Hi all and welcome to the 10th annual edition of the Miller Christmas letter.
In June of this year we headed down to North Carolina and spent a week with Brian’s family in a beach house on the Outer Banks. We visited the lighthouses and spent time relaxing on the beach. Brian and his brother-in-law rode a century (100 miles in a day) bike ride. Halfway through the week Brian received a call with a job offer for a position at John Deere’s Des Moines Works. While we continued to have fun hanging out and even rode some jet skis, the latter half of the week found us beginning to look for a new home and preparing to relocate.
Upon our return, we spent an afternoon house hunting: 17 homes in about 6 hours. Jodi spied the perfect house for us as we drove through a neighborhood. We arranged a showing and by the next day had a signed purchase contract. We moved the first week of August and have been busy getting settled and enjoying the greater Des Moines area ever since!
In her role as Project Manager for John Deere’s SAP (business software) group, Jodi wrapped up an 18 month SAP implementation at John Deere Financial in November. She also traveled to Brazil and assumed the accounting lead on the implementation of a new warranty system while a colleague was out on an extended medical leave.
As a Manager of Supply Management for John Deere’s Des Moines Works, Brian focused most of the year on procuring materials for producing cotton pickers, sprayers, tillage tools, and grain drills.
Brian and his band, Driven Existence, released an album entitled Render in August. All songs on the album were written and recorded by the band. The album is available via the band’s website www.drivenexistence.com or on popular music sites like iTunes, Amazon, or Napster. Be sure to check it out!
We retreated to a cabin in the woods the week of Thanksgiving and spent time hiking in the state parks of Central Illinois. We finished the trip off by spending Thanksgiving with Brian’s family and visiting our 1st nephew, Wesley James Mullins, born September 4th.
We hope that this letter finds you in good health and good spirits. Remember to take some time to pause in this season of hectic schedules to reflect and celebrate His birth!
Happy 2012!
Brian and Jodi
