So, we are still alive, although you'd never know it

Due to laziness difficulties I won't be able to lavishly engross you on many details surrounding the Christmas season and the results thereof, but I will tell you that we had a full house and loved every minute. The fireworks tents (yes that's a plural) was a complete success, we made more money in one tent on the 31st than we had during the entire week in UT. These Hawaiians are CRAZY when it comes to flammables. There was guy down the street that put on a show with commercial tubes and electronics ignitions, ON HIS FRONT LAWN, that rivals any show I've ever seen in UT. We will be doing these tents again next year and are taking applications (from teenage and older family members) as we are going to need help. It is a week from Hell but it pays well and is a great way to cover the cost of your plane ticket, the rest of the time you stay here is just free vacation!! There are a good deal of pictures from Christmas and such, but since it is now February, I'll only post a few. Here's the news from our volcanic speck: We are expecting a new arrival!!!! Yep you heard it, well read it correct, in a few months we'll have another mouth to feed. We are looking forward to this bundle of joy, we've made preparations for HER, that's right another girl, made up a room and arrangements to keep the costs down. Now its just a matter of time till she gets here, we sure are looking forward to having MOM come!! HAHAHAH suckers, you fell for it!!! You rumorsome lot! Just to make sure everyone knows, I was talking about Mirjam not a baby. 'T'aint gonna be no mo' kids in this house!!Seriously though we are looking forward to having Mom come, Hannah asks everyday when Gramma Barker is coming. Also, speaking of mad cows, April and I are on an assisted diet. We have been since the end of January. I have lost 15 lbs so far and April has lost 9. April didn't want me to tell anyone, but I figured since Mom knows, you all know by now. What does 'assisted' mean, well if you call my biological Mother, she can tell you all about it. Jarrod, you can't call, the only way you're losing weight is if you lop off an appendage. Lets see, what else, April was called to the Relief Society Board, I am still the scoutmaster. I have a cousin coming to visit in a week. Jaren will be here till March 10, then the Myers are having family visit, followed by Mom's visit, so the calendar is filling up fast, if you all want to come out you'd better call soon and book your week(s). Uncle Don still needs his roof done, he tells me about it at random times. Speaking of Uncle Don, he and Brenda took us to the China Town New Years shebang, I've got lots of pictures of Hannah feeding the dragons and such, it was fun to see...once. The girls are growing up very fast, Abbi is in the stage where she will try to mimic words, its pretty funny. She does this very funny little question skit, when you ask where her nose is, she puts her finger on it, then you ask where her ears are and she points, then you ask where her mouth, eyes and hair are and she'll point them all out one at a time, but her favorite is her belly button, she lifts her shirt up and pokes her belly out and points and laughs and laughs. Usually its followed by a zubert, hence the voracious child laughter. I will try to get a video of it, someday. Well that's about all I can think of that would be of much interest to the lot of you. Feel free to call or post comments, that's how I know you haven't abandoned me due to my neglect of you.