ICE ICE BABY AND SOUTH JORDAN FUN

 RESOLUTION #1

make sure my promises mean something

practically every single day before and after christmas

"will you please take us skating...you promised"

true, i promised

i had ample excuses why it would not 

happen on that particular day

*get ready for christmas

*too cold and no proper gear

*prepare for renters

*the mountain of laundry

 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah

(oh...so that is why the adults on the

charlie brown specials sound like they do)

it was the last saturday before i returned to work

"now or never" as noah phrased it 

now i could not use the excuse of nothing to wear

we grabbed our newly purchased garb

and headed to the south jordan 

fountain

skates are $2.00

(if you have the choice, pick the black over the brown

i learned the hard way one ankle blister later)

free if you have your own skates

 rather picturesque

noah was the first to brave the ice

rick called me the "tin man"

because of the ankle blister limiting my motion

6 times around, 1 sock/skate readjustment, and 1 big biff

i called it a night

the look in rick's eyes spoke the word

"wimp"

off he went with grace and flair

and a look of

"watch me go"

a short 2 feet and then to the ground

i was the "tin man" so

i couldn't help him to his feet

he literally had to roll over, crawl on the ice

until he could pull himself up on the concrete wall

i laughed until my tears froze

 again noah retorted

"you guys are an embarrassment to me"

 i warmed my hands

hypnotized and mesmirized by the fire's dance

i probably shouldn't have

but i chuckled at a spilled hot chocolate

into a row of shoes

(someone is going to have warm toes

and sweet tootsies when they get off the ice)

and off to the pie

to end our evening

with on over the top amazingly delicious pizza

a promise fulfilled

a whole lot of fun