Water dripping from the ceiling

Last Tuesday in the middle of the night Braden came into my room and said, "Mom there is water dripping from my ceiling." Well I of course was hoping that it was some kind of joke, but when we got down to his room sure enough there was water dripping right down over his bed. We couldn't figure out where it was coming from at 2:00 a.m. and so we gave up, turned of the main water into the house and went back to bed. Once we got up for the day it took a couple of hours to figure out that the water going into the toilet upstairs was leaking. It was an easy fix at the toilet, but Braden's ceiling is half gone now and we are drying it out before we start the big repair. It could have been worse!

Christmas

I know it is February, but I just want to say: We had a wonderful Christmas! Because money has been very tight the last couple of years we have realized that the most important part of Christmas is not the gifts! Having our oldest son on a mission and far away at Christmas has also made us all realize that the most important things aren't things. We all really enjoyed our traditions: Christmas Eve dinner, egg nog, decorating the Christmas tree with the same old decorations, reading about the first Christmas in the Bible. We also thought more about our Savior and all that his birth and atonement means to us! Of course a huge highlight of the day was talking to Elder Barker on the phone. It was so great to hear his voice!

Hurricane Football

We have a such a fun football season with Braden and Nathan. They did a great job and they were very successful. Nathan played all season on the JV team which was undefeated! Then before the last game of the season the coaches gave him a Varsity uniform. Braden played all year on the Varsity team which only lost one game in double overtime to a bigger school. Then the playoffs began and the winning continued. They lost only in the championship game to Juan Diego. It was a great game. We are very proud of the boys!

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Hi family and friends,
I just thought that the Barker Family should "get with it" in this computer age and so here we are!