The Olympics!

Jen, Joseph and I have loved the olympics. Joseph loves sports, so he is fascinated by the olympics anyway, but it has been fun to watch it as a family.

It reminds us of the last time we watched it together. Four years ago Jen and I went from dating to almost unofficially engaged during the olympics (I looked it up, it was Aug 13-29th, 2004 - we "unofficially" were engaged on Sept 1st.). We spent quite a few evenings curled up on her couch together watching the games, and it brings back some great memories.

One fun thing has developed as a part of the games, we've seen Joseph start singing for fun. He's sung a little (but mostly listened) in primary, and whenever we sing he tells us to "Shhh!" So it has been fun to see him start "singing" the olympic anthem. Of course there are no words to the anthem, he just goes "dum, dum, da-dum dum dum dum," etc. He only gets about half of them in, but he does a pretty good job. It has been hilarious to see him stop whatever he is doing so he can sing along. Here is another low-quality video for you to enjoy:

Oh, and how about our boy Michael Phelps? Wow, that has been a fun ride! I don't think we'll ever forget the 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, or the 100 m Butterfly. Those were amazing come-from-behind wins. We had just watched him help win his 8th gold a few minutes before capturing that video (of Joseph singing).

We watched it a few minutes late because we'd recorded it. We love our DVR! It has been great for the olympics and everything else, but especially the olympics. Who has time to watch 5 straight hours of TV? (That has been the average time for the prime time coverage every night). We get our fix in about 2 hours by fast-forwarding all the commercials as well as the commentary they often have to fill in the gaps. Plus if they decide to cover 75% of a 2.5 hour Marathon (what were they thinking with that much coverage today? Was nothing else happening in between?), we can fast forward when we feel like it.