So this past few of weeks has been extra crazy for Lancer. He started training with the older ski team kids on Friday afternoons,in addition to regular Saturday practice. Then the past three Saturdays he has had back to back ski races.
The first race was at Park City:
The first race was at Park City:
It was the first race of the season and he was nervous. He did well and most importantly, he tried his best and did not fall and get hurt. After the race we had a great time skiing with Lancer's buddy Luke and his dad.
The next week was full of martial arts, scouts, and preparing for the science fair. Saturday brought race number 2 at The Canyons. This was a South Series slalom race, which was a race with mostly older, more experienced athletes. Lancer had never participated in a either a South Series, or a Slalom race before, so he was very nervous.
Lancer did better than he expected. 18th place! For being with the older advanced kids, we were pretty darn proud. Although it was a beautiful sunny day, the snow was really icy.
Last week was more martial arts and the science fair. Lancer got a second place ribbon. He was very pleased as you may (or may not) be able to tell. He put a lot of work into learning about Thermo-electricity and Richie put a lot of work into teaching him. It was a great experience watching Richie teach Lancer about science, and who knows, we may have another scientist/engineer in the family.
The last race was at Brighton. Earlier that morning we were trying to get Lancer pumped up and ready to ski aggressive. We tried listening to music and then he came up with this: "I'm going to ski like a Pit bull". OK......we do have a pit bull and she does runs very fast, however, I have never seen her ski:) So we went with that. When we were on the side of the course yelling as he skied by, I yelled out what I thought was PIT BULL but to everyone who was standing by me, it sounded like PIMPLE. One of his coaches turned to me and said "Why did you call him pimple"? Oh well....Lancer go the point, but he made me take out the audio in the clip.
Finally, after two seasons and a broken femur, he finally got a medal. He has worked so hard to accomplish his goals, I could not be prouder of my little Pit bull.
The best part of the day for me however, was before the race we were free skiing. I came down a hill and saw Lancer's stopped and was bending over. I immediately thought "Oh no, did he fall? Is he OK?" But as I got closer I saw that a little girl (maybe 4 or 5) had fallen face first on the snow and her ski's were crossed tucked UNDER her. Her dad was quite a ways down the hill and was trying to get back to his daughter. Lancer's friend was also farther down the hill and was yelling at him to hurry up. But he took off his ski's and helped the little girl get out of hers, lifted her up and was trying to get all the snow off her goggles. He stayed with her until her dad got there. I was so proud of him for stopping and helping her.
****Side note:*******
During all this Lancer did come home from school with his first pimple. When he asked me what it was, I started to cry.
