Dan and Jeanne

A quick trip to Montana

2009-05-31T21:00:00.001-07:00

We got in Friday and that night my friend Jody from High School, was putting a BBQ on with friends from HS, So here is Angela and her daughter and I. I haven't seen Ang since I moved, so at least 91/2 years.

Me, Jody and Ang, the three of us were inseparable in high school, very cool that we still keep in touch even though it has been 11 years

On the way home we stopped at Moses Lake WA for dinner, and had dinner with Janelle and Cody, Janelle didn't want to be in the pic, she was feeling sick, since she is 12 weeks prego, Congrats Janelle:)

Good Family picture of the Krack's

Jennifer and Cassidy

After a hard morning of work, loading the truck and trailer. We emptied my mom's storage unit, to haul back to WA. We felt we deserved to see the beautiful sights.

Jen, Cassidy and me at Lake McDonald. On Jen and Jon's anniversary

Maria Way is from Holland, and had never been to MT, she kept saying how beautiful, yes it is.

Me, Cassidy, Jen, and my mom what a beautiful day, I haven't been back to Glacier since the big fire, It was kind of sad.

Before we heading to Glacier, we stopped in to see Jen's newest spa, at Meadowlake. Here is a real soaking tub. AHHH

Aunt Debbie and Dennis' Wedding

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Hmm is Isabella next?

Ahh So polite

Debbie with the girls

Debbie and her daddy

Since the family was together we surprised Rebekah with a baby shower

2009-04-22T22:08:00.000-07:00

It was really fun to see her face, when we surprised her with a shower.

Now she has some boy clothes, etc.

Cute outfit that Grandma K got, the hat even matches:)

cute little baseball jacket

Ahh the book that always makes her cry, who wouldn't it make cry? "Love you Forever"

Eli figuring out that it sounds louder if he puts his hands together

Brenna becoming the next country star!

Brenna teaching Eli

Ahh another cute outfit

Aunt Debbie's Wedding Shower

2009-04-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

If case you don't know Aunt Debbie is getting hitched, so even though this whole thing has been a whirl wind I thought every girl needs a party, so the family got together on short notice. It was a blast and hope Debbie had lots of fun:)

Aunt Debbie opening some of the themed gifts "gardening"

Some Gardening gloves

Isabella being funny with Eli

Precious moment with Lisa and Braden

Glad to be done with that game "how well the bride knows the groom"

Ahh!! How many more wrong questions

Eli wanted to fit into the girls party so he put on Aunt Mandy's shoes

Great Grandma Snow with Michael Ryan

Grandma, Deanna and Lisa with babies

Ahh Aunt Ruth with Wyatt

Aunt Debbie with gifts and flower basket and cheesecakes:)

Isabella getting help unwrapping her belated b-day present,

Chloe helping Grandma "moo" make biscuits for the yummy soup that Aunt Deanna made

A little sun in Vegas and Arizona

2009-04-12T20:10:00.001-07:00

Mom in front of Aladdin

New York New York

BEEF it's what's for dinner!

The aging process

Lion at MGM Grand

Shark reef at the Mandalay Bay

Mom in front of a stone man

Pretty ginger flower

A sting ray that we could touch; was a little slimy!

cool fish

The Eiffel tower in Vegas

The horse in Caesars Palace

Mom and me in front of the Luxor where we stayed

My mom and her brother

While we were there, they were filming Miss America Pageant

The volcano at the Mirage

Now into Arizona, this is in the town of Strawberry

The oldest School House in AZ

Cool old antique

Old buggy

Arizona landscape

Arizona's flowers that aren't cactuses

More AZ landscape

At the end coming home, Mt Rainier from the plane! How beautiful

Is spring here yet?

2009-03-28T14:30:00.000-07:00

You may be thinking wow, what's so special about a blooming African Violet plant? Well I will tell you the story. My Mother In-Law got a baby african violet plant from her Grandma and thru the years it has started little baby plants. So she thought she would start new plants from the baby plants and give one to each of her daughters and daughters in law. So each one of us has a plant. It is the running joke when we go to each other houses that oh, wow your plant looks dead, etc. Us girls have fun with it. Deanna hasn't killed it yet, so they are harder then you think. Well I thought I would brag a little, showing you that my plant is in bloom.

5 Course Dinner

2009-03-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

When Dan was off because of the snow, I came home to

a five course dinner, with chocolate fondue to top it off.

He won major husband points:)

Winter get-away to - Sun Mountain Lodge

2009-01-11T20:21:00.000-08:00

Sun Mountain Lodge Christmas of 2008

Dan and I talked about what we wanted to do for the

Holidays. Since we were busy for our 5th Anniv and

Christmas was coming up, we thought what about going

away. We have never done this just, skip out on family

but it wasn't like that. We weren't skipping out on them,

we just felt we needed this for us. I also felt that since

just loosing my dad this past March that I would like some

time of solitude. We had a great time, and Dan was a great

sport he even got a professional massage!

The first thing Dan did when he looked in the bathroom was

get into the jetted tub, he is normally too big for any tub.

He had plenty of room, which made him happy!

Well I guess we will both fit!

The bed, it seemed very BIG. The curtains are closed but

they open up to a outside deck.

Picture from the bed to the lounging area. Dan is at the desk.

This is a picture from the bed to the bathroom,

you can see they have doors that swing so can see in

the tub or not. A really nice feature, something to consider

if ever build our own.

They spray and clear the ice everyday. I was the

first one on Friday morning; the ice was really nice.

So enjoyable skating when surrounded by beauty.

Wish I had my own pond, but it wouldn't freeze in the Northwest.

WOW I can still do a spiral!

Dan in action with the snowshoes, it is a good workout!
Overall we went approx 1.5 miles

Dan taking a break from snowshoeing, or just

waiting for me to catch up.

This is the view from the dining room, we were at breakfast

Here is the lobby it has two huge fireplaces, nothing

like wood heat. Very cozy place to get warm before going outside

Getting warm in front of the BIG fire

This is the HUGE wine cellar, we
wanted to get a pic with the polar bear!

The lodge has mounts all over, we thought this
one was interesting with the wild boar, and two Javelins

We stopped in Leavenworth for lunch, on the way home

BIG snow Dec 2008

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This is the bank that I work at, as you see there are no sidewalks!
Dan and the neighbor getting a game plan to shovel

the driveway. Or just chatting, which they do often.

Dan and Lou(neighbor) shoveling lots of snow, it is a
good thing or we would still have a mess.

On my way to work I couldn't pass this pic with the

fog and fresh snow, how beautiful minus the electircal wire!

Took a quick pic before work. Yellow house looks nice

with white snow, wish it could stay if our lives could go

on as normal. Dan didn't work for 2-3 weeks, I worked

everyday,although my boss had to pick me up on top

of the driveway twice.

lights of Christmas- Stanwood 2008

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My mom had 2 free tickets to go to the lights of

Christmas. So after the first snow we went. It

was very cold but worth seeing with snow all around.

The nativity scene was amazing; everything was life sized
Combination of snow and white lights; so pretty

Really looks like a firework don't you think, they do an amazing job.

a walk in grandpa's orchard (please excuse the tacky blogging, I need lots of practice)

2008-12-01T21:51:00.000-08:00

Dan and I rode to grandpas house, got to visit which was long overdue, we both enjoy his real life adventures that she shares with us. I went and took a walk in his orchard which is full or many different types of apples and pears, it was very peaceful, looking at all the apples. Can be overwhelming of how much one tree can bear!

I scared the geese while walking towards the pond, it was worth the picture!

The fruit just hangs from the tree it is so loaded

San Juan Islands July 08

2008-08-25T21:56:00.001-07:00

What you see is what you get. Dan bought his hog early this summer and at first I was apprehensive about riding with him, I didn't want to be a "biker chic". Well it really doesn't have to be so stereotypical. It is so different being on a bike, your senses are so aware; you smell everything, see everything so much clearer. It is really fun! Especially going to the San Juan islands and touring it was a blast, and because we went with our friends Heath and Brady, we had an agreement with the guys that we would stop to see the "girly things" because they got to ride their bikes:)

This is a old church that has been remodeled several times I'm sure it is on Friday Harbor it was built in 1882. Beside it is a cemetery that has lots of history in it. It was neat to walk around and read the dates, etc.

Here is the four of us on Friday Harbor at a Lavender Festival. It was fun, and we even tried lavender ice tea!

Tulips fields April 08

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The vibrant colors were truly amazing. It was my first year even though we have lived 20 min from the fields for almost 3 years. I was missing out on such beauty, will make sure to make it an annual event.

My mom came with me and she too was in awe over the vibrant colors. It has been fun sharing such wonderful things together.

Turning back the clock to April in Kauii

2008-08-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hey there everyone, Dan is finally teaching me how to post. So we are going back to April, to share with you a summary of our vacation in Kauii. We were privileged to go with Dan's folks, sisters, and brother and their spouses with children, as well as my mom. Kauii is very relaxing especially listening to the waves come in.

Thought you all would like some facts; a banana tree only produces a cluster of bananas once, and then they chop the tree down.

These bananas were at a local fruit stand. I thought it was neat seeing them still on the stalk.

One day the parents and us, hopped on an inter-island flight to visit Pearl Harbor. It was a sobering experience to visit the Arizona, yes it is true, oil is still coming out of the vessel. We also got to go inside the U.S.S Bowfin, which sunk more weight then the Japanese sunk at Pear Harbor.

Dan went boogie boarding, I tried but it is very hard to get out to the waves without getting washed up, the surf is very powerful. So I decided to catch the rays instead.

The folks were troopers they tried to boogie board, dad got out in the surf, but mom decided like me that the sun rays were much easier to catch!

Dinner and a motorcycle ride!

2008-07-01T19:54:00.000-07:00

Jeanne and I fired up the Wide and went to Smokey Point for a taste of Thialand this evenin'. Planned on checking out Coldstone but the yellow curry took up all available space and I went in a t-shirt so more cold wasn't looking to good! Had us a quick photo shoot for some bloggin' material before we went. The photos are for Danl's blog but this one was too cute not to pass on.

Night all!

Hello, Hello!

2008-06-28T20:00:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to say that we are joining the blogasphere as a family not just with the male hormone, special interest laced posts at Danl's blog. The elusive Mrs. Dan'l (The Boss) will be present and accounted for here. She'll probably do most of the posting once I show her how easy it is! So for those who aren't interested in the opinionated blatherings posted up at Danl's but prefer family news here is your spot. Mothers, Grandmothers, female family friends this is the place to check for all the news that us guys never get around to remembering. Until later...