Christmas Eve '10

We had a Christmas Eve like never before....meaning, we did some things we had never done! We started out by heading down to Grand Rapids and went ice skating at Rosa Parks Circle.  I have always wanted to go there...it's just one of those unique things you can do in Michigan...outdoor ice skating!   They have skate rental for $1....unfortunately, we only had an hour to skate...which actually was perfect for us newbies!  We also were promised a spot on the local TV.  WZZM 13 was there filming people skating and asked our family to make a Christmas wish to someone..we agreed!  Shortly after we filmed our greeting, a guy got down on bended knee and proposed to his girlfriend...we were immediately edited!  Oh well..how can you compete with a proposal!

Trent was not afraid to fall...I guess when your short you don't have far to fall!On our way down, Alisha had said she had never been skating before...she did good...she never fell....but had someones arm to hang on the whole time!

From there we headed over to Richmond hill.  It is a large hill at a park in GR.  We had the whole hill to ourselves.  It was very icy and we had a lot of fun!  Steve did some fun video taping.  I didn't get a lot of pictures, as I was sledding!  Here is what we have....

I think that might be Tyler

This is Alisha going down in Stealth mode...BTW...she went really far!  That is Tyler, at the bottom, waiting for her by the bushes.

 Troy getting ready to head down

Tyler and Alisha looking cute

Trent going down on the saucer

                                                                            Steve & Joanne

This isn't a very good picture of us...but we are on a horse drawn carriage ride....take my word for it!  It was in Sparta around Harper drive.  It was all decorated up & they had luminaries out all around the street....very nice Sparta!

We had a great great night together making fun memories together!