Happy Monday & More Olympic Tears...

Hey Kanakuk Cuties! Well, it's Monday....so therefore Happy Monday friends! This weekend was pretty laid back with lots of great family time for Shay & I. We continue to watch a lot of Olympics...I am already dreading not hearing the theme music in my house all the time...I just love it!

Okay, so last night (well, I think it was last night) Tom Brokaw did a special on Kevin Pearce...Wow!!! I was in tears, surprise surprise, and was in awe of this precious family. I would love to go into great details but basic summation is that Kevin Pearce was a highly favored contender for the Olympic snowboarding team. Kevin actually beat Shaun White in a X-games competition this year. Anyways, during a practice run he had a terrible accident and should not have survived. He did and is daily fighting to make a recovery. Oh the precious mom of Kevin seemed so strong and it just amazed me. So last night...I was in tears over how there are so many stories out there...everyone has a story. Lulu and I prayed for Kevin's family this morning and prayed that they see the Lord each day in the miracles He is doing!

* Picture of Kevin Pearce.

* Picture of Kevin & His family (4 boys...he is the youngest)
*Some of the boarders have a sticker on their boards that say "I ride for Kevin."

Have great Mondays everyone...Kanakuk Countdown is coming close! Summer please hurry!

Be awesome & Love Jesus,

Kanakuk Ashley Robbins

Oh, Precious Olympics...

(Picture from foxnews.com used on Kanakuk Ashley)

Hey Kanakuk Komos,

Well, once again, I am just loving the Olympics! I mean last night was intense, right? Lindsey Vonn was amazing and so precious after she won in her interview. She was that total not sure what I'm saying cry-er. Love it! Then Shaun White...seriously, he is just precious! Okay, I'm sure he would hate that I just called him precious...and I'm sure he will read my blog to know that I called him precious...but he just is! I don't even understand half pipe moves, but I totally teared up last night seeing him win. P.S. on that doesn't he have great hair?? Seriously!

So there is my random thoughts this morning. Oh, totally forgot about speed skating...did anyone watch the relay? Craziness. Shay and I at one point as we were watching Shani Davis and Shay had to remind us both to relax our bodies because you tense up your body as you watch. Oh, I just love the Olympics!

Be awesome, love Jesus, and go Olympics,

kanakuk ashley robbins

I Heart the Olympics

Hey friends,

Seriously, I am slightly obsessed...well, nothing about it is slightly...with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. I DVR all of it and feel this overwhelming unity with the whole world during the games. The athletes that they do "feature" stories on become like best friends and I just cry during medal ceremonies for the athletes...USA or not! I just love them! Am I alone here or does anyone else feel this way? Well, I know my friend Jane (also my neighbor) loves them too!

So hope you are watching the games because they go so quickly...here are my top 5 favorite things about the olympics:

1. Bob Costas: I just think he is the best anchor for the Olympics! I think he is so authentic and calm! Weird, I know!

2. Figure Skating: Seriously, I love the story of the Chinese couple who won the gold. They are married and were just precious in their "feature" story.

3. The marketing design: Okay, this one is strange but I love all the background walls for the ski slopes, ice rinks, jersey deals the skiers wear...the blue/green variation design is just beautiful and cool like the winter games! Love it!

4. Drama: Okay, typically I hate drama (especially since I work with 13-18 year old gals at Kanakuk) but there has been drama for Apollo Ohno and the whole country of Korea (is Korea a country...oh, goodness, please don't leave comments to tell me I'm not smart). The Koreans feel like he was violently moving his arms in this 1500M race but Apollo says they were all bumping and making a ton of contact...oh, the drama! More speed skating I think tonight! Woohoo! Apollo is going for #7!

5. Alexandre Bilodeau: This is the mogul Canadian skier who won Gold for Canada. I was just a hot mess in tears with this one! He skiied for his older brother with cerebral palsy. Amazing story and amazing brothers!

Be awesome & love Jesus,

Kanakuk Ashley Robbins