The Olympic Torch

This is Terry Warder, one of the Olympic Torch Bearers who brought the flame from Saint George.
Daddy, when is it going to come? I'm cold :)
Daddy and Justice on their way to see the Olympic Torch run through Sherbrooke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iToR0kKorS4

Tonight we went and saw the Olympic Torch being passed from torch bearer to torch bearer in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The Torch is on its way to Vancover for the Olympic Games in February of 2010 and it was great to watch this event in person since we are here in Canada! We took a video and it's kind of blurry; if the link doesn't work just copy and paste the link into your web browser. If that doesn't work, I'll try and re-post it another time. We have our week of exams coming up with tests on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Then we leave Saturday to fly home to California! See you all soon :)

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