February 16, 2010

street skating

The Reeder Olympics:

The warm(er) weather through the night brought rain. 
The rain made the snow melt.
The cold air made the snowy rain freeze. 
The ice made for some slick walkin. 
The slipping and sliding made us think of ice skating. 
Thinking of ice skating made us think of Mark's ice skates. 
Mark's ice skates have gone unused for a few years, 
so we put them to use 
on our DRIVEWAY!
Mark in his "getup." 
He had this old fashioned pilot's helmet made in Turkey
from Pop's Leather. He looked ... awesome. 

Took the bucket out to sit on 
so he wouldn't hurt the blades.

A thrilling wave from my very own Olympian: 

Here he is doing his Triple Sow Cow: 
 
But then was sick with disgust when he found out he only won Bronze.

So he took to the streets for more practice. 

9 comments:

MC Lewis said...

That looks like it would be soo much fun!!

Mars said...

FUN! Only in Alaska...only in Alaska...

Anonymous said...

How fun! You should have started this post as....You know you live in Alaska when....You can ice skate on your drive way! Too awesome!

Kristina said...

WOW! That's crazy.

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Amy said...

awe-some!

aubreyannie said...

that is so crazy. and cool at the same time!

julia said...

jan would so love street skating with mark! the last time he went golfing w/my dad and brother it had rained a lot and he had my dad pull him behind the cart so he could slide on the water. boys have way too much fun..while we shoot w/cameras of course..safely.

Smedley Family said...

hey, he needs to go hit the rink with jason!!! he likes to mess around with the kids and play hockey.