Skating in Michigan

Early in January, Grace and I traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan to see family. While we were there, Grace practiced at the Patterson Ice Rink, home to the Greater Grand Rapids Figure Skating Club (http://www.ggrfsc.org/). Grace shared the ice with some extraordinary skaters. I was thrilled to see her skate out, without hesitation or self-consciousness, to share the practice ice with competitive junior and senior level skaters (of whom there were many). The Patterson Rink is a fantastic facility (something we yearn for here in Lincoln). The Club leaders were exceptionally welcoming to Grace. We visited the Pro Shop, which has a very tempting inventory of beautiful practice and competition dresses and talked for a while with Jennifer Forrest. She invited us to come back to Grand Rapids over the summer. The rink offers numerous hockey camps that Dan and Lucy might attend and arrangements could be made for Grace could to skate with the GGRFSC. Wouldn't that be cool?!?! Here's a picture of Grace getting ready to skate in Michigan.