Swim Team in Full Force!

February may be cold outside, but we always feel like we are in the tropics!  We pretty much live at the YMCA pool the whole month getting in lots of hours of practice to drop those few seconds needed to qualify for the State Meet and Midwest Regional Meet.   

Will has really taken a liking to the back stroke!  Once he figured out the flip turn he really started dropping time and winning some races!

Kate continues to focus on her breast stroke and back stroke.  This year she asked for a speed suit for xmas.  She loves wearing it to the meets.  

Back up the clock to Jan 2017!!!!

Time to catch up on the blogging once again..... So let's go back in time to when we rang in 2017!  The days of going out and celebrating late into the evening are on hold for now.  Instead, we celebrated in our jammies with yummy food and horns to blow!

January is also Papa"s Bday Month.  We had Papa and Nana over for a peppered steak dinner and custard pie for dessert.....Papa's Favorite!

We always celebrate the Van Zee Xmas in January.  Opa flew in from California for a few days.  We had our traditional sugar cookie decorating contest again.  

Everyone takes this competition very seriously!

And the top 3 winners were......
Will: 1st Place
Brett: 2nd Place
Kate: 3rd Place

Great Grandma VZ is always a real trooper and really doesn't let all the loud noise and craziness get to her at all :)

The grandkids always love it when Opa visits!

And we couldn't end the holiday without digging into the dress up bin and playing a little make believe.  Another Holiday Season in the books!