Olympics, tears, and a busy weekend

I have never been successful at watching the Olympics and not crying.  I cry and hurt when the athletes cry, and I cry tears of joy along with them when there is victory...especially unexpected victory.  Friday evening had all those emotions.  I watched Nick Baumgardner's heartbreaking interview when he failed to advance in his Olympic event.  Then I watched as he was paired with Lindsey Jacobellis and had another shot, at age 40, to win an Olympic medal.  His enthusiasm was contagious.  He made it through the qualifying, and when it came to the finals, I couldn't hardly watched.  I left the room, but when I came back only he had raced; Lindsey still needed to do her part for their medal.  I cheered and yelled throughout her race, and the end result was GOLD!  Yep, I cried again.  It was all such a wonderful story.

Our Olympic viewing was after having a lovely dinner to celebrate our anniversary.  We had some amazing food and fun cocktails.  Saturday we took the kids to Dayton and had the best fries EVER as we celebrated our family, and yesterday I visited with my grandmother.  She's doing really well and it was a very nice visit.  And of course last evening we enjoyed a really great football game, even if it didn't go the way we had hoped.  It was a busy February weekend!