Special Olympics!!!

 

SO Much happened in such a great weekend!!! so instead of reading, you get to see it like a picture book!

The morning started off with us waking up at 5 and driving to Terre Haute. Michelle and I followed the buses on 41 until we temporarily (and by that I mean for an hour) lost the buses while we stopped at the bank!
Luckily we were able to catch up. We were sitting on pins and needles the whole time, afraid we might screw up our first task! and that was GETTING there!

Some were more excited than others to be riding on the bus bright and early! Michelle and I definitely had to rock out to ke$ha to stay awake on that early ride!












The pool the athletes got to swim in was cold! While I was timing they kept telling me it was freezing and my response always was "they make it that way so you will swim faster!!! :) "

When they were not swimming they were sitting, and playing DS's, singing to Lemonade mouth, eating junk food, wondering around (when we were not looking), taking long bathroom breaks, stretching, getting medals, sleeping, looking like they were going to cry (Michelle), coloring, and so much more!

Olympic Town!!!

Stretching :)

Lemonade Mouth Jam Session!

There was some free time for Olympic Town, Napping, and Medals!!!

and THIS is what some had to say about swimming!!! 

Cole taught me how to do the wave and the robot, while Ronnie danced with Amber!

We just had a little bit of SOVC spirit!!!

    

The athletes needed some rest....

But the coaches might have needed more :)

 

 This is how I felt a few times.... :) And this is how I felt about THAT girl :)

I can't even begin to explain what a FANTASTIC job these two did and what great people they are! If they were not busy taking care of our athletes they were busy helping someone else out! They really are a great example for those around and care so much about the well being of the swimmers!!!

So the best way to sum the weekend up would be with these two pictures...

ny = my :)
Wouldn't be a true text if it was spelled right!

So between all the chaos, exhaustion, heat, girls with very loud voices, being lost, people waking you up by doing flips in their beds (Michelle), not being able to get heat sheets, trying to find the right place to put your swimmer, preventing sugar from going in drinks, millions of sub sandwiches, broken cars, locked in room keys... All that was made up for when we got to see how happy those athletes were when they got their medals and ribbons! 

Love, Courtney and Michelle :)