Enjoy – we have!

So, here are the appropriate photo galleries and links, enjoy!

Andy and Courtney Shultz Wedding June 9th, 2007

Anya and Alex Blank Wedding June 16th, 2007

2061 Tunis Circle Gallery and http://www.2061tunis.com

To be honest I really wasn’t sure what to expect from her. I was hoping that she wouldn’t over-indulge in a typical “Save The Rainforests” rant and was pleasantly surprised when she dove right into sustainability and how all of this interrelated. She delivered us her personal turning point when she questioned how could she be so concerned about a specific species of animal when human beings living in the very same area of the world were starving and had an infant mortality rate that was higher than that of the animals she was studying? These realizations helped her broaden focus to a more global approach and she started the Jane Goodall Institute and other programs such as Roots and Shoots.

She spoke about how “thinking global and acting local” is the most important action each of us can realistically take – which is what the main message was in my mind. Things like, buy organic food – these products have have far fewer environmentally damaging chemicals sprayed on them, and the animals have most likely led a better, more fulfilling life than their non-organic counterparts. Don’t shop at Wal-Mart, which is essentially a sanctioned slave labor camp operating in almost every third world country (there is more slavery in the world today than ever before). These simple steps may cost a little more money in the short run, but let’s get serious – we are royally screwing up this planet and if we continue along this path – it is going to get a lot more expensive, and I don’t mean in dollars.

Ok, thanks for reading – here is what I was thinking about prior to the lecture.

Needless to say, I am very proud of this and will keep you updated on all progress! Here is a link to the article describing the Green Power Project and related Green news.

http://welcome.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=green_power

This league was great – almost exactly like the movie except with less training sessions. Anyway – we have a few photos from this (not many) so enjoy!

Of course, when we packed up to come home Colorado was getting another big bad blizzard. It took us 12 hours to travel north to Denver from Durango. This trip usually only takes 6 hours. Heather’s flight out of Colorado Springs was canceled of course and rather than trek another 4 hours north to Fort Collins (usually only takes 1 hour) we spent the night in Denver. The following day we learned that the snow caused CSU to be closed (3 and a half snow days so far this year!) and after driving back to Fort Collins and shoveling out – we were free to relax from the trip north.

Of course, we had to rest up for New Years! We decided to go out to the bars this year and got a whole crew together – we had a great time and drank way too much. Today we are going to sleep a lot and complete a mini detox session. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Lots of ATVs and snowmbiles towing snowboarders – it was pretty cool.  We also heard that tomorrow is another snow day – that’s right CSU is closed again!  This means that I am officially on Vacation!  Anyway, overall I think Fort Collins co 22 inches of snow – and with the temperatures hitting 40 degrees today – I can’t wait to drive through town and check out all of the snowmen.  We have to brave the roads early tomorrow to pick up the SUV we rented for the drive down to Durango – thank god we reserved a rental – our cars don’t do so hot in the snow anymore…  Anyway – I hope everyone has a great vacation and Christmas and I will miss you all – maybe I’ll post something while I am in Durango to let you know how it is going!  Happy Holidays!