Figure Skating Camp and Mount Trashmore!

Today, was Emily's first day of a week-long ice skating camp. Rob dropped her off at 7:45am and I picked her up at 2:30! She had a day filled with hip/hop dancing, ice skating, nutrition classes, exercising, and all other things related to the wonderful world of figure skating. They actually have four Olympic ice skaters at the rink, to help out with the camp. I'm not sure of their names, but will post as soon as I remember.

While Emily was at camp, I took Ryan and his friend to the skate park, at Mount Trashmore. This is definitely one of their favorite parks to skate. While the boys were skating, I took a nice long walk around the park. They have long trails all around the lake. So, it was nice to get some exercise in while the boys were skating. Plus, I walked right when I got there, before it got too hot. As the day progressed, it was a scorcher. Kelli and Hunter met us there a little later. They were having so much fun, until Ryan and Hunter went down opposite ramps and didn't see each other and collided! They were both hurt pretty badly. Hunter's knee went into Ryan's side/ribs. The park attendant got ice for them and that was the end of our adventure at the skate park. Here are some pictures from our day. I don't have any of skate camp, because I wasn't there. But, I will have some by the end of the week, to share.

Ryan~~

Ryan~~

Ryan~~

Nick~~

It's a 'boy' thing, plus one girl!

Last Wednesday, Ryan had a few friends over and they were skateboarding across the street, in the court. They were having so much fun that, of course, I had to capture it in pictures. Emily joined right in and had fun, too. She's really good at rip sticking. The older boys were being very good with Brandon and Joshy. Here are some pictures of the most awesome kids in the neighborhood!!

Luke, Kyle, Joshy, Ryan, Nick, and Brandon -- taking a water break!

Emily on her rip stick!

Nick!

Ryan!

Luke!

Brandon!

Skateboarding Camp!

Before Camp ~~~



After Camp ~~~


I took the above pictures yesterday! I just love the difference in BEFORE camp, versus AFTER camp!! Look at those dirty faces (especially on Ryan) and disheveled hair. LOL!! They skate hard for the four hours they are at camp, and are so ready
to jump in Nana and Poppy's pool afterwards!

Skate Park and Fun Forest!

Today we went back over to Chesapeake to go to their skate park. Hunter hadn't been, since he was in Tennessee the first time that we tried it out. We ended up running into a skate friend, who skates with the boys at Mike's. They all had a lot of fun. The girls watched the boys for awhile and then we went to the playground. Emily was looking forward to showing Caitlynn all the equipment. One of their favorite things to do was climb the huge rock. We enjoyed a nice picnic and stayed for a couple more hours, after lunch. You never know how the traffic is going to be, so I didn't want to stay too late, since we had to go through the tunnel. We had another fun-filled summer day. Here are some pictures, to enjoy!

Emily and Caitlynn, waiting outside of the skate park ~

Ryan and Hunter, waiting for them to unlock the skate park. Unfortunately, they seem to be about 10-minutes late ALL the time! ~

Ryan dropping in ~

Hunter dropping in ~

The girls in Fun Forest ~



Lunch Time ~

Getting some "end-of-the-day" jumps in, before we leave ~

Our day ~

Just a little about our day ~~ Emily spent the day with Nana and Sarah, while Poppy was at work. They had a fun day. Ryan spent the day with me and we also had fun. His friend came over this afternoon and they skateboarded, until it was time to pick Emily up for her ice skating lessons. I dropped the boys off, at Mike's, to skate. Then, Emily and I went to IcePlex for her private lesson. After her lesson, we went to Justice for a little bit of shopping. They had a really good sale going on and I had a 20% off coupon. Emily had gift cards to use (Thanks, Mom! Thanks, Alex and Morgan!) and she really loved spending them. They have the cutest clothes and the cutest girly things. The entire store is FILLED with everything GIRL! We had another fun-filled summer day!

Here's what a VERY tired Emily looks like, after a day of ~~ running errands with Nana and Sarah, swimming, ice skating lessons, shopping, and a bike ride after dinner! She fell right into bed tonight and fell asleep immediately. My precious girl is ALWAYS on the go and today was no exception! I'm sure that she will be sleeping in tomorrow morning!


Here's what a JUST walked in the front door, from skateboarding, Ryan looks like! This was actually the third picture that I had taken, because his eyes were closed in the first two. Poor guy, I am always taking pictures and blinding him with my camera! His eyes seem to be WAY more sensitive than Emily's, because she doesn't have half the problems, with my blinding flash, as he does! LOL! He was equally exhausted, too. He had skated two sessions at Mike's, which total 4-hours of skating!! I'm sure that he will be sleeping in tomorrow, too!