Thankful and the 2008 Winter Olympics

Today the barrel from BF #7 was unloaded and the results were interesting. Will post some pics soon. In the meantime, it was wonderful to get an email saying that my colleague, Carl Yost is back from Afghanistan where he served as a chaplain for four months. How he's been missed! I'm so thankful he's back and here safely.

While it gets colder here, there is still no snow! Here are more pics from my wintry white vacation. :) We celebrated the 2008 Winter Olympics there on January 30. (Me above in red).

First, the dogsled races with human dogs, of course. :)
Next, the garbo relay, carrying children. The carriers were encouraged to dress in drag. :)

Next, the sledding competition. I competed and it was hard to make it to the bottom without hitting the sides of the slope. Plus, I went SO fast. Here are a few pics- almost too fast to catch on pic. First, here above was my view from the top of the sledding run. Yes, that was the view.

The top of the sledding hill. The 'officials' were serious about timing the runs.

That's me in the red... This was way fun... especially going so fast!

And that's me too; it was way brighter there; a beautiful day. The one at the beginning of this post that shows more of the beauty of the day. I competed in the sledding event and the biathalon (sledding while throwing snowballs at targets. Didn't win any gold medals (gold coins filled with chocolate, attached to yarn) but it was great fun!