Roller Skating Revelry

The family went roller skating today to celebrate Jim's parents' 40th wedding anniversary. 40 years is a long time, by the way. Happy Anniversary! In keeping with the theme of "things long withstanding", we went to Skateport (yes! it's still around) during their 2-4 p.m. Saturday free skate. The place looks EXACTLY the same as it did when I started going to skating parties in first grade. Same benches. Same carpet (ew). Same clackety floor tile at the snack bar that makes skating without falling pretty darn near impossible. I'm even willing to bet that the possibility that Jack was wearing an exact pair of skates that I wore as a child is not that far fetched. It was fun to reminisce and celebrate the day.

From left to right: Jim's dad (an excellent skater), Jack (an unsteady, but zippy skater who is not pictured much in this entry because he never remained still for long), Cecilia, Rose, Aunt Kim, and Maria (all skaters who did the Henze name very, very proud), Emma (a child born-to-move... not necessarily skate, but for sure, move), and me (a skater who activated muscles today that haven't been awake since goodness knows when). Not pictured but behind the camera: (Jim's mom and Jim - excellent skaters, in theory, although they both opted out of skating due to common worries of falling and hurting their wrists. Like mother, like son.)

Most of my Skateport time was spent skating with, chasing after, or dancing with Emma. We had a fantastic time.

Initial attempts

Getting a little better

But when all else fails, just DANCE, people.