STGR Blog

A well deserved Happy Mothers Day to all of you out there! We had a great one here as Sophie rolled completely over for the 1st time! She did it in room #8 while cleaning today and was a real Mothers Day treat for Jodi and Grandma. We even had the video camera on hand to catch it on tape.

Also Trey finally won his 1st horseshoe tournament with his partner Gloria (7th time returning), a well deserved win as they beat me and my partner Katja from Germany in a close championship match of 11 - 6.

The weather has been great with some days in the upper 80’s and some in the 90’s. We will probably be switching to our early-summer riding schedule soon with 1 ride before breakfast and 1 ride after breakfast. The afternoon rides will go out a little bit later as well to accommodate the heat.

Even though it is Mothers Day I wanted to post this pic I took of Daddy (Jeremy) and Sophie at sunset. To achieve the same effect when you are at the ranch just set your camera to manual mode if possible. Wait until sunset when you can achieve a very hight contrast. Then choose the fastest speed, usually in the thousandths of a second (2000-4000) and then choose the lowest ISO rating (50-100). Then get really low to the ground with the subject above as much of the horizon as possible and snap away.

Another month goes by and along comes another birthday for Sophie - 4 months goes by quick!

Sophie turned 3 months on the 10th of April and she is growing up fast. She even got to go on a vacation when we traveled back to WI for a cousins wedding. In WI she actually rolled but has not repeated it again since returning to Arizona?

Sophie is doing well and turned 5 weeks old. She is happy and healthy and enjoyed her first Valentine’s Day. A big Thank You! to Maurine and George Nelson who sent the Scottish Build-a-Bear all the way from Scotland!

Jeremy and Jodi welcomed a healthy baby GIRL on January 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm safely in Lake Havasu City Hospital.

Sophie Marie Rynders
8lbs. 3.3 oz
20 Inches long

Jodi and Sophie are both doing great, and they should be home the afternoon of January 11th.

Thank you for all of the well wishes and prayers!

Jodi’s due date is January 10th and everything is going very smoothly so far. We do not know if we are having a boy or girl as we are saving that moment for the delivery room.

Jeremy and Jodi have an announcement to make. We are expecting a baby, due date is January 10th!!! It is a very exciting time in our lives. We just wanted to let everyone in our extended ranch family know about the exciting news. This way you wouldn’t come out in the future and either see Jodi with a big belly or one of us holding a little baby in our arms. Of course Dan and Carrie are very excited about being grandparents for the first time too! Please keep us in your prayers over the next few months. All is going great at the check ups and we are going to be surprised along with everyone else as to whether it will be a boy or a girl.