Heading to the Ice

As we looked outside snow filled the air. It pecked at the window from every which way. It felt like our house was in the middle of a snowglobe. For many hours the snow filtered down from the heavens.

We waited and waited until finally it was time. Ryan and I worked together to load up the van. Mallory and Miles began the bundling up process. Once we were ready everyone took their seat and we were off.

Once at Mom and Dad's house we did not waste any time at all heading to the ice. Of course, we were armed with snow shovels. There were about two inches of snow on top of the ice (and we had already cleared it the day before). Mallory quickly put her skates on and went for it. She fell down a few times.

Miles on the other hand treated the snow like sand with his bucket and shovel. He shoved the snow into the bucket and turned it over to find a snow castle ready to knock down.

Throughout the afternoon (about two hours) the ice was cleared to reveal the darkness underneath, sketches left from ice skates scoured the surface, red cheeks were on all faces, and an enormous igloo grew on the perimeter of the skating rink.

The day was a lot of fun and many memories were made on the ice that will last a lifetime.