We hope everyone has a safe, happy and healthy New Year!!! We are looking forward to moving in 2009!!! And to catch up on the latest events, Ken ran his second Marathon and did it in 4:10 and was still smiling at the end!!!! Maddie started playing basketball and taking tennis lessons and is enjoying both, she also had her first band concert. We all had a wonderful Christmas, not quite the same as last year being home with everyone, but we loved being together and were thankful for that. We had Christmas Eve dinner at our favorite Izakaya (bar and grill in Japan) Kitakaisens, we went there after church with several friends from church and had a wonderful time. We got to see the Botanical Gardens all decorated for Christmas again this year, I really look forward to going, we missed it last year, as it is only decorated for a couple of weeks.
