Strange Summer

Hello Folks, yes I realize that one post a month doesn't really cut it. I'll try to do better. Hopefully our Alaskan summer will cooperate. So far this year the summer weather has been absent, we've had endless overcast days with temperatures well below average. In addition the Salmon return to the rivers this year has been absolutely abismal, so between the 2 there are a lot of unhappy Alaskans running around right now.

So far this summer we've put a large deck on the front of the house and had Kevin, Cara and Kyle come visit us. Beyond that we haven't had any exciting adventures. We've spent lots of time at the baseball and soccer fields with sometime at swimming lessons as well. So all that combined with a miserable work schedule for me in June hasn't left a great deal of exciting photo opportunities. With any luck the next 2 months will be better. We have some local trips planned, plus a family foray to Branson MO at the end of July.

In the meantime here are a few pics of summer so far. The biggest halibut in the fish pictures was about 70 lbs for anyone wondering, it was caught by Kerry's brother Kevin and wow does it taste good!! Hopefully we'll be adding lots of Red and Silver (Sockeye and Coho) Salmon to our freezer here soon. Take care and thanks for looking. Storm

Busy, busy

If anyone is still out there, sorry for the lack of posts. I guess I've been overcome by events. That and a serious lack of sleep due to a puppy in the house! Here's a few pics of the kids, the puppy and life in general. Storm

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