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Olympics Fun

We are having so much fun studying and watching the Olympic games in Beijing. We have done craft projects (made torches), plotted all the countries that are participating on the world map, kept a standing list that we change each day for the total medal counts, and learned more and more about China. Caroline had a sleepover on 8/8/08, the night of the Opening Ceremonies. There are lots of Auburn athletes (especially in swimming) that have competed and done well. This is especially fun to watch...

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Visit to Rebecca's and Silver Comet Bike Trail

Whew! It is SOOOO hot in Georgia in August! Yesterday was our OFFICIAL first day of school for the 2008-2009 school year. We are starting out slow with an Olympics study...we are labelling all the participating countries on our world map and learning all about the origins and traditions associated with the games. The opening ceremonies are Friday! Today we took a field trip to see our cousin, Rebecca Teaff, who lives in Smyrna, Georgia (about 45 minutes away). She lives right next to the Silver Comet Bike Trail and we took the opportunity to go and ride our bikes before our visit. It is such a cool trail which is a total of 63 miles in length. Caroline and I rode six miles...Brant and Judson went on for ten. We loved visiting with Rebecca and seeing her new house...it is beautiful! She has a great job at the American Cancer Society as an editor and she shared some books with us that had been written by children whose mom had battled cancer. They were very special to us because our precious five year old neighbor, Kristen has battled leukemia for the past year. Rebecca sent her one of the books and a pin which she loved! Thanks Rebecca!