Recent House Projects

New work bench in the garage. It rolls around anywhere needed. (New saw too in the foreground)

Coat rack and shelf above the entry way bench.

This is what happens when the weather gets to 45 and it rains in December in Alaska.

Mud pit backyard

Ice slick driveway. It may look just wet but its all ice.

Neighbors car slides down their driveway

Man Cave

Man room is complete today with the new sofa and 3D TV in place

Northern Lights

We saw them from our temporary apartment in Anchorage amidst all the city lights and both decided to hop in the car and head out of town to a place where we could see the better. These were taken from near Eklutna, AK just north of Eagle River / Anchorage.

Sunset at Beluga Point

The sunsets in Anchorage are amazing especially reflecting on the inlet. They are very colorful and beautiful each day.

Matanuska Glacier

On one of Jonathan's days off he took a drive to Matanuska Glacier and hiked around on it.

Jonathan is getting ready to head to the North Slope tomorrow morning. I think he'll stay warm....

There is a layer of FRC shirt & pants, Bibs, vest, jacket, stocking cap, hard hat and parka. Oh and -150 rated boots.

It's only emergency gear, he will be in normal FRC clothes while working.

Here are the latest house pics from today. It won't be long now!

We have had a busy past couple of months.

The movers came and packed up our house.

We loaded Daphne on and airplane and all made it to Anchorage. We all made it safe and sound to Anchorage.

We have gotten settled into our temporary apartment while our house is being built. It is coming along quickly. The dry wall should be completed by the end of this week if all goes according to plan.

We've spent some time taking in the scenery near by while the weather is still nice. The snow is already falling on the mountain tops outside of town so it won't be long before it comes to Anchorage.

This is the city from the Flattop trailhead south of town.

This was a beautiful and clear day. We could even see Mt. McKinley in the distance it was so clear.

We took a short drive to Girdwood, AK Saturday. There are 7 glaciers surround the town. It was rainy and cloudy so we couldn't see most of them. We took a short walk instead down a trail just outside of town.

After a week in Anchorage we have a house in the works! Our goal is accomplished. I head out in a few hours back to Farmington for 2 weeks. Jonathan leaves Tuesday for a few days at the North Slope before back to Farmington for the move.

We looked at about 10-15 houses the first day in Anchorage. Monday we went to Eagle River, a small "suburb" that is part of Anchorage but about 10 minutes North. Tuesday we look around at some house a second time and then decided on a new construction in Eagle River. We put in an offer and it was accepted by the builders. We have spent Friday and Saturday going to suppliers and picking out all of the finishes for the house.

With all of that we had little time left to see the area. We did take a drive one evening to Beluga Bay right outside of town. It's is pretty beautiful!!!

Jonathan's new office has one of the best views in town of the inlet.

He is on the second floor from the top. The COP building is the tallest in town.

Our house

2016: Obama's America | Official Movie Site

Hope to get a chance to see this movie.

Good Morning!!! We had a wonderful breakfast this morning and thought we'd share.

We will be spending some time today preparing the house to put on the market soon. We hope to talk with a realtor and get pictures taken next week, but who knows when that will happen.

We may make it up to Durango tonight for a movie and some souvenir shopping if the day goes according to plan.