Vail, Day Five

Wednesday was full of adventure and a bad injury for Neely. These first two pictures are of Neely skiing. After this we all ate lunch and then went up the mountain to get a few more runs in. On our first run after lunch Neely was a little in front of me and I saw her take a bad fall. We were on a green slope, but her right leg didn't come out of her ski and she twisted it badly. Richard and Ty rushed down to get help and her sweet boyfriend, Josh, was crawling over to her on the mountain as fast as he could. He took off his snowboard so he could help her sit up on the mountain and his snowboard went flying down the mountain (thanks Richard and Ty who later found Josh's snowboard). Then the rescue ski patrol guys took her down the mountain on a sled and Josh and I rode the ski lift down to be with her. Richard and Ty snowboarded down and meet us then carried Neely to the car when Dad got there to pick us up. We found out on her x-ray that she broke her tibia bone. She will get an MRI on Monday, then see a surgeon on Wednesday to see if she needs surgery. The MRI will also tell if she tore any tendons. For now she is in a fiberglass immobilizing cast.

Neely Neely

Josh aka rookie of the year award for snowboarding!

Josh

A yummy lunch at the Blue Moose Pizzeria

Richard acting silly!

Richard

Neely's sled ride down the mountain with ski patrol.

When we got back Richard, Ty, Grady and I got suited up to go sledding at a local elementary school.

Richard and Grady

Ty

Mama and Grady

Grady wanted so badly to go on the playground. Little did he know that it is not like his playground at daycare...it was very cold and covered in snow.

When he went to open this door he hated that it was covered in snow. He did have gloves on during sledding, but kept taking them off. I tried to be a good mother, but he won't wear them.

Grady crying and thinking "What is wrong with this playset?"

Videos of us sledding.