Vancouver 2010

What do all these things have in common? Well if you have been following the 2010 Olympics you will recognize all these things instantly. My hubby is very riveted by this complex sport. :) It is called Curling. I had to get a definition from Wikipedia to explain it properly:

Curling is a team Olympic sport in which stones are slid across a sheet of carefully prepared ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard.

Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy, polished blue hone granite stones^[1] across the ice towards the house (a circular target marked on the ice). The purpose is to complete each end (delivery of eight or ten stones [depending on recreational or competitive play] for each team) with the team's stones closer to the centre of the house than the other team's stones. Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgment, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place, but without touching the stones.

Well team USA did not fair very well. I think they are 2 for 6. We are hoping that maybe this could be our boys ticket to the Olympics- Miller boys at curling. Check it out.