Polar Bear Swim 2008

Rexburg holds an event “Snow Fest” the last saturday of January. There are random fun snow events – for our family the Polar Bear Swim is a favorite. This entails putting on a swimming suit, standing out in 15 degree weather to wait for your turn, jumping into a large pool of 36 degree water, then immediately sitting in a 106 degree hot tub, getting out and hurriedly putting on your snow pants, hat, and gloves. There must be some sort of rush involved that some of us just can’t understand. Anyway, after much anticipation it finally arrived. Alexis has been talking about it for awhile. Lily wanted to be on T.V. (the news) again. Mason, just like always, is up for a thrill. Stephen woke up after a long, restless night from a cold – obviously this did not deter him. When going to sign up they found out that children under 8 would not be permitted to jump. (A girl in South Dakota last year did this and her heart went into cardiac arrest – not comforting thoughts for an overprotective mother!) Needless to say, Lily had to watch – she was mostly disappointed about not getting on T.V. Alexis was over joyed when Stacie called and said she would be joining in and bringing Kate with her. They also informed us that Jana and Hannah were taking the plunge as well. Crazy Cold Fun! Another year, another hat, and membership to the prestigious Polar Bear Club. We missed Lance, Kassie and Sami (from last year).