2008 Junior Olympics
We're back from the Junior Olympics in Omaha. It was an incredible event and I'm glad the twins and I got to experience it.
We attended the Opening Ceremonies, which were impressive. There were kids from all over the US. Three runners ran the Olympic flame through the stadium and then lit the torch.
Jeremy participated first on Thursday morning in the discus meet. It rained during his meet, but Aunt Darlene and I survived. Darlene did all she could to get us seating. Later I found out that they sent extra seating to the shot put area, not any in the discus! We made friends with a nice lady from Texas. Jermaine was his brothers biggest cheerleader.
Jeremy took third place in the discus. We attended the award ceremony, where the medalists stood on the Olympic boxes to receive their medals. There was a lot of walking on Thursday, but we knew better on Friday and parked accordingly!
Friday both boys participated in the shot put meet. It wasn't raining--simply misting. Which means "very light rain" because we were all soaking wet any way. Jeremy was eliminated before the finals, but Jermaine made it. He took sixth in the finals.
When Jermaine went up to do his first warm up shot before the finals, his shot put flew further than any others before it. But he wasn't able to re-do that shot during competition. He told me later that he felt like the shot was slipping, but he went ahead and threw it anyway!
Aunt Darlene and Uncle Mark took great care of us in Omaha. They live near Burke High School where the meet took place; in fact, many of my cousins went to school there. We ate great, laughed lots, and laughed even more.
But I was glad to get home. I missed Jim and Aaron so much!
