Christmas Eve/Day 
Well, we had a very nice Christmas. On Christmas Eve we had dinner together and played some cards. Sara and I went shopping for food (they always have shrimp and oysters) and we got some stocking stuffers too. On our way home we saw a Husky running around on highway so we caught it (it was quite friendly) and tried to call the number on its tag. When no one answered we brought the dog back to the house until we finally did get a hold of the owner about 15 minutes later.
We got our stockings and opened presents in the morning. Thank you all for the gifts you sent. We went to Nancy's sisters for dinner and we played cards with relatives. Afterwards we came home and watched some more Firefly. :)
It was weird and a bit sad not being home for Christmas, but we had a nice time.

-Miranda


PBRs, the dog and Tom.

A picture of us: Sara, Joe, me, Tom, Nancy, and Pat.

A nice picture of Sara.

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Our First Anniversary 
Well, we're not doing much for our anniversary, but we are hanging out with Pat, Nancy and Sara (half sister). We played many games of pitch, which was a lot of fun. Joe and I went for a walk in the snow in the field with Brad the cat. Mom and Papa had sent the top of our wedding cake to the house. I included a picture of it below... Otherwise, we're going to watch some Firefly and we've been wrapping presents. It's been a fun day so far. :)

-Miranda


The cake didn't really like going through the mail apparently.

Joe and Brad out in the snow.

The pretty christmas tree. It's fake... A logger with a fake christmas tree.... go figure.

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Poor Cows 
So now that we have snow, the cows are getting crabby. They have to work for at least some of their food now. They're water is harder to get to them now too being the faucets for the hoses are frozen. So, today Joe and Pat got some wood as well as filled a 35 gallon water jug with water to bring down to the cows. They also dumped snow in the trough so that would melt (the water is heated so it won't freeze) and add some volume.

-Miranda


Picture of the backyard and the snow and you can see some mountains in the distance.

The crabby cows.

Joe stirring the snow into the water in the trough around with Pat watching.

The guys dumping the end of the water into the trough.

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Around the House 
Thanksgiving went well here. Pat cooked dinner and Joe and I found something for our main meal instead of turkey. Nancy's mom had made us two pumpkin pies, so we had a wonderful dessert. Tom also came over for dinner.
I didn't take any pictures then, so these below are actually a little older.
Tom, Pat, and I went to work on Friday to finish moving machines (it was the only day he could get a truck to move the machines to the new jobsite). We woke up to about 6 inches of snow. It's been snowing on and off all weekend.

-Miranda


Here I am playing guitar on our bed in our basement room.

Joe was helping Nancy with her work in the office a little.

Pat was stocking the firewood that's up near the house.

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The Cats 
The house has two cats. They stay outside most of the year, but now they're inside since it's getting chilly out. The cats were named after the couple that gave Pat and Nancy them. They can be really annoying. They like attention.

-Miranda


The is Cleo and Joe. Joe wasn't expecting his picture to be taken right then

The is Brad. She drools.

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