Bobsledding Barlows

Chris and his two sisters, Julie and Steph, went and rode the bobsled. I was completely jealous! I really should let Chris tell about it. Maybe he’ll just add his comments later.

Anyways, an actual official bobsled driver takes you down the track. You end up going around 70 miles an hour and experience 4 G’s of force. Its not quite as fast as when the sled goes down the track on ice but still an obviously thrilling ride.

Everyone getting ready for the ride.

Chris checking for possible wind resistance. :)

Volunteer guys getting ready to push the bobsled down the track.

Beginning of the Bobsled track.

Ski Jumpers

So, I am slowly but surely, trying to get caught up on all these different things I have wanted to blog about. The combination of our computer having trouble and just not having any time has really put a delay on things.

Chris and I spent the weekend with his whole family up in Park City a few weeks ago. It was a ton of fun. Especially, for Chris. He got to ride all the rides! I mostly babysat all of the purses and stuff for everyone. :) But, one of the things that we did that I probably enjoyed the most was watching a show at the Olympic Park. They had ski jumpers practicing their jumps into a pool. It was awesome. Our pictures just don’t do it justice as it’s sometimes hard to see the guys doing their tricks. You’ll have to look close. However, the video of one of their last jumps is pretty cool. It’s pretty interesting. They shoot a bunch of air into the pool right before the skiers enter to soften the landing. That is why there are all those white bubbles or waves in the pictures. It was pretty incredible watching them do this into the pool. I can’t imagine what it is like when they actually are performing these tricks and landing on the snow. Crazy.

Look for the skiers at the top of the ramp.

He is a little tricky to see but there is a guy flipping at the top of this picture.

Video of the final jump. I'm not sure how to make this bigger. I hope you can all see it well enough. It's pretty awesome! They look like a bunch of rag dolls flipping through the air.

Big Dreams and Reminiscing

So, I've had this secret dream...well, maybe not so secret depending on who you are.... of being in a band. I am not really the "get up in front of people and perform" type of person, but everytime I go to a concert of any sort I always think that they look like they are having so much fun and I would love to be able to do that. A couple of weeks ago I went to a Colors "reunion" concert with a bunch of friends and family. I have always loved these guys and their music since I was introduced to them my freshman year, but watching them perform this last time just reaffirmed what a blast they were having up there on the stage. I think maybe I associate a lot of good times and memories with concerts and combining that with my love of music, well, maybe that's where my desire to be in a band comes from. Plus this last week, I got in the mail a CD that my friend Meesh talked about on her blog. I like their music quite a bit but I'll admit that it was the name of their group that convinced me I had to buy their CD. Who can pass up a CD from a group called "The Waillin' Jennys". I should definitely be a part of that group.

And a little more about the Colors concert...... Going to that concert was such a blast (even at 37 weeks pregnant) and brought back such a flood of memories. I truly have been blessed by the people I have met throughout my life. I love that so many of us still stay in touch and are such good friends. And, I love looking back and thinking of all of the good times that I had with so many people. In the words of Summer J, here is a little "shout out of love" to everyone. Thank you for being my friend.

3 weeks and counting

Here is a picture Chris took last week. So I guess that was actually with 4 weeks left instead of 3. I know, I know. I can hear you all thinking it. I am big. Huge, really. Everyone thoughtfully tells me so too. :) Especially, my loving dad. Thanks, Dad! :)

I'm feeling pretty good though. Just the typical uncomfortableness that comes with being big. I am getting more and more ready to have this little baby come and join us on the outside.

Computer access finally......at least for awhile

So, the ridiculous computer store has still not called to tell us that our new power-cord has arrived. Their estimate of a week is quite a bit different than the typical 7 day week. But thanks to Chris's amazing sister Steph, we have computer access again. Hurray! She let us borrow her computer's cord for a couple of days and is actually probably wondering when she is going to get it back...... Anyways, I am going to try to work on catching up on all the missed blogs we have wanted to post. Enjoy!