Pics and a surprise

Hello, here are some pics of the boys and KM from spring break and a pic of our newest family member. Its not a very good pic but I'll try to get more soon. Her name is Aly (Alyeska) and she is a 3 year old Great Dane. We adopted her since she needed a home, her previous owner passed away and she got sent back to the breeder. She is very sweet and extremely loyal and has great big ears that stand up, but you can't see those in this photo. She loves the boys and is still getting used to her new home and some new rules. She was only in the house for 5 minutes and she had been on both couches and every bed....the kids thought it was hilarious. So we are letting her get used to the place and teaching her some new rules about furniture! She has lots of energy and has been bounding around. I'll put up more pics soon. Talk to you later, Storm

Stuck

Hello again. I got a chance to go snowmobiling a week or so ago and it was a blast. We drove North towards Talkeetna and rode in the mtns up there. The snow was incredible, at least 4+ feet deep in most places, which makes for really fun riding unless you get stuck of course. We rode about 12 miles and ended up on top with a great view and a good spot to eat lunch. The weather was about 30F and very comfortable. I have included some pics from the top as well as one of me stuck in the snow. It took us about 5-10 minutes to get the sled out of there. Later on I got stuck a little worse and it took us over an hour to get it out, in fact we were starting think that maybe we would have to leave the sled there overnight. But we managed to get it home. Obviously if we are going to ride in snow like that very often I'll need a longer track with big paddles for the powder, and KM will need one too!! I cannot wait to take KM up there, unfortunately that will probably have to wait until next year as we are simply running out of days this winter. See Ya, Storm

Skiing

Good Day. Storm wanted me to show you all a few pictures from our very successful family ski trip. I will not bore you with the details, but all the boys did very well and are coming along nicely ski-wise....table manners are a different story. :) Other than that we are enjoying our Spring Break and looking forward to warmer weather....HA-HA, that's a joke. We won't see decent temps here until after April. I bet we get walloped with another good snowing before all is said and done. Let us hear from you. Love, Kerry

P.S. Mom is setting a good example by wearing her ski helmet...well and because I need it the most out of all of us!

Iditarod Pics

Okay, the website is working again so here are some pics. In no particular order there is Alex riding his snowmobile on the lake, Max following behind the big snowmobile, and one of my Mom waiting with our gear out in front of a friends cabin. Their cabin is located about an hour and a half from the house and the Iditarod Trail goes right past it. There are also pics of the eventual winner Lance Mackey, the runner-up Jeff King, and local favorite Dee Dee Jonrowe. Dee Dee has all pink harnesses for her dogs as she is a breast cancer survivor. We put up a tent near the trail so we could get out of the wind if necessary, but it turned out to be a perfectly calm day with temps near 30F. All in all it was a great time and we enjoyed the heck out of it. Plus now we actually follow dogsled racing and we care who wins... what has winter done to our brains?! Take Care, Storm

Iditarod Pics

Hello, here are some pics from our day out on Willow AK to watch the start of the Iditarod. As you can see we were able to be right next to the course and talk to the mushers as they were going by. Our favorite is Lance Mackey, he's number 6. Right now the race is btwn Lance and Jeff King and he's number 11..... Okay, the website is not cooperating so the pics will have to come later. We're off to Alyeska for a mini ski vacation and I'll try to get some pics on when we get back. Take Care, Storm

Busy week

Hi, its been a really busy week with lots of photos. After Chena Hot Springs we flew down to Homer AK in a friend's Beech Bonanza to eat dinner and spend the night. The flight, the dinner, and the company were great, and the next day we were able to see the Eagle Feeding and there must have been nearly 200 Bald Eagles all within 100 ft of the car. Yes, we got some pictures! After flying back we hit the ski area for a while with the kids, yep more pics. Then on Sunday we spent the day out near Willow AK watching the start of the Iditarod Sled Dog race. It was great, warm temps, no wind and some sun. We ate, rode the snowmobiles and watched the mushers come by. Since they are only about 5 feet away as they go by you get to wish them luck and exchange a few words, its pretty cool. When we first did this last year I thought the mushers would be all intense and serious as they embarked on this 1100 mile journey across AK. But nothing could be further from the truth, they are all relaxed and joking around as they go by. Its pretty fascinating really. So its been a great week but we are exhausted, must be time to go to work! Luckily I just have a short trip. Enjoy the pics. I'll put the Iditarod stuff on later as it is on the other computer. Storm

Oops, I did the pics wrong and missed Alex I'll remedy that in the next blog.

Mtns, Springs and Dogs

Hi, here is a pic of the Hot springs, one more of the Ice Musuem, and some really friendly Great Danes we met in Fairbanks. This very nice breeder that we met had 11 Danes in her house and she let us play with all of them!! It was great and the dogs were awesome, very soft, friendly and playful! We stayed for 2 hours talking and playing with all the dogs. I tried to take more pictures, but as soon as I would point the camera at them they would come right up to me to see what was going on. Great if you want to pet them, but not so good for photos, oh well. We have more pics of the springs and other stuff on KM's camera which I will download tomorrow. Take Care, Storm