We went up on Thursday since the boys were off school. I asked Jake how he was feeling the night before and he said he was both excited and nervous. I have to admit I had similar feelings. I was excited and hopeful things would go well but had that tiny little bit of doubt they might not.
I'm happy to report that the lesson went great! He had two amazing instructors who worked really hard with him to teach some of the fundamentals of how to work with his weaker leg and gave him the opportunity to do a little bit of snowboarding too. They started on a really small hill and within an hour went over to the bigger training hill. Watching him having fun and being able to go a little way on his own filled my heart with so much joy. Here is about a one minute video clip if you want to see it - snowboarding.
The other super cool thing was Luke. I really wanted him to be able to enjoy the day too, so he and Todd went skiing during Jake's lesson. They would come to check in off and on and see how things were going. He was so supportive and excited to see Jake doing well. He didn't complain that he was missing out on ski time or that he and Todd had to walk quite a ways (in ski boots) to come check on Jake. Made me so proud of both of them. We're going to go up one more time over spring break, can't wait!
