Patriots Win over West Valley! 7-2

new uniforms too for North Pole

Look who's back...

Harley is back

or the 'rat' as Derek likes to call him...
This is where he spends most of his time. In front of the cat door that goes into the garage. The cat goes in to eat or use the litter box, and Harley guards the door and does not let him back in. All I hear is the 'FLIP-FLAP' sound of Harley going in and out of the cat door.
(The flip-flap is the sound of that plastic piece hitting the side)!

Polar Bear Tournament in Anchorage

They lost every game this weekend in their tourney. Dead last place. I guess the upside is, for their state tourney that takes place in just a couple of weeks, maybe the teams will take them lightly and they will just sneak right in before they know what hit em!!

Carson

I took this photo at Polar Ice rink where Jared's high school team was practicing. I thought it was funny considering the sign on the window.

I took this picture of the kids in July of 2000. It was a photo contest that the newminer ran. You picked up one of those throw away cameras, took the 12 pictures it had on it, and then turned it in. They then published the pictures that they chose as winners. We won 2nd place for this one. I think I got a newsminer coffee mug for it. Anyways, just came across it and it made me smile at the memory.

Okay, being that the Holiday's are over, not to mention that it is MINUS 40 below outside, there has not been a whole lot going on around here lately for me to post about. I decided I would re-tell you all a story about Carson.

This was a couple of years ago, when Carson was around 10 years old.

While we were in New York (Jared and I) for hockey, Derek was working nightshift, so Carson was being shuffled back and forth between family and friends during that time period.

He stayed one night with my younger brother Steve, his wife Connie and their daughter Maggie. Maggie was 7, I think.

Anyways, Connie told me this story, so hopefully I repeat it correctly. Connie said they were watching soccer on TV. (Maggie was, and still is big into soccer). So they are watching some sort of professional soccer on TV, and Aunt Connie jokingly says to Carson something like "Hey Carson when Maggie is playing soccer for the USA Olympic team are you going to come and watch her play?" So Carson replies something like (with all seriousness)

"Yeah, I will try, but I will probably be so busy with my own NHL schedule that I doubt I will be able to make it!"

That's my Carson!

All Stars prosper Anchorage Daily News Published: January 2nd, 2009 11:08 PMLast Modified: January 2nd, 2009 11:08 PM Kyle Clapper scored off a Daniel Roberts pass earlier this week to lift the Alaska All Stars 16AAA midget hockey team to a 3-2 win over Honeybaked and claim the championship of the Honeybaked Invitational Holiday Hockey Tournament in Detroit. Jared Linnell and Kyle Simmons also scored for the All Stars to support the 24-save effort of goaltender Trevor Gutierrez. The All Stars advanced to the championship game with a 4-2 win over Victory Honda. Alaska used two goals from Bradley Duwe and one each from Linnell and Austin Wuthrich to back goalie Blake Mendenhall's 23 saves. The All Stars concluded their trip by watching the Detroit Red Wings beat the visiting Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 behind the goaltending of Ty Conklin of Anchorage. After the game, the All Stars took a team photo on the ice at Joe Louis Arena and were invited into the Red Wings' dressing room. Article I found in the Anchorage Daily Newsminer about the Allstars 1st place win.