We've been having too much fun for the first month to be over and done with already over here. It's now officially been a year since we arrived and I thought it would be fun to mark the anniversary by bringing the boys to formal skating lessons last week at the Huck Olson arena. We had been using ice walkers up until then and it appeared while Daniel was progressing nicely with them, Aaron was leaning a little heavy on them, thereby probably delaying his own progress. We were told upon arriving at lessons last week that ice walkers are not used at all and the boys would be expected to maintain balance on their own after they walked along the wall of the arena to get used to it. Danny took to it like a fish to water, stretching his arms out parallel with the ice to catch his balance and then just walking across the ice as if he were wearing regular boots. The instructor walked with Aaron along the arena wall a couple of times and that was about it for their first lessons. They have open ice about three days a week, so they should get plenty of exposure and hopefully both of them will be independent on skates by the end of winter so they can really enjoy next year's skating. Aaron understands as with learning to bike, it's going to take some effort, but he will have much fun and freedom once he's mastered the basic skills.
We attended the East Grand Forks hockey game last week and the Prowlers were beating them 5-0 by the end of the second period. We left then as it was late for a school night and the game seemed to be pretty much in the bag. They ended up winning by a total score of 7-0. Unfortunately their luck ran out some Saturday when Duluth-Marshall skated into Ralph Engelstad Arena. They are presently the #1 team in the state and their goalie showed it in a final score of 3-0 in their favor. We enjoyed watching it again, though, sitting behind the Prowler net and watching the players and/or puck slam into the boards right in front of us. Tomorrow night will be against Red Lake Falls, so hopefully we'll made it to that game after skate lessons.
Andrew has been doing well with his studies at Northland and continues work at Domino's. He has an interview tonight at K-Mart, though, to supplement his hours at Domino's. If that doesn't pan out, he's considering applying at the new Wal-Mart before it opens in May/June.
As for TRF weather, we unofficially set a new record last week with a high temperature in the 40s. The last time it got that hot in the winter was in about 1974. It got pretty slushy around here as most of the streets melted, though that was followed by wind and snow over the weekend, so it was back to shoveling for the mailman again...
What Is Your Favorite Cookie to Mail Us?
Monday, January 30, 2006
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