SPECIAL OLYMPICS IDAHO INVITATIONAL

*SO MUCH FUN*


Petter (left) and Eric (right) are athletes from Sweden and they stayed with us for 3 days before the invitational games. We did so many fun things while they were here that I can't possibly write about all of them. We made pizzas, toured some of downtown Boise, went to an AMAZING hoedown at Bogus Creek Outfitters, did so many fun activities at the historical museum, including lassoing a cow and tying quilts and so many other things.



Petter and Eric did really well in their events. Petter got a gold medal in both of his events; the Super G and the Giant Slalom. WOW! Eric took bronze in the Giant Slalom and fourth place in the Suger G. As you can imagine, we were so excited about that.



Just yesterday they flew back to Sweden, and we already miss them.
We learned some fun new things from them, because Petter is the "ROCK AND ROLL KING"! He know all the artists and song titles for every 70's-90's Rock song that played on the radio. As you can imagine, Lex had a lot of fun doing that!
Eric was so fun to be around, and had so much energy (when he was feeling well). He LOVED KARAOKE singing, and LOVED to dance, and as you can imagine, I had a lot of fun doing that!
Actually, everything was a blast the entire time!
We had so much fun getting to know them and everyone else we were so fortunate to spend time with. We hope that we will be given the opportunity to volunteer again next year during the big games. If you want to see all the results or volunteer for next years Special Olympics here in Idaho, click on : http://www.2009worldgames.org/
PS... Petter and one of the Coaches (Stephan) were in the news paper. To read about it click on:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/story/306362.html