Some more winter pics

Here are some more pictures of our day in Turnagain Pass. Kerry has always said that she's never seen 10 feet of snow, so we documented the occasion. I goofed and one of these is a repeat, but I'm too lazy to change it. We actually do have summer here too so we'll put some of those pictures up soon. I spent yesterday raking the lawn in shorts and a T-shirt! Talk to you soon. Storm

Some late winter fun

Here are some pics from Turnagain Pass. We went down there on Saturday with the snowmobiles, sleds and the dog. It was a great day, about 45 degrees and sunny with no wind. These pics were taken right when we got there, in another 15 minutes we all had our jackets off and were running around in shirtsleeves. There is about 10-12 feet of snow where were playing. I'll post more pics later. Storm

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