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Josh’s Christmas List
It’s a common problem around the holidays. Everyone wants to buy me something, but they’re just not quite sure what I’d want or what I already have. Because I care about you so much and want to help you avoid that frustration and pain, here are a few things that I’d love to get this Christmas. The order of items below is completely random.

My software is in need of an update - would total about $180 to get it back to its potential on my current laptop. Any help toward that would be great!
a cheap sawzall with a cord would also be fine.


Meranda having fun
Meranda has been having a lot of fun lately, and we’ve been fortunate enough to catch some of it with our camera.

Thanksgiving 09
We had a great Thanksgiving dinner at the Hufnagel household this year. We had a wonderful time and had some unnecessary excitement with a fire during the meal. A napkin caught fire from a candle and then burnt the tablecloth – lots of fun. It was not a total disaster thanks to Bill’s fast action. Enjoy the pictures below.
New Jersey – Great Bay
I had the opportunity to preach at a small church in Mystic Island New Jersey this Sunday. We had a great time meeting new people and enjoying good Christian fellowship. Meranda was great and smiled at everyone. On our way back we spent some time in Cape May, where we got engaged over 5 years ago!
Meranda loved being in the car, but not in her car seat while we were on the ferry between Lewes and Cape May. She was supposed to be sleeping, but that didn’t happen.
Nor’Easter of 09
We’ve had some pretty crazy weather on the Delmarva Peninsula the last week. The ocean breached the dunes and joined the bay north of the Indian River inlet. That closed rt 1 for several days. Winds were up to 100 mph and the waves were over 20′. Tidal flooding was worse than it has been in decades. Here are a few pictures – the waves at Fenwick with Ed.



Ed, if you want to print these pictures out, click on this link for higher quality images: ed’s pictures
Got my wings!
After squeezing about 50 hours of training into 15 months, I am finally and officially a pilot! On Monday, November 9, 2009 I took and passed my checkride. The checkride is an oral and practical exam given by a designated examiner. I started the oral exam at 9:45 and ended at about 2:15. The practical (flying the airplane) exam lasted an hour and ten minutes. Just after 3:30 I was getting my logbook stamped with all the official stamps and signatures! I flew home and took my wife up for a quick spin around the pattern.
Now I’m waiting for some time and good weather to fly again.

More Meranda
I have neglected the blog for quite a while, so here are some pictures of our little Meranda (at almost 20 lbs, she’s not quite so little anymore).

Daddy styled her hair

While Aunt Mary was holding Meranda, she decided she was still hungry and grabbed a potato roll from the table and went to town!
She loves her bath-time!
Halloween – Gardens by Marlowe
Last Halloween was our big announcement day – so it was going to be impossible to top. This year was relatively simple (since Bethanne had purchased a boy and girl costume on clearance after last Halloween). Meranda was a cute little flower, Bethanne was a clay pot, and I was the gardener.
Here are ma and pa with Mary from Little House on the Prarie.



