roller rink fun

You guys know how much I love to skate, right?

 On Friday night, we went out to our 'home-town' roller skating rink. 

Just us sisters.

My sister's friend is in the town's roller derby team, and invited us over to watch them practice and skate with them--and so on we went. 

 We opted for the clunky, old school skates. 

 Caren and me...looking less than our best for a Friday night -- gasp!

 AND ONTO THE FLOOR!!!

 Our sister Dawna enjoyed skating with us since she's usually with kids her age. She didn't like being pushed though...

Me being the daredevil that I am, brought the camera onto the floor.

Yeah, I'm pretty confident about my skatin' skillz...so I wasn't afraid of falling.

They thought I was nuts. 

However, it didn't make for very non-blurry pictures and I'm quite embarrassed to put them on here.

I'm focusing on good times though, and I'm sure some of you might not mind the blurriness...although it might be a pitiful photography portfolio for someone trying to impress an audience :( 

Sometimes you just gotta take one for the team.

We had a blast that night. I didn't realize we had just had a girl's night out until we got home, and it just felt good. We hadn't had one just us three since I can't remember?

 Pretty soon the badass roller derby chicks started practicing their moves.

Dawna loves hand and facial gestures...

I remember asking my sister to sling me on a turn, and she did...

And then she totally fell and rolled.

Skating backwards and pretty much laughing my head off, this is what I get for being on Manual Focus!!!

Dammit!

Still--I remember the awesomeness of that turn.

 She still manages to get back up and skate her pretty face off...

Round and round we go, 'til we get blisters on our toes... 

 Then the lights went out and wished my hubs was there to slow-skate to...

 It was so 70's and I wasn't even born in that decade. 

And then we limbo'ed...

ain't she beautimous?

Here's my take on the limbo challenge:

 Speed skate goodness! Wish I could join a team!

 Sister love (check the creeper in the background) after we skated our toes off.

Photo Instagram'ed with the iPad2

Videos from that night: 

I'm gonna start exercising...

pssshtt, yeah right.

The other day, I walked into Goodwill expecting to not find anything that I really needed and browsed through used and dirty things organized into neat rows and bins.

In other words, organized {shitless} shit. Pardon my French.

Anyone else feel like you have to wash you hands after shopping there? Yeah, here to. 

I am always on the lookout for rollerblades.

I remember as a girl owning a pair when we moved to the good ol' U.S. and my sister and I loved them. Now thinking about it, I don't think she's touched a pair since we were that age and neither have I.

Sure I've gone to the rollerskating rink and wore the old fashioned, roller-derby style skates but they just aren't the same. These in-line skates are wicked fast.

When I came upon what seemed a pot full of gold in the rollerblade department at Goodwill, I saw these babies: 

Insert suprised 'OH' here.

 I LITERALLY jumped up in the most minimal way.

Not only are they girlified, they were in super great condition.

To all who know me really well, I am not the girly type: I don't close my legs when I wear a skirt. I don't "oooh" over jewelry and I certainly don't wear heels...

So I was excited that because 

1. They were women's and 2. Because they fit perfectly; I didn't have to settle on men's gross, over-sized ones!

It was like they were waiting for me to come and buy them!!!

So after browsing what else they had in that nasty used section, I discovered they also had KIDS ROLLERBLADES and I saw the perfect ones for Andrew--Playskool blue & orange adjustable skates.

I said, "This is it! It was totes {short for totally} meant to be!"

After some debating on whether or not I would use them and wondering how much they would cost, I laid them onto the counter and asked the nice lady how much they were {no pricetag anywhere!}

I was prepared for the worst and she excitedly said, "Oh, they're $2.99!". I'm like, "No really, how much?"

I busted out of there with a grand total of $6 for two pairs of awesome skates.

When I got home, I could hardly contain my excitement and showed Andrew's pair to him. He amazed me by putting his skates as soon as I showed them to him--like he knew what they were and what they did.

The kid's a genius. He loved them and skated all around our house. He kept asking me when we could go skate outside...

The very next day, I made sure of a family outing. OH YEAH, we totally 'bladed...

I hardly put videos on the blog, so this is a rare treat into our little Witty world. 

Andrew loves this place. Once he knew where we had come, he decided running was preferable.

And Jonah kept crying and chasing me around. I finally picked him up and did a few rounds without falling!

And I encouraged Gary to try the skates on. He quickly found out ummm NO they don't fit. 

It got to thinking that he desperately needs his own pair--he told me he never rollerbladed before {just skates} and I said "what?!!!"

So I went back to good ol' Goodwill and got a pair for him. 

I also got another pair for grown Andrew.

Yep, I'm thinking ahead. 

I'm pretty sure he'll enjoy skating on his own once he gets the hang of it.

So for a grand total of $12, I've invested in Sunday afternoons family time.

...and I couldn't be more pleased.