ms. JODY RECORD

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Christmas 2008-The Whole Record Family Together!

The Record Family, spouses and significant others all joined for a few days of Holiday Togetherness at Jen & Jacob's house in Golden, CO! We spent a lot of time playing and watching Joshua, the first and currently only grandchild, son of Julie (Record) and Chris Holser. Here's Grandma Jane reading a story to Joshua by the fire.

Dad, Jamie, and Julie watch Grandma Jane and Joshua reading together, while Toby seeks some attention from Dad.

I wasn't as on the picture taking as Julie and Jamie were, so my picture sequences have a lot of gaps. For one of our activities we went to the Foothills Fire Station where Jen and Jacob are both volunteer firefighters and have put it over a decade of service. The Dept. had just received a new, BIG truck, so we all ventured down to check it out. Jamie and Joshua got to try on a fire helmet, I think they both look pretty good in them.

Here's the Holser Family, Chris, Joshua, and our sister Julie.

Brother-in-law Jacob, showing Brian, and Jamie's friend Stephen the in and outs of the new truck.

Ms. Jamie with her fire helmet on, shield ready, with little nephew Joshua and sister Jen looking on.

Toward the end of the Holiday, after Chris, Julie, and Joshua head back to Oregon, Mom, Dad, Jamie, and Stephen all came to help us finish moving out of our old house and into our new place in Leadville. WE are SO GRATEFUL for this help, as we had a bit more left than we realized. They all stayed the night in Leadville and we all went for a classic breakfast at the Golden Burro. After breakfast we headed toward Denver, and near Idaho Springs met Jen and Jacob at the local shooting range for some shooting fun!

Brian shooting a rifle, not a bad shot!

Jamie was a firecracker with her shooting, she was hot and on target! She has gone before with Jen and Jacob so she did have a little advantage. :)

Jen all bundled up patiently waiting and watching the rest of us firing 22 cal. rifles, hand guns, and a 47 hand gun, which she has the opportunity to do whenever with her hubby!

Dad firing a rifle, and Stephen shooting one of the hand guns. We had paper targets for the 47 cal. guns and little ceramic (?) animal silhoutte targets sitting on the ground for the 22 cal. guns. Mom and Dad used to own rifles way back in the day, so they too had a pretty good shot!

Jenni and Jamie huddling together trying to stay warm! Funny I used to own Jen's hat, which she's borrowing from Jamie, who is wearing my down vest...hmm. :)

Brian and I happy after shooting little ceramic animals! I, only to brag a little, had pretty sweet aim as well, it must be a family thing!

Here' my proof that I was shooting too, I loved the lever action rifle, I felt so cowgirlish just needed my boots and my hat!

Well..it's been awhile again..So here's a quick summary of Winter08/09!

From August to December of 2008 we lived at our co-workers rental house on a plateau west of Buena Vista facing the magnificent Mt. Princeton, Mt. Yale, Mt. Columbia, Mt. Harvard, and all of their lowly adjacent peaks. Winter was decent as far as snowfall accumulation goes, not at all like 07/08 Winter, but there was certainly enough that we could XC ski around our yard and down the street! So, here's Brian and Toby getting back from a little expedition.

Here's me enticing Toby after my arrival back from our Yard XC Ski Expedition!

At the end of December 2008 we made the decision to move to Leadville, CO about 30 minutes North of Buena Vista, where we could be closer to downhill skiing opportunities and live near one of our close friends, Zak. Brian was able to continue taking online classes during the Winter/Spring and I began working remote for my job full-time at home! In our new home, during January, we had a backyard visit from a little fox!

Zak, for his 2008/2009 Winter job was a Snowcat Skiing Guide for the Chicago Ridge, which operated in coordination with Ski Cooper, where Zak was also a Ski Patroller. We decided to ski at Cooper before they opened for the season, so here's Brian and I posing at the top of our ascent about to take off our skins and ski down toward the triple chair.

Zak along the way was pointing out cool features about the snow, things he learned from his AVY 2 class, and here he is waiting for us to semi-gracefully remove our skins and ski down.

The three of us Brian, Zak, and I tried often, and suceeded a handful of times to XC Ski on the Mineral Belt Trail, which is an 11.6 mile paved bike/running trail within and around the town of Leadville ,which during the winter months they groom for XC skiing.

It was rather hard to breathe most of the time, not only because we were skiing at above 10,200 feet, but as you might guess we were laughing most of the time!

Brian, Toby, and I XC skiied toward the 10th Mtn Division Hut, and I say toward because we started late in the afternoon and didn't have time to reach it all the way. We did however stop at a nice big open area and practice our beacon searching skills! Practice makes perfect!

Here I am, heading back to the trailhead, it was getting dark pretty quick.

Brian and Toby -10th Mtn Hut Trail Hike

For another skiing adventure, which we wore our Tele gear this time for better control after flailing a bit on the 10th Mtn Hut Hike, we headed up toward the Belvedere Hut north of Leadville toward Copper Mtn.

Toby didn't have such a good time on this trip, as he was running so close behind Brian that he sliced his foot on Brian's ski. But thanks to his professionally trained Wilderness First Aid parents, we were equipped to treat him on the trail with a little puppy bandage!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Heath/Powell Wedding-Daufuskie Island our Arrival Walk on the Beach

Sarah Heath and Jonathon Powell, the Bride and Groom, ready to be married and continue a life of love, adventure, and happiness! This is the morning after we arrived Sarah, Jonathon, Lauren, and Casey took Brian and I for a golf cart cruise around the resort including a lovely walk on the beach.

Brian and I, very very excited to be at Daufuskie Island for Sarah and Jonathon's Wedding!

Brian and Jonathon getting a little man to man chat in while Casey & Lauren search for sand dollars for Lauren's future sand dollar tree, while Sarah and I catch up and talk about the exciting upcoming events!

Casey and one of the many horseshoe crabs we found dried up along the beach.

Ladies Spa Day at Daufuskie!

The Ladies Spa Day! (although Uncle Casey had a few services also) Sarah's Aunts treated us to a service at the Daufuskie Island Spa & catered luncheon for our Bridesmaid gifts! Here are some of us getting ready for our treatments: massages, wraps, manicures/pedis, etc.!

Back row: Casey, "The Bride" Sarah, Momma Jane, Lauren, Rachel, front row: Renee, and Jody. Most of the Bridesmaids-missing cousin Ashley & Jr. Bridesmaid A.G.-Sarah's soon to be sister-in-law

Sarah's soon to be sister-in-law and mother-in-law and the Bride enjoying a tasty bite at our catered Bridesmaid Spa Extraordinaire! Yummy fresh fruit & cheese crudite, Ham Salad Sandwiches, champagne, mimosas, and of course something chocolaty!

The Bride getting a spa pedicure while enjoying a Mimosa!

Ms. Rachel and Sarah excited for the celebration!

Jane and Renee relaxed after receiving their spa treatments

Rachel, Sarah's cousin's girl's-the flower girls, who are already sporting low rise jeans :) Jane and Kara Morgan-who came to visit us first upon arriving on the island!