Hey, Cameron! Where'd you go?

We spent the day at Grand Targhee yesterday. We had decided that it was time for Jacob to start skiing without the help of an edgie wedgie (two clamps with a piece of rubber hose in between, used to keep ski tips together). We let him make 2 runs with it on, then took it off. The first run after removal was a little rough, with 3 crashes. But then he got it figured out and did great the rest of the day. Cameron had a new experience, too. Only his wasn't quite as much fun. We were waiting to get on the lift and the chair stopped a few feet in back of us. The lift operator had us back up and have a seat on the quad chair while we waited for the lift to start again, which we did. When it started, Cameron must have stuck the tips of his skis down, because he disappeared from the chair and landed, plop! into the snow under the lift (not as bad as it sounds, he fell only a foot or two). The lift guy helped him up, had him move to the side while the next chair loaded, then stuck him on a chair by himself. He wasn't hurt, just a bit scared. He'll probably make sure he keeps his ski tips up from now on! Parker did an accidental backflip on his snowboard, too. He probably won't repeat that either. Look for ski photos later. Cameras work better with fully charged batteries, a fact I discovered yesterday after going to the trouble of hauling mine up the hill, telling the boys to wait at the top while I skied down to get into position to capture some excellent action shots and then finding out there was just enough juice in the battery to open the telephoto lens, but not close it again. No pictures. Someone should check these things out beforehand, don't you think?