the calm before the storm!

so, this weekend the fox family is going to be LAZY!!! not only do we have an enormously busy 3 weeks ahead of us - gabe starts soccer practice 2 nights a week, next week, gabe's little friends bday party on sat, gma marilyn comes sat. for a week visit, shawn leaves a day after gma for a work trip to wichita, and then returns the same day shan & erin come for a 4 day visit, and then if that were not enough, the next week both boys start school, and somewhere in there i need to finish school shopping - whew i'm tired, but most importantly, if you were not aware the olympics are on!!! for those of you who didn't know, i am a huge olympic fan-- i love all of the action! the action started friday evening with an amazing opening ceremony - the chinese hosts know how to throw a party! gabe, shawn and i all sat in amazement (grady was amazed from time to time) with what they were able to pull off. the fireworks, costumes, and not to mention coordinating 2008 performers in various scenes--nothing less than amazing! this morning we all rolled out of bed - very late, enjoyed a relaxed, completely unrushed breakfast and then resumed where we left off last night. so far today, we have cheered on the women's indoor volleyball team, women's fencing, women's rowing, canadian soccer team (hey we are only about an hour and a half from canada up here and they were playing china (our biggest competitor in medals!)), and currently cycling. swimming and boxing are on our agenda for this evening! so far the americans have won 3 medals - all in women's fencing - an american sweep!!! YEA U.S.A!!!! we just wanted to let you know we have not dropped off the face of the earth--we will back to our exciting travels next week--right now, i've got some cheering to do! GO USA!!!