Colorado

Our flight from Minneapolis to the Eagle/Vail airport went well. Lilly was great! She met a friend named Millie who's family was headed to Vail from Connecticut. Here's Lilly on the luggage belt in the Vail airport:



Lilly didn't sleep on the plane but did catch a nap on the 30 minute drive to Vail from the airport:



As of now (Thursday evening) Vail mountain has gotten over 24" of snow in the last two days. Powder!



Lilly's first day of ski school went really well! She loved it and even moved up a class for tomorrow. They had jelly sandwiches and pizza rolls for lunch. They have to walk through the rainbow to enter school:



Now the bad news. Actually, good news considering what could have been the outcome. On the last run of the day Holly fell and heard a "pop" in her knee. She got a ride down the mountain by the ski patrol and was taken to Vail Valley Medical Center. What a great hospital and what great people. After some twisting and prodding the doctor determined it was only a sprain and wasn't a ligament tear. Whew... So her trip is over (at least skiing wise), but at least her summer isn't.

The guy next to us in the ER was snowboarding and broke his femur in two places. Yikes.