SCARY!!!

I haven't posted in a while as we keep forgetting to take our camera skiing with us. I'm not good at posting without pictures. However, I do have a story to tell.
Matthew has been teaching snowboard lessons at the ski hill on Saturdays. He does the series classes, so the same kids come back every week for 4 weeks. Because he teaches and because Janean practically runs the ski school, McKinley gets to go to lessons for free. Every Saturday two hours before lunch and then two hours after lunch. It's awesome for her!! So, I guess her class is a little adventurous this year. Okay, the teacher said they are wild, not adventurous. Anyhoo, McKinley is old enough now that she doesn't need a parental escort on the lift like she did last year. Scary, Scary, Scary!! And to make matters worse, this last Saturday, her lift buddy leaned too far forward and FELL OFF THE LIFT!! 25 ft down she went! Luckily, and very luckily, she did not sustain any injuries and was laughing when ski patrol went to get her. THEN, that girl's brother fell off the lift!! He wasn't riding with McKinley. Again, no injuries sustained. SCARY! I cannot even begin to express the fear I have of McKinley or Gavin falling off the lift. We talked with McKinley on the way home, making sure she knows that it is not cool to fall off the lift. I think she gets it. Still........
So, I do have a couple of pics and a funny story. McKinley and Gavin fight all of the time. When I can't take it anymore I send them to their room and tell them they can't come out until they can play nice. They share a room, so it forces them together in a closed space and seems to help them chill out. I was doing the dishes and they came down stairs after a time out dressed like this......


Then McKinley started itunes and she grabbed Gavin's hands and they were dancing! It was so cute! I grabbed the camera to take a pic, but they wouldn't dance together after I had the camera. Gavin did not come down in his spiderman slippers. He had on a pair of McKinley's church shoes. Pretty funny! McKinley helped Gavin do up his buttons. Their room was a mess from pulling all their clothes out of the closet, but at least they found a way to play nice.