On Friday after Thanksgiving we were able to arrange the outdoor ice skating rink at Fort Wayne Downtown Headwaters Park to open up one hour early for our family to skate. They had ramps for wheelchairs and wanted to make this happen so that our niece, Christin, could skate in her chair. Christin had never done anything like that before and it was nice that the public would not be skating with us, just our relatives.
We left the little ones at home, Dawson and Sophie and Little Nathan as a coupel of other cousins, but otherwise everyone was able to come. The Gregorys invited some of the Gregory extended family and it became a very memorable experience!! Christin had asked me the day before if she would brake the ice since her chair was heavy. She seemed a little nervous but I reassured her that the ice was ver hard and very strong, and that she would be safe on it. And she really did have a fun time!! We may try to arrange another trip to the ice rink next year! It was so kind of the workers at the rink to open an hour early to allow our family to skate and to accommodate Christins chair. What a fun memory!
Jaxton and Cooper both really picked it up too! They had a difficult time at first, but by trying, the figures out how to move around, glide along, and stay on their feet! Kaylee needed a hand or two the whole time, but she was loving every bit of it. She was so proud to be wearing skates like the people she's seen in books. She didn't wantvto take them off to skate around in her boots, which would be easier. She did at the end, and enjoyed slipping and sliding around. She really had fun! Everyone was smiling, we had a few falls, but no broken bones throughout the family!
Towards the end of our skating session while kids were sipping their hot cocoa, who shows up, but Grandma and Grandpa from Utah! The kids were thrilled to see them! 
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