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Saturday, December 27, 2008

New Christmas Eve Tradition

A wonderful family in our Ward, the Looses, invited about 1/2 the Ward to go ice skating on Christmas Eve. We wondered if the kids were all big enough, and it turns out they are. We had LOADS of fun!

Though Aspens pants were thoroughly soaked, she loved every minute of it. She even has a few bruises on her hips to show all her good effort. She kept looking around while skating, and every time she'd turn her head her skates would turn too. Plenty of crashes but also plenty of smiles.

One of London's best friends from the Ward was also there with his family, Jacob Strathearn. They skated the whole night through. Though I think they spent a good part of their time in the middle of the rink (with wistful eyes) watching the good skaters spin around. They had fun and didn't crash too many times.
Sicily hung out on the sidelines. When all you can do is crawl there's not much interest in ice skating. So she got bundled up all snug, drank plenty of Hot Chocolate and spent some girly time with some of the Young Women that were there.
You'll notice there are no shots of Phoenix on the ice. Though he did have a good evening, it did NOT have to do with ice skating. We did get some skates on him, and though he stepped onto the ice, while holding my hands (both hands), he screamed bloody murder not 2 steps out. So he also spent the evening on the sidelines drinking Hot Chocolate. But unlike Sicily he played Video Games all evening. Happy Camper.

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