Vail Day Seven

Today was our last day in Vail. We had a great time just hanging out with family. Grady really loved getting a lot of time with Meme, Ditdough, Ty, Neely and Josh this week! Richard and I especially loved having so much time with Grady too! He thought he was so cool standing in the icebucket.
Diving to wrestle Daddy!

Awake from his nap with crazy hair!

Neely looking gorgeous, even with a broken leg!

We got to the airport that night and we were SO tired! We buckled Grady in his car seat in a chair in the lobby so we wouldn't have to chase him around. He was entertained with Blue's Clues!

Vail Day Six

Today Ty, Daddy, Richard and I went snowmobiling! It was SO much fun! It was one of the most beautiful and exciting moments of my life! Richard and Ty gave us good laughs when they both wrecked their snowmobiles!

My Dad exhausted after we pulled Ty's snowmobile out of the deep snow!

Snow Angel!

Ty wrestling me!

Breathtaking views!

Standing on the edge of a huge cliff!

Ty with a fist pump!

Richard turned around often while driving to take picutres of the rest of us and took videos! Maybe this is why he wrecked . . .

"I just don't know how this could have happened?"

Daddy, Richard and Ty trying to pull a snowmobile out of deep snow and uphill! Not happening! We had to pay a lot of money for it to get pulled out. Fun memories though!

On our way back to the hotel we stopped by this really old ranch.

Poor Neely spent her day here on the couch! Her sweet boyfriend, Josh, stayed behind with her. Grady loved having some extra friends to play with!

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.