Happy Baking Day!

We had a baking day yesterday! Anna and Lizzie helped with the cookies. I made them, Anna rolled the dough into smooth round balls, and Lizzie rolled them in sugar, she called it suger bathing! And I gently pushed them down! Lizzie wanted some pictures of her(not a suprise!) baking in the kitchen! I didn't know Lizzie was getting into the cookie dough so I caught her trying to eat some she was very made at me! We made four trays of gingersnaps, one pan got burned by accident! Anna was not watching the cookies and the pan burned. But the three trays were perfect! Sometimes I forget to add sugar or something that makes the cookies good! I think they were pretty good! There are only three left and we made them yesterday ! I think some little mice snuck into the cookie jar! (Anna Jane, Lizzie Lane, Father in Black, and Sue Rue! In other words, Anna ,Lizzie, Daddy, and I! My mom is innocent! The reason why there are so many pictures of Lizzie is because she is loves the camera! Big Suprise, not really! We even had a fashion show! Lizzie won Anna didn't want to do it she isn't in love with her self as Lizzie is! Oh! We made the cookies all by our selves!

Shawn Johnson

Shawn added a third Olympic medal to her count, taking silver in the floor individual finals today. Romania’s Sandra Izbasa was first and teammate Nastia Liukin finished third. With Shawn's All-around and Team silver medals, she is now one of the most decorated U.S. gymnasts in Olympic history. Congratulations Shawn!

These questions were on her website I found it interesting!

Q. What grade are you in at school?

A. Sophomore at Valley High School, a public school in West Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

Q. How old were you when you started gymnastics?

A. My parents put me in gymnastics when I was 3 because I had too much energy around the house.

Q. How have your parents been supportive of your gymnastics?

A. They have and made sure that what I’m doing is what I love and enjoy. They have just supported me in everything that I have done and are the best parents ever.

Q. What’s your favorite event to do?

A. My favorite has always been the balance beam.Q. How often do you practice? A. I usually work out 4 hours a day and 5 to 6 hours on Saturday with Sundays off. A typical practice consists of practicing every event for about an hour. A lot of people assume I have private coaching, but I work out with 13 other girls at the gym.

Q. What kinds of food do you eat as an elite gymnast?

A. I don't really follow any specific diet. I just eat very healthy, well balanced meals and try to stay away from sweets. A normal breakfast for me is yogurt and scrambled eggs, lunch might be a wrap or salad with some fruit, and for dinner I eat a lot of fish or chicken and fresh vegetables.

Q. What do you eat before competitions?

A. Before every competition I try to eat light so I don’t feel full and may have some chicken and fruit or maybe a little pasta. After the meet I’ll eat a filling meal with carbs and meat to help kind of heal and re-energize my muscles for the next day.

Q. Who is your role model in gymnastics?

A. My biggest role models in gymnastics have always been Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller. I always loved watching their gymnastics and am now able to personally connect and relate to them which is such an honor.

Q. Who gets more nervous at events – you or your parents?

A. I would probably say my parents, just because they have watched me grow up and have seen everything I have worked for and done, so they are just really protective and anxious. All they want is for me to be happy and come out of everything perfectly healthy wearing a smile.

Shawn Johnson won three silver medals and one gold! I love winning gold medals!

Michael Phelps and His Eight Gold Medals!

As you have probably seen Michael Phelps on the Olympics Michael Phelps as won EIGHT GOLD MEDALS!!!

First in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay when his teammate, the U.S. tri-captain and oldest member of the swimming crew, Jason Lezak, was losing to France's Alain Bernard in the anchor leg.
Lezak beat Bernard in the last meter by eight-hundredths of a second -- the closest finish in the event's history. Lezak's finish, and fastest split in history,
The second nail-biter was Phelps' 100-meter butterfly. Phelps gave everyone a scare after hitting the wall seventh at the 50-meter mark and, still trailing Milorad Cavic of Serbia with five meters left in the race, he didn't seem like he was going to catch his rival.
In the closest race a swimmer can achieve, Phelps beat Cavic by one-hundredth of a second with a quick half-stroke.
The relay that was swum by Aaron Peirsol (backstroke), Brendan Hansen (breastroke), Phelps (butterfly) and Lezak (freestyle) with a time of 3:29.34, beating out the Australian men and smashing the U.S.'s previous world record. The squad of Peirsol, Hansen, Ian Crocker and Lezak won the gold in Athens, so it was the U.S. team's race to lose.

The Water Cube was packed Sunday morning to witness history in the making.
"There are definitely more people here than any other session. For the entire meet, pretty much the last four rows of the media section have been empty.
You can imagine the nerves of each athlete on the final relay team, let alone the men who swam in prelims. Matt Grevers, who swam the backstroke leg of the preliminary 4x100-meter medley relay and won silver in the 100-meter backstroke, said he didn't think the squad would ever make it out of China if they were disqualified.
Well, the U.S. men can sleep easier tonight, as they've helped a teammate achieve his goal.
Phelps' relay team member Hansen (fourth-place finisher in the men's 100-meter breastroke) said of Phelps' eight-medal achievement, "This beats the Tour de France, it beats the U.S. Open ... it beats every part of what sport is ... all athletes should tip their hats to Phelps."
When asked about the possibility of winning eight golds, and if he felt it was physically possible, Phelps replied, "In my dreams I always wanted it."
(Tipping my hat) If that's not motivating, I don't know what is.
Olympics committee and swimming staff who questioned the outcome. Cavic says he is "completely happy," and "there's nothing wrong with losing to the greatest swimmer there has ever been."
At the Olympics everyone was screaming in amazment following Phelps' butterfly finish, "He gets it done again! He gets it done again!"
Even Phelps' mom had two fingers held up because she believed her son finished second. When she looked at the scoreboard with her daughter seated beside her, and realized he won, a look of disbelief and nausea seemed to overcome her, so she took her seat. I think Michael Phelps mom is very funny! I keep seeing her holding the two fingers up!!!