How I came to be a Petro-Canada Family Correspondent

You know as a kid when you said, "Ok, this is for the World Championships of The World", and then you scored the winning goal on your grandpa on your backyard rink? (INSERT VICTORY FIST PUMP & STICK RIDING) Of course you do. Every Canadian has felt that moment. Well, this was the same feeling we had when we GOT "the call" from Petro Canda, telling us we won a trip to the Olympics as the Petro-Canada Family Correspondents.

Let me back up for a minute. Here is how we got here:

Thankfully I was creeping on Facebook and came across the Family Correspondent contest from PETRO-CANADA.
Read the Rules, watched the videos and ACCEPTED the challenge with my younger brother Robbie. AKA Rob--his grown up name. (This was a plan so we could share the experience with our big sis who moved to Vancouver in August. We are 3 peas in a Pod.)
Then we made Petro-Canada Microphones out of Hanna Montanna dollar store Microphones and found Petro Canada 1988 Olympic Champagne Glasses at the Salvation Army to feature in the vid.
On Christmas Eve, with Canadian outfits, hockey gear, microphones and Petro-Canada glasses in hand we headed to the local outdoor rink where my finance, Greg, shot the video for us. Yes, many people thought we were nut. Nothing new.
Christmas Day, our friend edited the video (with the "clutch" bobble-head photos) and we submitted our entry on the last day. Oops. Just added to the dramatic ending. See video below!
Interview happens 2 days later where we brag about how super fantastic our sporty & supportive family is. (LOL)
One weekish later...I checked my voicemail from Robbie and hear this..."HOLY MOLY...ANSWER YOUR PHONE....WE ARE GOING TO THE OOOLLLYYYMMMMPICCCSSSS" . (I am keeping this PG 13)
It's Official. WE ARE THE PETRO-CANADA FAMILY CORRESPONDENTS. Pure JOY.

Hi, I am Steph Brown. A rookie to the blog scene but a regular at telling the fun adventures of my life. I hope you will join me and my brother "Robbie" on our OLYMPIC Adventure with Petro-Canada as theIr Family Correspondents. Just be sure to bring a funny hat.

Over the next few weeks--get to know us, laugh at us, give us feedback,buy your gas from Petro-Canada, send us questions to ask Olympic families, and above all else have a lil' fun with us.

Big, HUGE, Petro-Sized thank you to Petro-Canada for this wonderful opportunity. To learn more about how Petro-Canada is giving the experience of a lifetime to the families of all our Canadian athletes go to www.iwilldreambig.c om (Click on Family Program)

"...And that's the Brown Low Down"

(After studying "Anchorman", we learned that a handle is key.)