Boys playing out in the heat
Derek deep fried us one of his famous turkeys!
We'll turn Macy into a hockey player yet!
Macy playing her Dad some tunes..
Im almost walking!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Alyeska Track and field day...
I finally took photos off of my phone. This was from back in June. My niece Maggie won the bike for the girls softball throw. She proudly shows off her medal.
Mom is pretty proud of her too!Saturday, July 25, 2009
Golden days parade
So we get to the parade at about 9:15am, and get pretty good seats all on the sidewalk. We had 10 of us, so made sure to get there nice and early so we could have plenty of room. We had to wait well over an hour before the parade got to us, as we were near the end. I started taking nice pictures of the stuff happening in the parade, but then got so frustrated by the lack of common sense and ignorance that some people had, that I decided to post about that instead.This first picture is of these 3 idiots that got there late and decided to stand out on the street in front of people I mean literally, the lady with that hat on is directly in front of that black gal.
Sorry that I didn't edit this one, so you could see better. This actually happened while we were waiting for the parade to start. If you look you can see a lady with bare legs crossed in a tank top towards the left of the picure. She has her golden retreiver with her. She proceeded to brush the dog while waiting for parade to start, for probably a good 30 minutes. As she is brushing hair is flying all over the place. After 3 or 4 swipes her brush would be full, so she would pull the wad of hair off and put it on the sidewalk behind her. Not is a trash bag, just threw it on the ground, which of course it then blew all over. Im talking tumbleweeds of dog hair blowing around. The man towards the right in the grey colored shirt sitting on the curb with his arms out got up and went all yelled at her for getting dog hair all over his blanket and that the hair was covering everything. So she stopped brushing. About half way threw the parade, I guess she had enough and packed up her stuff. Well there was tons of dog hair around her chair, so when she got it, it started blowing again, all over. That man got up and then they had a yelling match. It was actually comical. How stupid could that lady be? I mean come on, seriously?
This lady, got there late, and decided to press herself between my chair and the lady's chair beside me. I slowly started inching my chair closer to my neighbors chair and kept leaning my arms and body further back and she finally left. I can see leaning in to maybe take a photo or something, but she pried herself right between us. I mean, seriously lady??
This lady was walking along with her kid, and stopped right in front of me for like 5 minutes..
That was my view for over an hour. Why didn't I say anything? If I was the people next to me, I would of. She was a bit further down from me, so I let it go, but I mean come one, how rude, can one be?
Sorry that I didn't edit this one, so you could see better. This actually happened while we were waiting for the parade to start. If you look you can see a lady with bare legs crossed in a tank top towards the left of the picure. She has her golden retreiver with her. She proceeded to brush the dog while waiting for parade to start, for probably a good 30 minutes. As she is brushing hair is flying all over the place. After 3 or 4 swipes her brush would be full, so she would pull the wad of hair off and put it on the sidewalk behind her. Not is a trash bag, just threw it on the ground, which of course it then blew all over. Im talking tumbleweeds of dog hair blowing around. The man towards the right in the grey colored shirt sitting on the curb with his arms out got up and went all yelled at her for getting dog hair all over his blanket and that the hair was covering everything. So she stopped brushing. About half way threw the parade, I guess she had enough and packed up her stuff. Well there was tons of dog hair around her chair, so when she got it, it started blowing again, all over. That man got up and then they had a yelling match. It was actually comical. How stupid could that lady be? I mean come on, seriously?
This lady, got there late, and decided to press herself between my chair and the lady's chair beside me. I slowly started inching my chair closer to my neighbors chair and kept leaning my arms and body further back and she finally left. I can see leaning in to maybe take a photo or something, but she pried herself right between us. I mean, seriously lady??
This lady was walking along with her kid, and stopped right in front of me for like 5 minutes..
That was my view for over an hour. Why didn't I say anything? If I was the people next to me, I would of. She was a bit further down from me, so I let it go, but I mean come one, how rude, can one be?
Thursday, July 23, 2009
A visit to the El Dorado Goldmine!
Derek and his good friend Earl Hughes.Earl was our entertainer on the train ride. He does an excellent job!
Boys on the train.
Kids listening to the 'miners.'
Teaching us how to pan...
Boys on the train.
Kids listening to the 'miners.'
Teaching us how to pan...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
In today's Fairbanks Daily Newsminer paper...
Linnell makes commitment to Nanooks
By Danny Martin
Published Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Alaska Nanooks may be getting their first second-generation player, as Jared Linnell said he has verbally committed to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association program.
“I’m really excited that they are interested in me playing for them in the future,” the 5-foot-10, 160-pound forward said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Linnell, a center, made the commitment on July 15 and he is eligible to play for the Nanooks in the 2011-12 season. College coaches, according to NCAA rules, cannot comment on players who make verbal commitments.
Linnell, 16, is entering his junior year at North Pole High School, which he led last season with 53 points from 16 goals and 37 assists. His father, Derek, a North Pole assistant coach, was a Nanooks defenseman from 1989-92. However, it was more than a family connection that attracted the younger Linnell to the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ hockey program.
“Over the years, they’ve been getting better,” Jared Linnell said. “It’s a (NCAA) Division I team, and I’ll be playing the same (D-I) teams. Plus, it’s in my hometown.”
Last season under first-year head coach and CCHA Coach of the Year recipient Dallas Ferguson, the Nanooks placed fourth in the regular season and advanced to the CCHA Championship Tournament in Detroit.
Jared Linnell was one of three Interior players who participated in the USA Hockey Select-16 Boys Development Camp in Rochester, N.Y., earlier this month. He provided two goals and two assists in six games for the Kelly Green team.
Linnell played youth competitive hockey last season with the Alaska All-Stars of Anchorage and is scheduled to skate comp this season with the Arctic Lions of Fairbanks. He’s also slated to practice this season with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs of the North American Hockey League and play later in the season for the junior-level program.
Linnell was selected in two junior leagues’ drafts last year and this year. The Prince George (British Columbia) Cougars selected him in the 10th round and 214th overall in the 2008 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Wade Klippenstein, a former Nanooks teammate of Linnell’s father, is the hockey operations director and assistant general manager of the major junior team.
Linnell was also picked in the third round and 28th overall by the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Rough Riders in May in the United States Hockey League Futures Draft. The USHL is a Tier I junior league of 14 teams in the Midwest.
Lathrop High School goaltender Stephon Williams and forward Tayler Munson were also involved in the Select 16 camp in Rochester. Williams compiled a 3.36 goals against average and .898 saves percentage in six games for the Royal team and Munson contributed 2 assists in as many games.
Community Discussion
data345
7/22/2009, 4:03 a.m.
It's nice to see a local kid deciding to stay in Fairbanks. I have nothing against kids that decide to go somewhere else, but it's still nice when one decides to stay.
By Danny Martin
Published Wednesday, July 22, 2009
The Alaska Nanooks may be getting their first second-generation player, as Jared Linnell said he has verbally committed to the Central Collegiate Hockey Association program.
“I’m really excited that they are interested in me playing for them in the future,” the 5-foot-10, 160-pound forward said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Linnell, a center, made the commitment on July 15 and he is eligible to play for the Nanooks in the 2011-12 season. College coaches, according to NCAA rules, cannot comment on players who make verbal commitments.
Linnell, 16, is entering his junior year at North Pole High School, which he led last season with 53 points from 16 goals and 37 assists. His father, Derek, a North Pole assistant coach, was a Nanooks defenseman from 1989-92. However, it was more than a family connection that attracted the younger Linnell to the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ hockey program.
“Over the years, they’ve been getting better,” Jared Linnell said. “It’s a (NCAA) Division I team, and I’ll be playing the same (D-I) teams. Plus, it’s in my hometown.”
Last season under first-year head coach and CCHA Coach of the Year recipient Dallas Ferguson, the Nanooks placed fourth in the regular season and advanced to the CCHA Championship Tournament in Detroit.
Jared Linnell was one of three Interior players who participated in the USA Hockey Select-16 Boys Development Camp in Rochester, N.Y., earlier this month. He provided two goals and two assists in six games for the Kelly Green team.
Linnell played youth competitive hockey last season with the Alaska All-Stars of Anchorage and is scheduled to skate comp this season with the Arctic Lions of Fairbanks. He’s also slated to practice this season with the Fairbanks Ice Dogs of the North American Hockey League and play later in the season for the junior-level program.
Linnell was selected in two junior leagues’ drafts last year and this year. The Prince George (British Columbia) Cougars selected him in the 10th round and 214th overall in the 2008 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Wade Klippenstein, a former Nanooks teammate of Linnell’s father, is the hockey operations director and assistant general manager of the major junior team.
Linnell was also picked in the third round and 28th overall by the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Rough Riders in May in the United States Hockey League Futures Draft. The USHL is a Tier I junior league of 14 teams in the Midwest.
Lathrop High School goaltender Stephon Williams and forward Tayler Munson were also involved in the Select 16 camp in Rochester. Williams compiled a 3.36 goals against average and .898 saves percentage in six games for the Royal team and Munson contributed 2 assists in as many games.
Community Discussion
data345
7/22/2009, 4:03 a.m.
It's nice to see a local kid deciding to stay in Fairbanks. I have nothing against kids that decide to go somewhere else, but it's still nice when one decides to stay.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
So we bought this dog fetcher thing a few years ago. It broke after the first month. Hunter will fetch and fetch and never stop fetching. With this toy, the dog drops the ball into the bucket (which Hunter is doing here) and then it rolls down the chute and comes flying out the bottom and the dog fetches it. Derek's dad fixed it while here, so it is back up and running now. It really only took about 30 minutes for Hunter to get the hang of it. He loves it.
Here the ball has rolled down the chute and it about to be released.Look at his smile.
Running to fetch it....
Bringing the ball back,
So happy with all the attention...
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