Throwback Thursday - Ice Skating

Last week Mark and Janelle took Mason ice skating.  Neither of them had been on skates for years so, needless to say, they had as hard a time staying upright as Mason. 

I got thinking about how much I loved ice skating when I was a kid.  My Aunt Dot used to take me to Porter Lake in Forest Park.  They had a building right by the lake where you could put your skates on and/or go to warm up.  Dot loved to skate and she was pretty good at it.

I also used to skate down at the end of my street at the "swamp".  I was usually not allowed down there except in the winter to skate. 

This is a picture of me and my friend Carlie.  The swamp was right in back of his house so he was always down there and I used to think he was so lucky!

These pictures were taken in 1981.  Paul made a skating rink in our back yard.  The kids loved it!

Throwback Thursday - Learning to ride

A week or so ago Mark and I were walking around the circle while Mason rode Marley's old little two-wheel bike. We walked by one of the neighbors' house. She was sitting with some other neighbors on her front lawn. We got talking with them about riding bikes, and Mark told her that her son Billy was the one who taught him to ride his bike.

I actually found this picture. It was the Spring of 1980; Mark was about 5 1/2 years old. He had gotten this bike for Christmas. Believe it or not (most of you who know us will believe it) that bike is still in the cellar so, in a few years, someone will be teaching Mason to ride it. Maybe Billy's son?