Holding on to those last days of winter

I'll admit it.....I'm not a winter girl.  I recall my grandfather one time mentioning that he could live in Phoenix in summer and still find things cool.  Me?  I guess I'm kinda like my grandpa in that manner.  BUT.....I am married to and mother to some hockey nuts which means that I spend a great deal of my winter travelling from arena to arena sitting on cold bleachers downing gallons of Starbucks flavored lattes.  It also means that in order to spend time with my guys I had to take up skating again. We took a quick trip to Canadian Tire and purchased my very first pair of boys skates.  Nope....no picks on my new skates.....had to learn how to skate and stop all over again! 

By the end of our first 2 hour skating session I was burning up the skating only ice surface practicing drills I'd been watching all winter long.  Can I lace em up and join the boys on the hockey only rink?  Not yet, but I'm thinking that I'll use this summer to do some dry land training and then.....WATCH OUT!!!!!

These were taken earlier this year on one of our forays to the outdoor rink.....please note that I was NOT wearing my skates while shooting these....no way would I ever endanger the life of my Nikon!!!