We met with the Tueller side of the family for Thanksgiving in Geneva, Idaho at the Geneva church. It was fun. But then we had two days of stomach issues (the washing machine ran non-stop from 1am to 11am). We decided to spend the down time catching up on the Hobbit movies and reading books.
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| The kids table. Chayce and Payge tried to help their younger cousins since their dad had to work that day. At the table, left to right, were Jessie, Chayce, Quinton, Rogan, Payge, and Lizzy. |
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| Payge, with a mischievous look. She has recently confused 'delicious' and 'malicious' , so dinner was malevolent. Matthew is on the end in this picture, but was doing his best to avoid the camera. |
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| Tried to catch grandpa Tueller playing cards with cousin Lizzy. Grandma Tueller tried to duck out. |
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| Behind Grandpa and Lizzy we were playing Nertz. To the left of my mom are Effie, Amy, Jessica; To her right are Mandi, mom's colleague, and Jillian in the background. |
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| The boys getting ready to go feed the cows, riding the hay wagon behind grandpa's tractor. We had a brief snowball 'fight' - I was really just a target. |
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| Zachary and Quinton on top of a half ton hay bale. |
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| The whole crew (Mandi was with us too) on the hay wagon. We drove out into the snow covered field and pushed the hay off. Zachary helped put manageable chunks out for the shorter people to push over the edge to the cows. |
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| After feeding the cows, Quinton got a ride in the cab to reload the hay wagon. |
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| After returning from Geneva, and when Zachary was feeling better, we tried a makeshift rocket stove with bricks. We went through three designs and could boil water, but the inconsistency in the brick shape and the holes in the bricks made it difficult to retain heat. I want to try again, but will keep redesigning it in my head at night when I can't get to sleep. |
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| A view from the top of the stove |
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| The front of the rocket stove |
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| I should have started this back in August, or at least September. But I finally got my winter indoor greens going. |
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| Once getting the children feeling better, Jillian decided it was time to decorate. The children requested the tree be in the living room instead of the entryway. Here is what they came up with. |
