What an exciting time for Boise! We have our own Gold Medalist and Olympic Champion - cyclist, Kristin Armstrong! Her return from Beijing was quite an event! The airport was packed with people excited to welcome her home and see her gold medal. She was letting all the children hold and touch it, no matter how long it took. She is amazing! Chip took Taylor to experience this awesome occasion.
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The next day, thousands of people showed up downtown to ride one mile with her to the Capital Building where she was presented the keys to the city. Chip took Aubrey this time. He made his way to the front of the pack, (surprise, surprise!) in order to get the most out of the rare opportunity to ride along side Kristin.
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Aubs with the Mayor of Boise, Dave Beiter. 
Taylor and Aubrey were both on the live local news here in Boise, and Taylor was in the newspaper the next day. How cool is that?! They will always remember this. They have a pretty cool dad who wanted to be a part of it all to thank for it. He's pretty proud of this picture, taken with the Gold Medal winning bicycle - of course this is the second one taken, since the first one had a little glare in it. Way to go, honey!
4 comments:
Tracy,
I really enjoy your blog. I'm responding this one because we were at the airport the day that Kristen flew in as well, only we were having a sad moment saying goodbye to Carina, our exchange student, who left just as Kristen's plane arrived. We didn't see you guys, but we also left because the exuberant crowd was too much for us! What a great experience for your family though.
~Heidi
How fun is that! You never know what will inspire your kids. Sometimes it is a memory such as this that takes on a life of its own!
Love,
Mom
You guys are so awesome! So community oriented and you give your kids such cool experiences! I'm impressed, yes, I am!!!
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