A Short Video

Hello, here is a quick video of the boys out skiing at the local ski area. We have been working really hard all year to get them all skiing 'independently' and it has finally paid off. Now I just follow them around and try to reign them in and keep them out of trouble. This area, which is on the local Air Force Base, is great for that since I can see the entire area from almost anywhere on the hill.
The video quality is nothing special since I didn't have time to zoom or anything, and I was just using the video mode on my little pocket camera. It was amazing enough that I got them to stop long enough for me to get out in front and get the camera. On the run prior Alex hit the jump so fast that he flew over the entire thing and crashed, hence my caution for him to slow down. Unfortunately this was the last day for this area, for anymore skiing this year we'll have to go to Alyeska. I have no idea why it closes now, there is still plenty of snow in fact it was snowing today. Enjoy, Storm

Easter

Hello here are a few pics from Easter. Nothing big just an Easter Egg hunt for the kids and then dinner with some friends. A nice relaxing day. We were going to top it off with a few hours of skiing, but the local ski area was closed....that would've been good to know before we loaded everyone in the car and drove 20 minutes over there. Oh well. See Ya, Storm

A better picture

Hi. Here is a much better picture of the newest family member and some pics from the Easter Train. Plus one of Max working really hard on his birthday cake. Take Care, Storm

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