Hi all. Sorry about the lack of posts. I was blaming my lack of web communication with my ineptitude of not knowing how to add images, but here is proof that my excuse was lame. Just a few “test” photos from our Christmas visit: “Finn and friend” (before), “Oh_No” (after, nice 'pile of face', eh?). Ice-skating in California vs ice-skating in Illinois. More pictures to come….promise. As grandma mentioned, Finn turned 6 in January, and we had a birthday bash with the theme...what else...Star Wars. I made each kid a lightsaber so they could whack the hell out of one another. Fun was had by all. Only a few mishaps (not saber-related thank god)...just one near fist-fight (between 5 years olds), one biting incident, and one boy who cried for 20 minutes because he didn't get a part of the birthday cake he wanted. All-in-all it was like being back in college at a frat party.

We are leaving for Oahu and Kauai on Saturday and will be back March 1^st. Jim is presenting some research at the Ocean Sciences conference in Honolulu, and Finn and I are studying the ancient Polynesian customs of pineapple eating, beach walking, and haole shopping.

Aloha!