Christmas Dinner - Not at our house for a change

This year, Hish and Michael hosted Christmas dinner so we were lucky enough to not have to cook for a large rabble.  The food was great and the company was fun.

Ready to eat

Dont forget the crackers

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Our artificial tree finally gave up the ghost this year. It lasted well, but after 16 years it was past the sell by date.  I went to Costco and got a tree, cut the end off, trimmed some branches, and we were all set to decorate.

Siew Gin and the boys did all the decorating, and had fun selecting what ornaments to put on the tree.

Cody unwrapping his bauble

Tyler has not mastered smiling yet

Ugly sweater boys

BBC Christmas Tournament

I organized another badminton tournament for Christmas this year. Same format as before. Round Robin with adjusted scores.  Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and got a lot of games in.

BBC Christmas Tournament 2017

Cuda vs FST Dual meet

The boys had a dual meet on Sunday, and they each had a lot of events to take part in. Cody did 25 back, 25 fly, 50 back and 100 free.  Tyler did 50 back, 100 back, 100 breast and 200 Free.  Tyler managed to add to his list of state times and Cody knocked a lot of time off his 100 free.

Cody leading 100 Free

Tyler not leading 200 free

Gingerbread house

In the old days, this was a huge activity and very competitive. As all the kids are now older and able to do their own gingerbread house, the level of competition has gone down and the quality of house has matched it. 

Let the decorating commence

Hulstrom Dodgeball Competition

The boys signed up to take part in their school dodgeball competition.  They were in separate teams, and we had a long day as they won all their round robin matches, and their first knockout match before finally getting knocked out.  They did win K-2 and 4th grade competitions.

Cody is the winner

Tyler is the winner

Cody in action

Tyler in action

Cody December Pizza meet

Cody had a tough schedule for this pizza meet.  He swam 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Back and then 200 Free.  We felt a little sorry for him, because as soon as he had finished his 50 back. He had to get straight back on the blocks and compete in 200 Free. This was a race against his friend Harper, and turned out to be a battle of boys vs girls.  Cody started the first length slightly behind, but good flip turns and strong streamlines allowed him to get ahead and stay ahead to the end.

Cody in his 50 Breast

Cody wins swimmer of the month

Each month a swimmer is chosen as the swimmer of the month. This month Cody was the winner. He has been working hard at practice and we have seen a big improvement in technique and stamina.

Cody top swimmer