Bryan's first ride in WY

First post from Hancock!

 Bryan looking super happy after a bike ride.

 A wetland restoration project I have been helping a co-worker with this week.

 Edward is adjusting. He loves having the run of the house.

 Making iced coffee, which turned out really, really good!

 The stove.

 The only place my giant plant can sit.

 My kitchen is much more magical with the addition of twinkle lights.

My very chic sink.

Hannu (my co-worker's husband) at Waterfront Park watching the sunset.

The first crop of dandelions has seeded!

1 year of Grad School Done. 1 to go

I just finished my second semester of Grad School. Today I had a moment of clarity and realized that my stuff had taken over the apartment, and up until now, it had not occurred to me. I'm going to blame my mind being pre - occupied with planning field seasons, taking classes, writing parts of my thesis, and reading. Needless to say, I picked up a lot of my stuff and the apartment and Bryan are much happier.

I would like Erin to know that Bryan and I made perogies again last night. They were amazing.

Pierogies

So Bryan got into a cooking mood today (I may have suggested he make me supper).

He was reading a biking magazine to me last night and found this word, "Pierogies" and we had no idea what it meant. After a short google search, we discovered this Polish creation.

Here is the dough recipe we used. We obviously didn't buy truffle oil for it, so we used ground pork and onions a semi-staple in this household. 

http://onceuponasmallbostonkitchen.blogspot.com/2011/02/truffled-cheddar-potato-pierogies.html

He created amazing-ness. They were pork, onion and chedder filled. They tasted a lot like pot-stickers only better, because Bryan made them! Now we are dreaming of all of the things we could fill them with. We could make our own personal mini fruit pie,. good for quick energy.

Lately

I signed a lease for an apartment in Hancock. The move in date is mid- May and my move out date here is the end of April. Hopefully, the people that are in Hancock, move out as soon as they graduate. Otherwise. . . where to put the boxes?

The rest of the Thank You cards from the Wedding were finished and sent out. We are so amazingly grateful!

The Ott grandparents package was found on the door step of apartment 7 :D not our apartment (17). Thank goodness Bryan found it! Love the flannel sheets and the dust buster!

Thank you to everyone for the Christmas gifts! They were wonderful! Hopefully, we will be spending Christmas in person with everyone this year.

Graduate working has resumed. Peat, peat, peat!

New Year

Happy New Year Everyone! We look forward to seeing where life takes us this year.

Bryan's resolution is to get a job.

Cassandra's resolution is to have a Master's Degree by the end of December.

Christmas at the Otts

Star Wars cookies

Ornaments from last Christmas

Cake topper? Shrub Topper?

A past Christmas Ornament

Got to support!

More majestic than one would originally think (complete with moose)

These are pictures of our Christmas shrub. We are so grateful for all of the gifts and support we have received this year.  As poor newly-weds, one of us still in school, we feel so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. We are hoping to Skype with everyone on Christmas Day, so look forward to that event.

Love,  Bryan and Cassandra