We love the Olympics (both Summer and Winter games) and having them in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada just makes the 21st Winter Olympics of 2010 even more special ... plus it's Kendall's first Olympics! It has been so fun to see Vancouver for the past 17 days ... I love to say "I've been right there!" ... we've been to nearly all the sites that the games are taking place ... we've skied at Whistler, Ash has skied many times at Cypress mountain ... and love visiting where Ashley grew up and his family that lives there ... and we can hardly wait for our trip there in June to see everyone and beautiful BC!
... the Opening Ceremony & watching all the athletes from all the different countries walk in & be cheered for - they are all so proud to be representing their country ... this year the US sent 216 total athletes and Canada had 193 athletes.
... the history within the Olympics ... setting Olympic records, setting world records, little facts and tidbits of history (like this was the first gold medal Canada had won on their own soil ... they hadn't won a gold during the other Olympic games on Canada soil previously ... and we got to see it!)
... all the amazing stories that are shared about the different athletes (both American and from other countries) & where they've come from and how they've gotten this far ... I LOVE the stories!
... the Olympics' music that NBC uses during all of their broadcasting ... is that what every country uses or just the US ... regardless, I love it!
... the NBC website & the official Vancouver 2010 website for all things Olympics ... http://www.nbcolympics.com/ and http://www.vancouver2010.com/
... and WINNING! Team USA earned 37 total medals ... that's the most medals of any other country this Olympics ... winning 9 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals! Of course, we ... especially, Ashley ... were also cheering for Canada ... and they won the most gold medals of any other country of this Olympics, with 14 ... in the end, Canada earned a total of 26 medals!
(For history's sake, although, I don't think Ash & I will ever forget this game that we watched ... the Men's final Hockey game was INTENSE! Canada was up 2-1 on USA ... with 24 seconds left in the 3rd (and final) period, USA scored a goal to tie it up 2-2 ... so it went into overtime ... 4 on 4 playing sudden death ... and after many, many shots taken on both teams, finally a goal was made ... and Canada won the game and the gold medal ... their 14th and final gold medal of these Olympic games! Ash has been wearing his Team Canada hockey jersey (that his siblings had given him as a birthday present several years ago) all day today for the big game ... and now that they won, I don't know when he'll be taking it off! ha!)
2 more years til the next Olympics ... the Summer games in London ... and we're already looking forward to it! Go Team USA and Team Canada!
we;re actually going to victory in June and we'll go over to vancouver. you'll have to tell us what to do there.
ReplyDeleteLoved catching up on your blog! Kendall is growing so fast. What a cutie! I miss that bath time with little ones. Just think about all the fun she will have in your pool. How fun for you all to watch the Olympics in CANADA!
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