Christmas and New year

   Hello from Alaska and the Johnson family. Mike here, just wanting to wish everyone a merry Christmas and happy New Year! We had a terrific one here. Kim got a matching ring to her wedding ring and engagement ring for having Logan, and I got an awesome new pair of gloves and a DVD burner, which is cool. Logan got a ridiculous amount of gifts (thank you everyone), too many to list. Just know he is well taken care of by friends and family everywhere! We enjoyed our family tradition of singing happy birthday to Jesus, and then we went through how a lot of modern Christmas traditions came to be. We also had some great face time with Kim's family, and some good phone time with mine. I hope I can skype with my family soon!

   As for New Year's, it was CRAZY here. I had no idea how big of a deal fireworks are here. People were double parked on the ROADS in town. People had bonfires going in snowy areas in town. Stuff you would never see anywhere else. Also, it warmed up to really really warm temperatures today. It got up to 32 above zero at our house, which is 75 degrees warmer then it was 2 weeks ago. I went out with no coat, gloves, or hat at one point, and it felt like summer to me. It is a nice break before we plunge back into cold. It is also nice to be back up to almost 4 hours of sunlight per day, and gaining daily. In only 4-5 months, it will  be spring again.

   No New Year's resolutions for us here though. Just resolutions. To be good parents, to be a good family, and to love God and others through the year. Paying off loans would be good too haha. Well, more pictures and things to come, but just know we had a fun New Year. We went to our church and talked and hung out (and I played my fair share of Foosball). Here's to another good year with a great family, awesome friends, and abundant blessings. And here's to your New Year friends and family; blessings on all of you this year!

    The Johnson Family