Catching the Olympic spirit

I'm sitting at home on this Friday evening watching the beginning of the coverage of the 21st Winter Olympiad in Vancouver. In the post about Lauren's birthday, I included a picture of the kids with Andy Newell, a Nordic skier competing in these Olympic games. We had another brush with a local Olympic athlete this week. Our older three kids competed in a cross-country ski race on Saturday at their "home" base, Prospect Mountain. As Jakin waited for his race, he was standing next to Bill Koch (in the red, white and blue jacket), the only American to ever medal in an Olympic Nordic event. Koch was at Prospect that day to cheer on his son who was competing. So, both Newell and Koch on our own little mountain just before the Olympics. Pretty cool, I think. I know NBC covers figure skating (and ice dancing! I'm sorry Tanith, I'm just not interested) and snowboarding, but as for me and my house, we will be watching the Nordic skiing.