Olympic Memories

I have been watching the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. I have loved watching the Olympics since I was a little girl. When my sister Shell and I were young we would get so excited after watching that we would pretend to be Olympians! We had so much fun. If it was winter we would put on our slippery socks and pretend to ice skate on the dinning room floor. If it was a summer we were pretending to be gymnast throwing both arms up in the air. Or my favorite was doing the long jump. We would run from the front porch down the side walk and jump onto the grass and see how far we could go! We had big imaginations. I never was an athlete growing up but it was fun to pretend. I am now actually more athletic than ever (other than my cheer and dance competition days). I have started running with my friends and I love it. We are running the St. George marathon this year. This is the closest I will ever come to being an Olympic athlete. Back to the Olympics. I have been watching soccer, swimming, gymnastics and volleyball. The USA swimmers are unbelievable. Micheal Phelps has swept in ever division and will be taking home 7 or 8 gold medals. Women's gymnastics is my favorite. I got teary when the graceful Nastia Liukin won the all around gold medal. Shawn Johnson was also amazing. The controversy was over the Chinese girls being underage. They looked it! But who knows, Chinese women are so tiny.