Monday, September 24, 2007

Day 1 - Sept. 24 - leaving for Louisville


we traveled to Louisville this afternoon - all the athletes, family & friends are excited...a few tears and lots of hugs but it was all good...we had a great send-off celebration: the Mayor and other local officials along with one of our State Senators were on hand to wish us well...then we got a police and fire dept. escort to the county line with sirens blasting


off to Los Angeles tomorrow then China on Wednesday...pack plenty of underwear we're gone for 19 days!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good luck and God Bless you all!!!
Show 'em what the good ole USA can do!!!

Love you all!

Jeff Daulton ( Coach Derek's cousin from Chapel Hill, North Carolina )

kbert12 said...

we love ya Jennifer H.!!!
Good Luck and God Bless you all!!

Anonymous said...

Good luck girls. Have fun and
give it your all. Go team USA.



Carolyn Siebold

Coaach Jenn's Mom

Anonymous said...

Thank you for helping us experience your journey with this blog. Good Luck Team USA --we are all so proud of you!

Kelly Hutchinson
Special Olympics Kentucky

Anonymous said...

Good luck girls see you soon.
Natalie I love you. Have fun in L.A.

Love you guys.

Natalie's mom

mom said...

good luck team love mom jennifer H

mom said...

g ood luck marcey mom thomasson .

Anonymous said...

Lifeskills Russellville wishes you all good luck and safe return. Go get em!!!!

Anonymous said...

Lisa and Bill Leachman wish you all the best. Have fun and give it your best!

Anonymous said...

Hey, Natalie! The Slaughters are with you all the way! Godspeed! We love you!

mike said...
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mike said...

I'm proud of you all. May God bless you all in the quest for the gold. To Crystal I love you and miss you so hold so, hold your head up high and be proud.
GO TEAM USA!!!

LOVE YOU ALL
MIKE

team usa said...

just checking in to say we love you and miss you all very much hey to kay, shelia and mary ann we are praying for you all even tho God has you all in his hands we wish you the best thanks to brent and derek and jen for their hard work and this site we love them so much, jason rosa and dianewill be waiting to hear some news

Anonymous said...

good luck team usa in this week games see ya when ya come back have a safe trip back and brent your bengals lost 34-14 sorry to be the one to tell you the new england put it to them well see ya
melissa & bubba

Anonymous said...

Derek, great picture of the team beneath the American Flag. I have a question though. Do you have batteries in your shoes that illuminate them? Your shoes are very cool!!

Best of the luck to the team. U S A! U S A!

Rick