Our church hosted a kids potluck and skating day on Sunday and it was too much fun! We gathered after Sunday school and munched on everything from corn dogs and sloppy joes to Marshmallow Mateys and tater tot casserole. After that, it was off to the rink!
Sawyer was sooooooooooooooooooo incredibly excited to skate! I think she barely slept Saturday night in anticipation of having cereal for lunch and then strapping on a pair of skates. She wouldn’t even go to the nursery during church because she was afraid she’d miss the action – ha!
I wasn’t quite sure what she’d think if she didn’t catch on right away so as we were driving to the rink, I explained to her that she might fall down a few times. I told her not to be scared or give up and to just get right back up and try again, to which she agreed.
Well, there wasn’t much need for that little speech – she did AMAZING!
I have about as much grace as a drunk, blind alley cat trying to maneuver fence with a barking dog in tow but thankfully daddy is quite impressive on skates! He later traded these quads in for roller blades and really went to town!
They even did the limbo! (And no, I had NO CLUE Wrex could get that low!)
The older kids were so incredibly kind and cautious regarding all of the little tykes. Sawyer’s good friend Meredith took her for quite a spins – which she loved! Sidenote: Meredith, if I was your size I’d steal all of your clothes! Better watch your closet… 😉
She also skated with her friend Lauren (sans daddy) for the last 30 minutes or so which was fun to watch. She was completely confident out there!
Aren’t they sweet?? They made lots of laps and had a ball dancing in the disco lights!
Wryder didn’t do any skating but he was awfully encouraging to those who did by screaming and waving on the sidelines. He got lots of snuggles and playtime in, so he was a happy camper!
It was an incredibly fun day and we are so blessed to have such a wonderful church family! We left the skating rink feeling so loved and content…and at home. There are so many young families and so many mentors for those young families – we’re a blessed body of believers. Let’s do it again, soon!