The Games!

The Olympics are one of my favorite things!!  I will sit at home and watch just about any sport at any time of the day, simply because it is a part of the Olympics.

I think my overall addiction to all things Olympic started at the 1996 Atlanta Games... my family was lucky enough to attend many different events.  We saw team handball, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, tennis... we had such a wonderful time!!

I have so many memories from the '96 Games... like when we were going to see synchronized swimming (a little after this picture was taken)... and my mom almost got arrested.  Or how we walked 2+ miles to the Marta station in the middle of the summer because "it is just around the corner."

What I was most struck with during the games was the American spirit.  We were not north and south... Democrat and Republican... we were all AMERICANS... we all screamed U.S.A as loud a we could... and proudly waved our red, white, and blue.

So I am so pumped the Olympics are back... for the next 2 weeks... I will watch nothing but sports... and I am so excited about that!