Olympic Fun!

Oh my, six months has passed without a post! Well this one is important, as we attended the 2012 Olympics this year! We thought, as well as the British public, that the Olympics were absolutely terrific and London did a fantastic job putting it on for 2012. We were very fortunate to get tickets to some of the events - track and field, diving, beach volleyball and women's soccer (thanks to Meghan!). We had good Gustie friend's Steffan and Meghan also come to visit us during this time and join us for the events - it made it even more fun to share in the excitement with good pals. Overall, the two weeks were some of the best we've had living in the UK!

In review - Brian and Steffan saw beach volleyball being played at Horse Guards Parade in central London (across from Buckingham Palace). On another day, the guys went to Wembley stadium to watch women's soccer - Japan vs France in a semifinal. The four of us, plus Anders, went to a Track and Field morning session. We were up early from Oxford and took a bus directly to the Olympic Park. We could take his stroller all the way up to the Olympic Stadium where they had a stroller park. The Olympics were very family/baby friendly, which was terrific for us and many others. Anders did pretty well in the stadium, after a bit of food and a snooze. We all then walked around the Park to check out the other venues, the Olympic shop, the jumbo outdoor screen TVs, and the NBC studio! (We had just missed that day's Today Show recording.) Brian then took the baby home to Oxford, while I was able to go to women's 10m platform diving prelims in the aquatic center with Meghan. Diving was my favorite sport of these games - the men were amazing! I took a late bus home and arrived to my two sound asleep boys.

Check out our little video from inside the stadium: http://youtu.be/vofat5KGGpg

We hope you enjoyed London 2012 too!