February 2008

This year is already flying by! We've been busy. The girls and I traveled to Alaska to visit Brian over Christmas. We Started our tour in Anchorage:

Anchorage itself is very industrial to me. I'm sure there is alot of Anchorage that we didn't get to see, but I wasn't too impressed with the city. We did venture outside of the city to see if we could find some scenery. I do believe that we found it!










We enjoyed the trip with Brian's cousins Kristy, Craig and Keith.

If you went anywhere outside of the big cities you were sure to find something breathtaking to look at.

Next we went on to Kenai, where we spend 5 days. Brian was taking a class in Kenai for work, so we spent the majority of our time there.




Kenai was not as mountainous as I thought. It was kinda flat and not a whole lot going on. We did do an awful lot
of driving since there wasn't much else to do here. Its funny, most of these areas "close down" for the winter months. There wasn't even a Walmart!

But we did manage to see some wildlife:

We did find a beach! Not that any of us wanted to take a dip!











From Kenai, we continued on to Denali State Park. Now, Denali completely closes down for the winter. It was like a ghost town, no people. Twilight zone! I guess we were the only crazy people to visit Denali in the dead of winter! ADVENTURE PEOPLE!!










On our way to Denali, we stopped for an overnight in Talkeetna. Very, Very small town. Brians friend recommended us to stay at a place called Lattitude 62. So we did, not knowing that it was above a bar. They rented the whole top floor to us. It was a little strange and definitely could use some updating, but we managed to make it through the night and decided to check out the next morning. We went to the middle of town, which wasn't hard to find. Talkeetna had one intersection, which I stood in the middle of and took a picture of the town. It was a very cute town, but where do these people shop? Where do they go to have a nice dinner?



















These people have to drive a very long way to do anything. I could probably handle that for about a weekend, then its off to the city for me!

Next stop: Fairbanks! Fairbanks (what I saw of it) was just a typical city. With beautiful mountain views and snow! From there we went to the North Pole! Where we were to stay through Christmas. The North Pole is right outside of Fairbanks. It was a cute little town. I'm told that there are alot of rivers there. But all we saw was snow and ice. We stayed in a cozy little bed and breakfast called the Riverbend. The cabin was so adorable! It was a tight fit for 8 of us, but we seemed to make it work.

We got to see the "real" Santa Claus. The girls were beside themselves. It was awesome to see their faces. We even got to see the reindeer!


The city street lights are decorated like candy canes:

Snow angels anyone???


We had a fabulous time in Alaska. The girls and I got to spend 2 whole weeks with Brian, which is a huge deal and a wonderful blessing! Being able to spend Christmas in such a beautiful place with such wonderful friends was a true gift. Alaska is calling our names! The question is: Do we answer????? Hmmmmmm.......... Its a possibility.

We hope your 2008 has gotten off to a awesome start. We hope that those New Years resolutions are working for you! We love you all and think about you often.

We are not sure of what the remainder of 2008 will bring for us. But we started the year off with a little adventure, maybe we will end the year with a huge adventure!

I am going to leave you with a few of my favorite photos:





















Take care and drop us a line from time to time. Love, Brian, Sue and girls

Well It's December

Another year has almost come to an end.

You know what that means. Time to get that Christmas shopping done, decorate the house, bake the cookies, and mail out the holiday cards. Well, there's three things that I don't have to do. Shop, Bake, and Decorate. Hey, that kinda rhymes. Sorry Sue. I hope that everyone has some plans for this Holiday. I know we do.
First off Sue and the girls are coming up to Alaska and we are going to spend two weeks checking the State out.
While we are doing that we are going to go to the North Pole for Christmas!!! We are going to stay in a cabin and go see Santa's Village.I hope that we have fun. This will be a great experience for the girls.
Well a few of you have asked me post some more pictures. So here are some pictures of me up in the North Slope working. Or should I say Kinda working.I found a hill to do some sledding. I was on my "UNION BREAK" when I did this. And the tire that I am sitting in is used to move the big oil rigs around.
It is starting to get really chilly up here, but it's not bad with the Artic Gear that I have. I will be up here Until January 17 2008. So I will really appreciate the Arizona Desert when I get home.


This Little Artic Fox was Hanging around a job site I was at. It is so cool to see these guys. They always want food, but are very rabid. So we don't feed them. I don't want to get bit and have to go through the shot process. I hear that is more painful than getting bit.This is as brite as it gets a 12:00 noon.This a cool video of a Snowblower.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!!

Well the Thanksgiving Holiday is right around the corner and before everyone knows, it will be Christmas!!! Did you realize that there are only 38 more shopping days left?

Our family celebrated Thanksgiving a little early this year. Brian will be working over the holiday and also for his birthday, so I decided to throw an early celebration just for him. We had a good mixture of people (family, biker friends, old friends, young and old).

I actually cooked my first Turkey! And it actually turned out edible! I couldn't ask for anything more! Of course I had to take a picture of it:

LOOKS GOOD DOESN'T IT????

MOUTH WATERING YET????

All went really well. I wasn't even that stressed out. Which is pretty good for me.

We ended the night with Karaoke. Jason, of course, hogged the mic all night........

The end of the year is rapidly approaching. It has been a tough year for us. We are looking forward to starting fresh in the New Year.

We are headed off to visit Brian in Kenai, Alaska for the Christmas Holiday. We are spending 2 1/2 weeks there. We are really looking forward to seeing this beautiful state. If its anything like the tv shows, we are going to really enjoy every minute of it. The girls and I will be back right before New Years. Brian will not be back in Arizona until the middle of January. It will be hard to ring in the new year without him, but he is always with me.

We hope all is well with everyone. We want to wish everyone a very

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

We love you all,

Susan, Brian, Brice, Baillie and Kaelan

and Jason!!!!!

Welcome to the Fall Season

It's October

and Guess who has a Birthday This Month

Ms. Baillie Marcella
10/09/2000

Don't forget to wish her a happy B-Day
I know that she love Polly Pockets and Cars

So now what else is new. I am back in Alaska and Sue and I have been pretty busy. We have decided to stop doing any kind of landscaping and maintenance. We are now only doing Pool Service. Which is a lot easier and less of a liability. We still have Bryce working for "Susie" with the pools. Still have to kick him in the butt, but he is doing ok.

The girls have a week off of school this month and I don't get to be there. What a bummer!!! Now that I am back working, when I want to be off, I'm on Slope. No biggie. They are going to Flag to see Nana and Papa Krause. They should have some Fun!!!

Well the weather has really dropped on Slope. It is around 20 degrees F and we are starting to see the Snow fall. This is so cool cuz I can be up here then go home and enjoy the great weather. I have seen the Northern Lights and it is like you can touch them here. The Lights haven't been to brilliant but I am told that they will get better.

I hope that everyone is having a good year so far. Cuz it is almost over and time to start making plans for next year. Where will we be, What will we do? I know that this should be on everyones mind. It's that time to change things that you want to change. i.e. business ideas (new or better ideas for current business), future kids ( for those that want more), possibly a new house, or job. Who know the sky is the limit.

Well enjoy life, Right!!!!

Love to all,

BriBri

Happy Birthday Susie

Today is this wonderful woman's Birthday

Happy Birthday to my Beautiful Wife.

Az Mirage Catastrophe

Well What went WRONG!!!!!!

Everything that Sue and I worked so hard for is GONE!!!

How you should ask.

Shelby was working and he was driving down the road when This Happened!!

As you can see we lost EVERYTHING!!!! Well At Least Shelby is OK. That's all that I can ask for. I don't what we would have done if he got hurt.

Now we need to decide if we will continue or close the doors. Please keep us in your prayers cuz we could really use it now.

So how did the fire start is the question. The Fire department says that it is the lawnmower that started it. But with all of the chemicals we had it is hard to tell. Surprise fire had the hazmat team out there. They had the truck tied up for about nine hours before the tow company could take it.

So Susie is very Stressfull right now. Give her a call and give your support because I am still in Alaska and I am not too helpful being up here. She would probably enjoy some kind voices right now.

Now what do we do.

Thanks for all of the comments that I have been recieving. It keeps me going. Also email me or Sue when ever you want to just say Hi or something.

ifliaz@gmail.com brian

saf324@aol.com Susie

briceshelby@aol.com

bailliemw@aol.com

Here is a sunrise to change the Mood a bit.

http://www.kpho.com/video/13894526/index.html

We made the News though.

What have I been Doing

A lot of you are wondering what it is that I actually do.

Well here it goes. I am working on the Largest Oil Field in Northern America up in

Prudhoe Bay Alaska.

It is the size of a Middle Eastern Country oil field.

It is Owned and Operated by BP

I am doing internal inspection of pipe throughout the field using a Radiation Source and Doing Ultrasonic testing.

That can be from working in a Facility or out in the Tundra on the Pipe.

Here is a Photo of the "Camera" that we use.

The body is what hold the Pill size Source and is surrounded in Lead.

We then use the really long crank (that is to get us safely away from the radiation when it is exposed) to expose the source so that it can put and image on the film.

The Smaller tube after the camera is called the guide tube. And at the end of the guide tube is Collimator. The collimator is what directs the Radiation towards the image that we are looking for. That camera weighs 54 lbs. It gets a little heavy towards the end of the night.

I will show more soon so keep checking back.

Anyways anyone wanting to send a letter or package can.

Just remember it takes about a week for me to get it.

Also only send stuff by United States Postal Service.

UPS, FEDEX, and DHL will probably take a year to get.

Brian Wright

c/o Acuren USA

PO Box 340122

Prudhoe Bay Ak

99734

Sue has sent stuff priority and I have received it in Three days.

Thank You to all that have left comments. It shows that you are interested.

Love Brian