Special Olympic Polar Plunge

Danny has decided to participate in the 2013 Brighton Polar Plunge. This is something that he has wanted to do. He thinks it will be pretty cool to jump in the lake in February. He's hoping there will be snow and that they will have to chop a hole in the ice.  

The Polar Plunge is Area 27 Special Olympics largest fundraiser. Special Olympics is solely funded by donations and volunteers. We have 400 athletes and 15 sports.  Danny plays basketball. This year he is thinking about swimming again and hopes to play softball.

You are all invited to come watch him plunge on February 23rd. In fact, anyone is invited to join Danny in the plunge! All you have to do is register.

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Danny's Page

Danny's gonna Polar Plunge

Brett and Danny were cleaning up the yard today. Danny didn't think he looked like a "dork".

Danny decided he wanted to participate in the Brighton Polar Plunge this year. It is February 23rd. I tried to tell him that it could be freezing cold and snowy. That they might even have to chop a hole in the ice. He said "it doesn't matter!" He's all excited about it. A couple of his friends and coaches participate. It's to raise money for Special Olympics. In fact it's one of Special Olympics biggest fundraisers. It helps pay for their tournaments. Once we get signed up and set up a Polar Plunge page, I'll post it. Now he has to come up with a costume to wear for it.

Making sure.....

Just making sure I don't make it too easy to get back on a healthy diet around here. At least I used up my candy kisses and mint M & M's. The kids will be happy as I don't bake too much these days.

This and That

I've been fighting a cold virus for two weeks. It started as a terrible head cold and now has settle into bronchitis. It's viral so it just has to run it's course. I'm looking forward to next week with the hope I'll finally be healthy again.

I've sort of been laying low and have been doing quite a bit of knitting. The little bootie in the center of the picture was suppose to be for Heidi's Isaac. A bit smaller than the pattern seem to suggest. So I made it with thicker yarn and bigger needles. (The brown one.) The exact same pattern and number of stitches. Way to big! So I used the same size needles and wool yarn (the blue one's in the right corner) and thought I'd make them big and felt them. Unfortunately, the gray I used for the bottom was washable wool so it didn't felt. I'll have to see if they will fit any of the babies. Now I still have to make mates for the brown and light blue bootie......The purple slippers are for Kendall. I still have to sew on the button and loop. The hat is suppose to be for Isaac. I finished it once and it was too tall so I ripped it out and have to finish it. I actually was this far already one other time and had to rip it out and start over as it was way to small......I'm in the process of making leg warmers for Jean but they appear to be too big. So I guess if they fit Emily (although she's not much bigger than Jean) she will get them. If not, I'll keep them for me. I seem to be running into problem after problem with my knitting but believe it or not, I still enjoy it.

The bag is for Emily. I sewed that up the other day. The pattern doesn't call for a lining but I really think it needs to be lined. So once I get fabric for that I'll finish it. Once her bag is done, that leaves me only four left to make! 

Quiet Christmas Eve

We had a pretty quiet Christmas eve this year. Heidi, Jeff and kids came by at about 9-9:30 and helped liven things up a bit. We let Danny and Jean open up the X-box Kinect and then things got quite lively! Didn't get any pictures though.