top of the car

·         Ellen and Phoebe at the Rose Garden

·         Playing at the Beaverton park fountain

·         Bapa and the girls at Silver Falls State Park

·         Nana with the girls behind South Falls in Silver Falls State Park

·         Picnic time on the trailside at Silver Falls trail of 10 falls

·         Lower South Falls at Silver Falls State Park trail of 10 falls

·         Picture in Parkdale, OR at the turnaround point for Mt Hood Express

·         This picture was taken by Matthew McConaughey

·         Departing Jackson Bottom Slough visitor center

July 2011

·         Ellen and Phoebe’s horse camp posse

·         Rosicrucian Museum entrance

·         Cycle Oregon Weekend 2011

o   On top of the Salem capital building

o   Riding out of Salem on Day 1

June 2011

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October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

July 2010

June 2010

Phoebe Pics

September 2012

·         Shooting some hoops at a nearby school

August 2012

·         Farmer Phoebe in front of our tomato plants that she has been in charge of watering

·         Climbing a climbing wall while out for a ride in Sunriver, OR

July 2012

·         Phoebe flying a Harris Hawk at Skamania Lodge during our Santana Columbia Gorge tandem rally

·         Phoebe holding a barn owl after the raptor show at Skamania Lodge at the Santana Columbia Gorge tandem rally

·         Phoebe gazing out over Portland from the OHSU tram as part of her bridge camp

·         Playing in one of Portland’s fountains following a hot day looking at bridges

·         Load testing her bridge to failure

·         Phoebe astride her decorated bike following the Cycle Oregon Weekend kids bike parade

·         Attempting to ride a penny farthing at Cycle Oregon Weekend

·         Riding the merry-go-round at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in CA

May 2012

·          Phoebe and Jada spent some time at the beach while Dave and Ellen rode there

April 2012

·          Phoebe at the finish line of the Monster Cookie ride in Salem, OR

March 2012

·         Phoebe at 9 years old

·         Blowing out the candle on her pudding

January 2012

·         Range!  OMSI’s USS Blueback

November 2011

·         Phoebe emerges from her chrysalis at Zoo Lights

·         Phoebe on horseback in Malaga, Spain

·         Flying kites off the back of the WindSpirit somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean

·         Pedaling the pedestrian walkways of Lisbon, Portugal

 

October 2011

·         Pioneer Phoebe on Halloween

·         Fun Run

September 2011

·         First day of school

·         What’s got 2 thumbs and is super cute?

August 2011

·         Nana and Phoebe

·         Visit to Gramma

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January 2010

Birthday Gallery