Vancouver 2010

As Paige's posts have made evident, we have spent the last week and a half in Canada. She has not, however, been entirely forthcoming about our reasons for visiting. Paige and I have been preparing for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

First, we thought we would try out for the ping pong team.

But we remembered that ping pong is a summer Olympic sport. So, next we tried hockey and figure skating.

But, the team:

went to a Calgary Flames game, to see how our skills measured up.

We found out pretty quickly that hockey wasn't the right sport for us to break into the Olympic scene. And those of you who follow hockey know that we weren't selected as part of the Canadian or American hockey teams. Though, as far as figure skating goes, I think Paige's dad has some real potential.

So, we decided our last attempt would be curling. Because, seriously, if you can't be a curler, then what can you do?

Well, it turns out curling is really hard. I don't think we would have made the team if we had tried out, because we got kicked out of the rink because our style of playing was a bit unconventional (apparently cracking the ice is a bad thing in curling).

Fortunately, through all this, we did find our place in the 2010 Olympics: fans.

(Canada and U.S. fans)