Swooosh.....oops

Connor came home from school today and said that Ski Club was on for Tomorrow night [Thursday]. The weather here has been unseasonably warm and we weren't sure if the school would actually go down to ski at Swain or not. He seemed excited about going. We were wondering how he would feel about going this week after last weeks events.

Last Thursday Rick met Connor down at Swain for Ski Club and MaKenna and I stayed home. It was bitter cold and MaKenna had been fighting some type of bug. Towards the end of the evening while Connor and 2 of his buddies were riding up on the chair lift they had a scare. One of Connor's buddies who was sitting in the middle never quite got on the chair and did not say anything at the time so the lift continued to move up the mountain. As soon as the boys skies lifted off the ground he asked Connor and the other boy to help him get on. Connor and the other boy grabbed onto him and tried to pull him up onto the seat. Meanwhile Rick was boarding the chair lift behind them with 2 other friends of Connor's and noticed that the boys legs were hanging lower than they should. Rick yelled to Connor to hold onto him, then yelled back to the lift operator but didn't have any luck. Connor started to slip so he let go with one of his hands to grab the chair railing. The boys hands slipped and he fell over 18' to the ground. Thankfully he was okay. Rick said it was awful to see that happen and he felt very helpless. Connor told me that it was "the worst feeling to feel his buddies hand slip out of his grip and hear him scream the whole way down"! Poor kids and Rick!

I think they'll all be glad to have the opportunity to get an "uneventful" night of Ski Club behind them tomorrow night!

MaKenna and I will stay home tomorrow night too because the conditions aren't the best. We'll save our lift tickets for more ideal conditions. Hoping that we can all go skiing this Saturday for my birthday! Jess