Hi all and welcome to the 2010 edition of the annual Miller Christmas letter.
We continue to reside in IA and work for John Deere. Jodi’s position as a Business Analyst for John Deere’s SAP (business software) group led her to be on the road for a few days most weeks this year. She regularly visits the Quad Cities where the rest of her group is located or Des Moines where she is implementing SAP for John Deere Financial.
As Manager of Supply Management for John Deere’s Waterloo works, Brian focused most of the year on procuring materials for producing large tractors. A re-organization in September re-focused his role on supporting Deere’s growth and improvement objectives.
The weather continued to give us issues this year. After near record snowfall and length of snow cover, a hail storm in April resulted in a new roofs, gutters and siding for most all of us in the neighborhood. The good news is that since April the weather has been quite enjoyable. Although as we write this, we are under a blizzard warning. 
Our greatest adventure this year was a 2+ week trip to Africa. We visited Zimbabwe, Zambia for a few minutes, and South Africa. During our visit we saw Victoria Falls, Cape Town, several coastal cities, and the highlight of the trip, Safari! The trip taught us a new definition of the word 'wild' as we encountered sharks, lions, leopards, baboons, elephants, buffalo, whales, hippos, rhino, giraffe, dolphin, and even ate Mopani worms!
Brian and his band, Park Lane, only played a few shows this year as the primary focus was on recording a new album. Recording is scheduled to be wrapped up by year-end and the band hopes to deliver a new album in the spring with touring to follow. Check Park Lane out at www.parklanerocks.com or on Facebook.
In other news, we continue to attend church at Prairie Lakes where we began leading a small group this year. Jodi was quite the world traveler as she spent a week playing tour guide for her parents in New Zealand. We enjoyed a few quick trips to Omaha, Kansas City, and Chicago this year and continue to take advantage of the performances hosted at UNI.
We hope that this letter finds you in good health and good spirits. We hope you take some time to pause in this season of hectic schedules to reflect and celebrate His birth!
Happy 2011!
Brian and Jodi
