Happy Valentine's Day

Thanks to Katie & ElRoy, Teri & Dan had a fun Valentine's weekend in the cities with Jan & Mark!  KT and ER got to play with Andrew & Aaron while Dan & Mark got to hang out with Jay Leno!

Its not that bad....

Overall, Dan has had a great season coaching basketball for the 7th grade boys team.  However, the last couple of weeks, Dan has had a number of game ending shots that haven't went his way.   One of players parent's sent Dan this picture.  The picture says it all!

Byron Tournament Champions

Aaron's basketball team captured another championship this weekend by winning the Byron Tournament.  Jacki & Odin made the journey to Byron to watch Aaron.  

Stewartville Invitational Champions

Aaron's basketball team won the Stewartville Invitational today, defeating Grand Meadow, Kingsland & Byron.  Aaron had a little extra support on the sidelines today as Robin, Pete, Annie and KT made the trip south to cheer him on!  Here is a team picture as well as Aaron's groupies.

Owatonna Tournament Champions

Aaron's traveling basketball team won the Owatonna Tourney today defeating Owatonna 42-26 in the championship game.  The team passed the ball very well in the tournament.  Aaron managed to score 37 points in the 3 game tournament.

Bad Day for the Simmons

January 19th was a bad day for the Simmons' family.

• The TV room door came off it's hinges.
• A glass fell out of the cupboard and broke into a million pieces.
• Water leaked from our upstairs bathroom onto our new kitchen ceiling :-(  We will know in about one week if we need to replace our ceiling.  

3rd Place at District Competition

Drew competed in the District Hoop Shoot Competition, in Austin, MN on January 17th. He got off to a rocky start making 5 of his first 10 shots.  He regrouped in the second round canning 12 of 15 free throws.  After 25 free throw attempts, there was a 3 way tie for 2nd place with each shooter making 17 free throws.  Drew was now in a free throw shoot off with two other boys to determine 2nd place.  Drew shot 4/5 but the winner made all 5 free throws. The overall winner in the 8/9 boys division made 23/25 free throws.  The video clip is Drew shooting in the shoot off.