A day in the big city for the Olympic Gymnastics Show

Today we had a very exciting day, we're all exhausted. This morning we drove into Boston and picked up Jason's cousin Luke - who is travelling the country performing with the US Olympic Gymnastics team - at his hotel. We went over to the North End and got in line for Pizzeria Regina to open. A line... for pizza? You have to eat there to understand. It was that good. Luke had to get over to the Garden to get ready for the show, so we continued around the North End. We explored the Old North Church, and enjoyed cannoli in Paul Revere Plaza. It was absolutely gorgeous weather, and beautiful.

Once we got to the show, it was super exciting to see Luke perform with all the gymnasts. We decided he's a much better dancer than most of them. The arena was filled with thousands of girls ages 5-12, all of them screaming on the top of their lungs. Alanya was in heaven, and Ben and Noah thought it was pretty cool too. After the show, we pulled out our backstage passes and caught up with Jason's other cousin, Drew and his friend, and got in line to have our programs signed. The gymnasts have been living out of hotels, travelling in coach buses for weeks, and actually sort of grumpy! They just passed the programs down the table signing things and barely looked up. Unfortunately, my memory of Shawn Johnson is of her complaining to the manager if they could move the line along faster, she wanted to get out of there. Oh well. We were excited to see Luke, and he was happy we were there. A few more pictures and he was back on the bus and on his way to Connecticut.

Thanks Luke to treating us to such a wonderful day!