Three Words

To sum up pretty much the whole month of February, I only need three words: Olympics, slides, and family. The first two things had a lot of overlap, too. I have always enjoyed watching the Olympics. I grew up watching Nancy Kerrigan figure skate and adored her, so I thought of her a lot when I saw the figure skating. I enjoyed watching Apolo Ohno in 2002. I missed out on the winter Olympics in 2006 since I was on a mission in Romania. We missed the summer Olympics completely since they began on August 8, 2008, which was the day we got married. So it's good to be back, watching the games! I am quite touched by the performance of Joannie Rochette, skating after her mother passed away on Sunday.
I cannot imagine what she's going through, or worse, what awaits her after all the fanfare has calmed down and she returns home. What a beautiful tribute to her mother that she not only skated so well, but that she took home the bronze medal. Life is so fragile.

The highlight of my month was getting these two cuties for an overnight stay at my house!

Jesse didn't want to be in the picture. But at least Kylee is happy!

I had planned and planned for my niece and nephew to come and was thinking about what fun things we could do. They got to my house around noon and by 3:00 pm, we had done everything! So I had to improvise, hence the grocery cart ride. What an ingenious idea to make riding in the cart fun for kids. Kylee was upset when I went to the checkout after picking up two things. I asked if they still wanted to ride around--the question that turned into us staying at the store for another 20 minutes, scouring for empty aisles so that I could run down them. They laughed and laughed. These two were quite easy to please. Sunday evening after they left was quite dreary and dreadfully quiet. Monday was even more quiet and lonely. I am so glad they got to come and can't wait to have them back! Just for fun, here's a video of Jesse back at Thanksgiving. The best is Ollie Octopus.


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And last but certainly not least, I crocheted this little hat for my darling niece Alexa. I had a lot of fun doing it and can't wait to make more!


4 comments:

Julia said...

I sure have adorable grandangels, don't I?

Carolyn said...

It sounds like you have been busy doing fun things! I can't believe how grown up Alexa, Jesse and Kylee look. Wow!

That hat looks amazing!

MegRuth said...

I was in awe of that girl. I felt the same way.

And I'm SO impressed by your hat!

Kevin + Marcy said...

Whoa! Remember when we were counting down to your wedding by using the Olympics countdown clock since they both were on the same day? I totally forgot about that until now. Crazy how fast that time has gone!