Put it on Ice

The kids have been on my all week about going ice skating.  It seemed there was always something else going on making the ice skating activity a poor choice for other days this week.  Tonight the stars aligned and we were able to make it to the rink.  Natty has been a few times with friends and I think with the youth in the ward.  She is pretty good on the ice.  This was the first time for both Jack and Andy.  Jack seemed to pick it up pretty quick and did quite well for most of the night.  Andy struggled a little more.  We switched his skates for a bigger size and that seemed to make a big difference for him.  It was a good experience.  Jack had a couple of nasty falls on his elbow that left him with a rather large bruise there.  I offered to get out the ice pack for him but he had already put that elbow on ice a few times... no need to concern ourselves.  I did manage to get him a bit of pain reliever.  He took a little beating out there and might be pretty sore tomorrow.  Anyhow, we had a lot of fun and the kids are already talking about our return to the ice.