Family Olympics

Ladies and Gentleman I now invite you, in honor of Winter Olympics 2010, to take part in our family Olympics. There are 4 participants this year. . . Alec, Ashley, Hanna, and Verdia (our sweet neighbor whom I claim as my 4th child).

The first event . . . JUMPING JACKS!!!

Ashley gets the Gold

The second event is BALANCE ON ONE FOOT . . .

Verdia gets the GOLD!!

The third event was SPLITS!!!

The gold goes to HANNA!!!

The fourth event . . . JUMP ROPING!!!

The gold goes to ASHLEY!!!

The fifth event. . . PUSHUPS!!!

The gold goes to ALEC!!!

The sixth event was . . . SIMON SAYS!!!

The gold goes to HANNA!!!

The next event BALANCING A PILLOW ON YOUR HEAD . . .

And . . . Alec takes home the GOLD!!!

Then sweet Verdia went home. We started watching the Olympics and after 1800 flicks of light. . . this was the only light that was left. . .

The lights are out, which means no heat (don't be fooled by the fireplace. . . they are only gas logs and they don't heat very much. . . Jon says its like burning dollar bills). . . this stresses the Olympic Mom out. . .

So the Olympic Dad. . . called the electric company . . . and then called his parents (who live 2 miles away). . . they were out of town, but called their neighbors. . .

They had electricity. . . off we headed to their house (so we could watch the Olympics. . . spoiled Americans we are)

Guess what? Their downstairs heat was broken. Although we could watch TV we were freezing.

But,brilliant Olympic Dad had an idea. Turn on the upstairs heat and lay on the floor and watch the TV from the balcony that overlooks the family room. Olympic Dad kept calling the house (he knew when the phone rang more than once the lights were back on).

So, we headed back home, all piled in the bed and fell asleep to the opening ceremonies.

We are SO LOVING the Olympics!!! What about you guys? What's been your favorite event so far?