As I am recovering from being radioactive, I have pretty much watched the Olympics 24/7 and I must say it has been really rather exciting! However, I have been extremely disappointed with the results of the women's gymnastics. It's obvious that some unfair practices are going on, especially where China's team is concerned.
There is a minimum age limit set by the International Olympic Committee for those competing in gymnastics at these Olympics - the athletes must be at least 16 years of age by the end of this calendar year. However, it has been widely disputed that many on China's team are under the 16 age limit. In fact, some are reported to be as young as 13! However, the IOC is doing nothing about it because China can produce passports for each girl that claims they are all 16. Now I am no history buff, but what I do know is that China is not below falsifying records if it means they can dominate in a global setting.
At the bars finals two gymnasts received the exact same score, putting them in a tie for the gold medal. They were:
Nastia Luikin (USA) and
He Kexin (China) This is the girls that is supposedly 16. I'm not buying it.
Now, they scored exactly the same so to figure out who won gold, they had to do tie-breaker after tie-breaker. These so-called "tie-breakers" were set in stone before the competition, but their routines were so similar that they had to go through 4 tie-breakers until they could find a girl who had a slight edge and award her the gold. Unfortunately, it was He Kexin from China.
Here is what I think should have been done: in swimming, if two swimmers touch at the exact same moment, they award two medals of the same color. For instance, if two swimmers both touch the wall and tie for third place, they will give out two bronze medals. Why can't they give two gold medals in this instance?!? Obviously both girls did well enough to get the highest score so they should both be awarded gold medals. However, they decided to give it to the girl that was apparently slightly better but also underage and illegal. Blast China and their unwillingness to follow the rules!
The bed was so soft it was like sleeping on a cloud! Here was the view from our room:
We ordered room service and ate dinner in bed and then had breakfast in bed the next morning! We then went to the Gateway and played around there - my favorite was playing at the children's museum! It was fun, even though we didn't have any kids with us! Here I am pretending I'm a TV anchor
and here is Jake playing with the wind tunnels.
Then we went and walked around temple square - having the most fun wandering around the basement of the visitor's center - and then we headed off to home. It was a great day to just do whatever we wanted!
This is Robbie - the culprit in all of this. Sorry for the horrible picture taking skills. The heart is there but really really faint. 
Having my mom point this one out is helping for two reasons: 1) it helps to locate the faint heart which isn't nearly as faint in person and 2) it gives you a scale for the size of these hearts. They are fairly large, which is to be expected for someone who just finished up preschool!
Robbie told me this was his practice drawing. We never got a definitive answer as to what it was, but just that he was testing the marker to make sure it worked. Heaven forbid he just try it on a piece of paper!
