Polar Bear Swim

Saturday the 27th was the BIG day:  Polar Bear Swim and get rid of the SNOWMAN.

Curt had wanted Briggs and Beckham to come over to help "beat up" the Snowman.  And it only took a little coaxing before all the nephews were in on the plan.  

We found swords and sticks and the soon had holes and pieces of it missing. 

Soon they resorted to feet....to make it go faster :)

And in the end a good ol' hose and water, smart thinkers.  The head was thrown into the pool by Uncle Curt to see how long it would take to melt.....lets just say it was still in there after most people were done swimming, chilly!!

Next:  The Polar Bear Swim

Everyone anticipating the 40 degree water.  Curt and his brothers always have to do something crazy when they get together and then they convince everyone else that they should do it with them too.  I wasn't convinced.  The rule was everyone get in, swim around and it was going to be who ever stayed in the longest but by the end it was gratifying just by getting in the water :)

Curt and Craig making their way to the other end of the pool quickly!

Even Curt's Mom got in and I think her words were close to " Isn't this lovely."  Always being positive.

In the end all the adult guys and most of the teenagers were jumping in and Grandma.  There were like 10 crazy people out of the 35 of us.  It was all in all fun to watch and by the end of the day Curt did finally start warming up!